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A percutaneous approach to treatment of severe aortic stenosis and complex CAD was superior to surgical valve replacement and CABG, a speaker reported.

A drug-eluting coronary implant adaptable to vessel physiology with uncaging elements was linked to less target lesion failure and target vessel failure at 2 years compared with a drug-eluting stent, researchers reported.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine announced a partnership with Blue Zones to offer medical education training and Blue Zones certification to physicians and other medical professionals, according to a press release.

Metabolic syndrome scores and obesity appeared linked in different ways to breast cancer incidence and mortality among postmenopausal women, according to findings published in Cancer.

In patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the cardiac myosin inhibitor aficamten improved exercise capacity and quality of life compared with placebo, according to the results of the SEQUOIA-HCM trial.

In patients with the obesity phenotype of HF with preserved ejection, semaglutide 2.4 mg improved HF-related symptoms and physical limitations vs. placebo regardless of diuretic use, according to new data from the STEP-HFpEF trials.

A physician practice owner’s week is spent seeing and caring for patients and managing the day-to-day issues of the practice.

Exposure to pollution from passing coal trains led to an increase in the estimated number of deaths, hospitalizations and asthma cases in a San Francisco Bay Area region, according to results published in Environmental Research.

Attaining systolic BP between 110 mm Hg and 130 mm Hg was associated with higher probability of surviving to 90 years of age among women aged 65 years and older, according to results of a real-world study published in Circulation.

BOSTON — In this video, Healio Primary Care Peer Perspective Board Member Alan Dow, MD, MSHA, FACP, highlights important takeaways from the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.