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Medicine is far more than a science. Physicians should never forget that their patients are more than collections of data and that care is not measured in mouse clicks, physician-author, educator and bedside manner expert extraordinaire Abraham Verghese, MD, told a standing room crowd. His talk "I Carry Your Heart" kicked off the American College of Cardiology's meeting in San Diego, CA.

Full results from PEGASUS-TMI 54, the large-scale trial investigating AstraZeneca's Brilinta (ticagrelor) tablets were presented Saturday, March 14 at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in San Diego, CA.

Researchers are always looking for new ways to use existing medications. That is true for the hormone oxytocin, which a group of researchers recently looked at as a potential weight loss tool for men.

Electrically stabilizing the myocardial border zone with vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) may offer a new mechanism for reducing arrhythmia.

Physicians could help heart failure patients suffering from reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF) by using pulmonary artery pressure management.

The protein-coding gene FOXO may play a crucial role in defending the heart from coxsackie virus B3, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY.

Wavefront pacing affects accuracy in voltage mapping scars in the heart, UCLA researchers report.

Time is important in getting patients with advanced heart failure (HF) to appropriate care. In a new study, a Utah research team reports on a new electronic approach.

Amgen's monoclonal antibody evolocumab (formerly called AMG 145) did well at inhibiting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) and reducing LDL cholesterol in a group of older patients, researchers report.

Certain metabolites could be used as new biomarkers for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

In patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) pulmonary artery hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction are common and associated with mortality. A Duke team looked at ways to improve pulmonary vascular tone.

In heart failure patients, the kidneys can be overwhelmed with fluid volume overload. If these patients do not respond to diuretics, treatment is a major challenge.

While various epidemiological studies have shown obesity to be linked with inflammation and with increased cardiovascular risk, the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) takes it a step further, strongly predicting the incidence of cardiovascular events.

Medical experts have long debated over which obesity parameter holds the strongest cardiovascular predictive value.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been found to decrease cardiovascular risk in obese patients.

Research has consistently identified obesity as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Investigators have also reported on the obesity paradox concept suggesting improved prognosis in patients with obesity presenting with acute coronary syndromes.

With a steady rise in energy drink consumption, especially among young adults, several medical studies have connected it to accentuated blood pressure response among caffeine-naïve adults, compared to regular caffeine users.

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study revealed 86 million Americans suffer from prediabetes, a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and nearly half of prediabetic patients were reported to develop frank diabetes.

Jamal Rana, MD, Oakland, CA, presented research results on metabolic dyslipidemia and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in adults with diabetes and low LDL-cholesterol.

Chronic illness treatment typically involves some level of long-term use of pharmacotherapy. While these medications may prove efficacious in contesting the disease, their full benefits often go unmet, because nearly 50% of patients do not to take the medications as prescribed.

Some medical experts have contested that patients treated with warfarin with stable INR values might not benefit from being switched to one of the novel oral anticoagulants.

There is a higher risk of certain types of cancer in patients who survive myocardial infarction, according to researchers in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Korean researchers reported on work showing the role a small heat-shock protein, alpha B-crystallin, could play in suppressing arrhythmia.

With the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes continuously rising efforts are being made to find new ways to treat the condition beyond insulin and other traditional medications.

There are certain health concerns that come with pregnancy, just as there are some that come with weight gain. A recent study looked at how the two can be tied together for some patients.

As the prevalence of prostate cancer continues to grow, researchers continue to look at ways to tackle the many forms of the condition.

Like most medical fields endocrinology has seen changes in doctor recruitment, patient relationships, and overall care. The future of the field is discussed by the president of the Endocrine Society

Many male patients with low to moderate levels of testosterone are being diagnosed with depression more often these days. The question then for healthcare professionals becomes how best to treat them.

Childhood can be a stressful enough time without the impact of outside influences and other factors. Healthcare professionals around the country are working to ensure that young gender dysphoria patients get the care and help they need in their process.

Medical research is learning new ways to use the gut microbiota every day. From gastroenterology to oncology there are constantly new ideas on how it can help improve a patient's health.