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By Beth Gilbert HealthDay ReporterThe annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology was held from March 29 to 31 in Chicago and attracted more than 12,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in cardiology. The conference highlighted recent advances in the treatment, management, and prevention of cardiovascular …

GLP-1 receptor agonist prescriptions increased significantly during study period across all categories of BMI, in dose-response manner

Switching to tirzepatide linked to additional reduction in HbA1c, weight loss compared with escalating dulaglutide

United States had a wider gap in survival between the top and bottom wealth quartiles compared with Europe

Preoperative macular thickness may be noninvasive marker for vulnerability to developing postoperative delirium

Expected breast shrinkage about 20 percent within one year after breast-conserving therapy/radiation therapy

Findings seen in patients with posterior circulation stroke and with no planned thrombectomy who received alteplase 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke onset

Increase in cervical artery dissection admissions was particularly high in older, Black, Hispanic populations

Machine learning model outperformed all comparators and achieved better concordance indices across myelofibrosis subgroups

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not only lost nearly a fifth of its workforce, it has also been directed to slash $2.9 billion in contract spending.That’s about 35% of its total contract budget. The …