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People who started smoking before the legal age smoked more cigarettes per day and had greater nicotine dependence and lower rates of smoking cessation vs. those who initiated after the legal age, researchers reported.

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After pooling individual-level data from 112 cohort studies, researchers determined that more than 50% of cases of CVD can be attributed to five modifiable risk factors — BMI, systolic BP, non-HDL, current smoking and diabetes.

Researchers estimated that semaglutide could cut the obesity prevalence in the United States by about 46% and prevent more than 1.5 million CVD events over 10 years when given to eligible patients with overweight or obesity.

In a new study, a diagnostic strategy utilizing tools readily available in primary care successfully identified new diagnoses of atrial fibrillation, CAD and HF among patients with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

After age 70 years, researchers found that having a higher BMI and the presence of certain conditions such as diabetes and cancer were associated with lower testosterone concentrations.

An FDA advisory panel recently voted that the risks of a radiofrequency renal denervation system outweighed its benefits. The majority was slim, with the panel chair having to step in and break a tie vote.

Switching older patients with frailty syndrome and atrial fibrillation to a non-vitamin K antagonist from their old blood thinner caused significant bleeding risk and no greater protection from stroke, a speaker reported.

In adults with HF with preserved ejection fraction and obesity, semaglutide 2.4 mg significantly improved HF-related symptoms and physical limitations and was associated with greater weight loss compared with placebo, researchers reported.

Use of recreational drugs such as cannabis, opioids, cocaine and amphetamines was prevalent in 11% of patients admitted to French cardiac ICUs and tied to increased odds of in-hospital major adverse events, researchers reported.