Curated, plain-language updates on guidelines — each summarized and linked to its original source.
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A long-term follow-up of the CENTRAL and DIRECT-PLUS trials published in Circulation suggests that despite long-term weight regain, visceral fat reduction during lifestyle intervention is associated with sustained improvements in metabolic health.
Read moreDALLAS, Dec. 16, 2025 — There is increasing evidence that gum disease is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and cardiometabolic health conditions. Effective...
Read morePatients who underwent mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) with an optimal result were more likely to have improved hemodynamics and less likely to experience major adverse events, all-cause mortality, heart failure (HF) hospitalization or reintervention at one year...
Read morePatients with low plasma renin levels had a more pronounced blood pressure (BP) reduction with spironolactone/dapagliflozin vs. dapagliflozin alone, in addition to seeing a more favorable impact on cardiovascular structure and function, while aldosterone levels exhibited no predictive value in treatment response...
Read moreGuideline Highlights: The first-ever clinical practice guideline on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology details staging to assess how a person’s kidneys, metabolism...
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