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Enhancing Heart, Kidney, and Metabolic Health - The Path Forward

Learn evidence-based methods ensure better treatment outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease.

12/13/2024 By Neha J. Pagidipati, MD, MPH, FACC and Ian Neeland, MD

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Heart Disease & Type 2 Diabetes - Understanding Impact and Treatments

Learn about how diabetes impacts individuals in the U.S and its connections to cardiovascular issues.

11/8/2024 By Ebne Rafi, PharmD, BCACP

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Addressing Heart and Metabolic Health Disparities

Learn about how the neighborhood a person lives in can impact heart and metabolic health.

10/11/2024 By Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley MD, MPH, FAHA, FABMR and Haitham Khraishah, MD

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Medical Therapy for Heart Failure and the Kidney

Learn more about the overlap between cardiovascular disease and kidney disease.

9/13/2024 By Ian Neeland, MD and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH

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Sleep Apnea Risk in Cardiovascular Disorders

Learn more about sleep apnea types, mechanisms, and clinical epidemiology.

5/3/2024 By Kingman P. Strohl, MD and Claire Sullivan, MD

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Obesities and Cardiometabolic Diseases - Importance of Lifestyle Vital Signs

Learn about the importance of visceral adiposity and ectopic fat depots as key drivers of health risk in obesity and relevance of targeting key "lifestyle vital signs".

4/5/2024 By Ian Neeland, MD and Jean-Pierre Despres, CQ, PhD, FAHA

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Update on Drug Therapies for Obesity

Learn the key treatment principles regarding use of anti-obesity medications, including nutrient-stimulated hormone (NuSH)-based therapies and strategies to reduce gastrointestinal (GI) side effects.

3/1/2024 By Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD and Robert Kushner, MD

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) – The Most Common Inherited Heart Condition

Learn about Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and how it is the most common inherited heart condition that many people don’t know they have.

2/28/2024 By Judith Mackall, MD, Michael Zacharias, DO, Eiran Gorodeski, MD, MPH, Bradley Lander, MD, and Diane Donato, RN