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Low dietary carbohydrate intake is associated with increased energy expenditure during weight-loss maintenance

Low-Carbohydrate Diets Linked to Increase in Calories Burned

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Total energy expenditure is greater for those on a low- or moderate-carb diet during weight-loss maintenance
Coverage for adult obesity care improved substantially in Medicaid and state employee insurance programs between 2009 and 2017

Insurance Coverage for Adult Obesity Care Increasing

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Findings among Medicaid, state employee health insurance programs in 2009 to 2017
A healthy lifestyle for lowering cholesterol should be emphasized for reducing cardiovascular risk across the life course

AHA: Guidelines Stress Healthy Lifestyle for Lowering Cholesterol

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LDL-C should be reduced with high-intensity or maximally tolerated statin therapy
Key guidelines for recommended physical activity in Americans have been updated

AHA: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Updated

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Guidelines provide information on types, amounts of exercise for different population groups
For patients with takotsubo syndrome

AHA: Cardiogenic Shock Ups Mortality in Takotsubo Syndrome

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Patients with cardiogenic shock have increased mortality in hospital, at 60 days and five years
Icosapent ethyl is associated with a reduced risk for ischemic events among patients with elevated triglyceride levels despite taking statins

AHA: Icosapent Ethyl Cuts CV Risk From Elevated Triglycerides

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Ischemic events reduced among patients with elevated triglycerides despite taking statins
Treatment with dapagliflozin is noninferior to placebo for major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with type 2 diabetes with or at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

AHA: Dapagliflozin Noninferior to Placebo for MACE in T2DM

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Treatment resulted in lower HF hospitalization rate in patients with, without atherosclerosis
Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D do not significantly reduce major cardiovascular events or cancer incidence

AHA: Limited Benefit for n-3 Fatty Acids in CVD, Cancer Prevention

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Second study shows no significant results for vitamin D supplementation versus placebo
Two naloxone products used to treat opioid overdose patients remain chemically stable long after their expiration dates

Naloxone Products Stay Effective Long After Expiration Date

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Narcan, Evzio chemically stable for at least 10 to 12 months after listed expiration dates
The presence of visible fluorescence can serve as an intraoperative diagnostic surgical biomarker of high-grade glioma within a brain tumor

Fluorescence Can ID High-Grade Glioma During Sx for Brain Tumor

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Visible fluorescence shows presence of high-grade glioma cells within tumor mass during surgery