(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president...

A meta-analysis shows newer anticoagulants are safer than warfarin, especially for serious bleeding complications like intracranial hemorrhage. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/warfarin-still-option-frail-patients-atrial-fibrillation-2025a1000myp?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-08-30...

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say.The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to listen to the internal sounds...

Trials reinforce calls for vaccination to be part of cardiovascular prevention strategies. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/largest-ever-individually-randomized-trials-show-high-dose-2025a1000mym?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-08-30 16:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- Mavacamten (Camzyos) failed to replicate its previous successes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) when applied to a population with symptomatic, nonobstructive disease, the phase III ODYSSEY-HCM...

Study results show mortality benefit from low-dose digitoxin for heart failure in symptomatic patients with reduced ejection fraction. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/new-data-support-digitoxin-comeback-some-heart-failure-2025a1000myi?src=rss Author : Publish date :...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- For uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension, adding the novel aldosterone synthase inhibitor baxdrostat improved blood pressure in the randomized BaxHTN trial. Seated systolic blood pressure improved...

(MedPage Today) -- Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione, accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare on a Manhattan sidewalk, has inspired others to embrace violence over reasoned debate. As evidence of...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- The high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine may reduce older people's risk of hospitalization for flu or pneumonia more than a standard-dose shot, according to two large...

Angie Smith said she has asked brides if they are using slimming jabs after a trend emerged this year. Source link : https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c1mp4e12ejvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-08-30 07:32:00...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- The novel oral cardiac myosin inhibitor aficamten improved exercise capacity and symptoms of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) better than standard beta-blocker treatment, the MAPLE-HCM randomized...

(MedPage Today) -- State laws that allow clinicians to decide whether to start or maintain life-sustaining treatment vary widely in circumstances and requirements surrounding the decision making, according to a...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved updated fall COVID vaccines this week with significant new restrictions; however, those criteria won't be the only barrier to access, since pharmacists' ability to...

(MedPage Today) -- People with relatively high weekly levels of physical activity showed modest but statistically significant reductions in new-onset gout, irrespective of whether the exercise was spread across the...

(MedPage Today) -- Parkinson's disease is not a natural consequence of aging; it is an unnatural one, maintain neurologists Ray Dorsey, MD, of Atria Health in New York City, and...

(MedPage Today) -- If you've ever worked in a nation without a functioning public health system, it's unforgettable. In 2001, I spent some time working at the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer...

Deep brain stimulation is already used to treat Parkinson’s diseaseLiving Art Enterprises/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A brain implant that detects when someone is in pain and responds with deep brain stimulation...

(MedPage Today) -- Two ancient Chinese mind-body practices -- Qigong and Tai Chi -- may have pain-relief potential for patients with cancer. (Translational Exercise Biomedicine) A survey of more than...

In patients with cardiovascular disease who had an ICD and were at high risk for ventricular arrhythmias, increasing potassium levels led to a significantly lower risk for arrhythmia events. Medscape...

(MedPage Today) -- MADRID -- Remote screening yielded new cases of atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) in the general population that otherwise would have gone undetected and untreated, according to...