Yet Another Injectable Combo Achieves Near 15% Weight Loss in Trial
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Another investigational treatment containing a GLP-1 receptor agonist induced major weight loss in people with obesity in a phase II study, though a fourth of participants on the study drug discontinued for toxicity... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Colchicine vs Afib; Winter Spike in Cardiac Arrests; Cardiologist Stabbed at Home
(MedPage Today) -- The anti-inflammatory colchicine, recently approved for cardiovascular prevention (under the trade name Lodoco), appeared to offer protection from postoperative atrial fibrillation in a meta-analysis. (EP Europace)
Scientists... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Near 15% Weight Loss With Novel Oral GLP-1 RA in Phase II Obesity Trial
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Orforglipron, an investigational nonpeptide GLP-1 receptor agonist, helped people with obesity lose a significant amount of weight in a phase II trial.
Tested at four once-daily doses -- 12, 24, 36, or 45 mg... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 25, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Ventilator Settings Linked to Success of Catheter Ablation for Afib
(MedPage Today) -- Outcomes improved with a novel ventilation protocol during radiofrequency ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib), registry data across 12 institutions showed.
After hospitals implemented high-frequency, low-tidal... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 22, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Clot Risk More Common in Survivors of Severe COVID Versus Flu
(MedPage Today) -- The burden of post-acute medical and mental health conditions among those who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 was mostly comparable to those who had been hospitalized for influenza and sepsis, with one difference, a population... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 21, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news