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Proteomic Signatures Differentiate Aldosteronism Subtypes

Physician's Weekly

Serum from all participants was analyzed using the Olink ® Explore 384 Cardiometabolic Panel.

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Cardiac intermediary metabolism in heart failure: substrate use, signalling roles and therapeutic targets.

Physician's Weekly

The number of patients with heart failure is expected to rise sharply owing to ageing populations, poor dietary habits, unhealthy lifestyles and improved survival rates from conditions such as hypertension and myocardial infarction. Springer Nature Limited. first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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Higher Dietary Calcium Intake May Up Risk of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There is a significant positive association between dietary calcium intake and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study published online May 30 in Translational Andrology and Urology. and those without hypertension. All rights reserved.

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Molecular Analysis Improves FH Prognosis & Risk Stratification

Physician's Weekly

These individuals have total cholesterol counts exceeding 240 mg/dL, which increases their risk of heart disease. The researchers published their findings before the National Lipid Association’s 2025 meeting, though not as part of it. The NLA 2025 meeting included several sessions on hyperlipidemia, including one that focused on FH.

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Multifactorial Drivers of Cognitive Decline in Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

prevalence of MCI in individuals with T2DM. Lower education levels were linked to higher risk (OR = 0.82, P = 0.0001), along with smoking (OR = 1.44, P = 0.003), hypertension (OR = 2.25, P < 0.001), and cardiovascular disease (CVD) (OR = 2.61, P < 0.001).

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

They presented a rapid clinical update Webinar in May 2025 hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine. Moreover, because obesity is a chronic disease, “anti-obesity medications should be continued long term, and we can’t stop these medications, just like we wouldn’t stop those for diabetes or hypertension.”

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?