Smoking & PAD: Assessing the Costs
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases among adults in...
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Endocrinology
Diabetes Behavior Changes & Mobile Technology
Studies have shown that mobile technology can help patients with heart disease improve self-care...
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Conference Highlights: AHA 2015
New research was presented at AHA 2015, the American Heart Association’s annual Scientific...
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Insights on Oral Glucose-Lowering Drug Choices
Guidelines advocate using metformin as initial pharmacologic therapy for lowering A1C in type 2...
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Discharging Patients With Diabetes
Research indicates that the care of inpatients with hyperglycemia and diabetes has improved...
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Diabetes Prevalence Continues to Rise
The prevalence of diabetes appears to have increased in the United States and in all subgroups of...
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Cardiometabolic Multi-Morbidity & Mortality
Mortality rates per 1,000 person-years appear to be similar among patients with diabetes (15.6),...
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Improving Pediatric Obesity Care
An intervention involving computerized clinical decision support for obesity management for...
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A Mobile Diabetes Intervention
Evidence is lacking on interventions that are implemented to meet the needs of older adults with...
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Improving Diabetes Outcomes in Latinos
A study has found that a diabetes dashboard intervention appears to significantly improve...
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Reducing Depressive Symptoms in Diabetes
A guided, web-based intervention appears to be effective in reducing both depressive symptoms and...
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How Common Is Hypertensive Recidivism?
Findings from a large study indicate that hypertensive recidivism appears to occur in nearly 25%...
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Gender & AMI Recovery
Women appear to have worse health than men after experiencing an acute myocardial infarction...
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Incretin Therapy & Pancreatitis Risk
Use of incretin-based drugs does not appear to increase risks for acute pancreatitis, according to...
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Diabetes in the ED: Opportunities for Improvement
According to 2011 estimates, about 79 million Americans had prediabetes and another 7 million were...
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Cardiovascular Outcomes With Glycemic Control
A study has found that intensive glucose control appears to reduce risks for cardiovascular...
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Conference Highlights: NLA 2015
New research was presented at NLA 2015, the National Lipid Association’s annual scientific...
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Older AMI Survivors & Statin Prescriptions
Medicare beneficiaries with coronary heart disease (CHD) who experience acute myocardial...
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Pulmonary Embolism in Older Patients
Patients aged 65 and older appear to present with more severe pulmonary embolisms and have a...
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Predicting Risk in ACS Patients
Fasting triglyceride levels appear to help predict long- and short-term cardiovascular risk among...
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