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‘Practical efforts’ needed to address race disparities in cardiac rehab
Asian, Black and Hispanic adults are up to 43% less likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation compared with white adults with a qualifying diagnosis, with the differences persisting across all income levels, researchers reported.
Tool improves women’s ‘sense of control’ over ovarian cancer symptoms
Women with recurrent ovarian cancer experience an average of 14 disease or treatment-related symptoms at any given time over the course of their disease.
Surgical weight loss can lower obesity-related cancer, cancer-related mortality
Among adults with obesity, those who lost weight intentionally with bariatric surgery had significantly less obesity-related cancer and cancer-related mortality than those who did not have surgery, researchers reported in JAMA.
Dulaglutide improves HbA1c for youths with type 2 diabetes without rise in BMI
NEW ORLEANS — Young people with type 2 diabetes taking the once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist dulaglutide had a decrease in HbA1c at 26 weeks without a significant change in BMI, according to findings from a phase 3 trial.
More visceral fat linked to worse HDL metrics during menopause transition
Women with more visceral adipose tissue during menopause transition have worse HDL metrics, and insulin resistance is a mediating factor in some of the associations, according to study data.
Low income tied to less sacubitril/valsartan adherence in patients with HFrEF
Patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction and lower household income were less likely to file a prescription for sacubitril/valsartan and were less adherent to treatment compared with higher-income patients, researchers reported.
More severe obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk for incident venous thromboembolism
Patients with more severe obstructive sleep apnea, measured by the apnea-hypopnea index, were more likely to have incident venous thromboembolism, researchers reported in Chest.
Weight gain before pregnancy increases risk for excess gestational weight gain
The risk for excess gestational weight gain is increased for women who gain more weight before pregnancy regardless of initial weight status, according to study findings published in Obesity.
Women with epilepsy experience lower antiseizure medicine concentration during pregnancy
Women with epilepsy experienced significant decreases in dose-normalized concentrations of antiseizure medications during pregnancy, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology.
Tirofiban fails to improve stroke outcomes when added to EVT, but questions remain
In patients with acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion who underwent endovascular therapy, tirofiban did not improve outcomes and raised risk for intracerebral hemorrhage, researchers reported.