Cardiometabolic Disorders News

BOSTON — Data show sleep abnormalities are associated with hypertension; however, antihypertensive medications can in turn disrupt sleep, complicating treatment for patients, according to a speaker.

Women living in low- and middle-income countries have a higher prevalence of obesity and other cardiometabolic disorders than men, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Obesity is one of the most common chronic preventable comorbidities affecting adults and children in the United States.

Twelve months of testosterone replacement therapy did not improve metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in a group of older men with hypogonadism, according to a secondary analysis of the T Trials.

BOSTON — Patients struggling to meet cardiometabolic treatment targets may benefit from an assessment of social determinants of health, which could reveal food, housing or financial insecurity issues that play a large role in their health.

DALLAS — Setmelanotide may lower the risk for metabolic syndrome for people with a rare monogenic form of obesity, according to data presented at ObesityWeek.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH, discusses the use of low-dose colchicine to target inflammation in patients who remain at high CVD risk despite controlled LDL.

BOSTON — After years of failed clinical trials with agents to lower severely elevated triglycerides, emerging therapeutics hold promise for effectively addressing hypertriglyceridemia and reducing associated CV risks, a speaker reported.

BOSTON — Simple steps to optimize poor sleep habits can translate to large gains in cardiometabolic health, including improvements in BP, insulin resistance and even appetite regulation, according to a speaker.

BOSTON — Out-of-office BP measurements provide the clearest picture of CV risk for patients and are the ideal method to diagnose and treat hypertension, yet most clinicians still rely on inaccurate clinic readings, according to a speaker.