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Cardiologist, NYC
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“Never delegate understanding.” That quote stuck with me—and it’s now the title of my new Substack. I’ll be writing about health, science, & how these things can be understandable. Subscribe here →
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JAMA
5 months ago
A JAMA study examined lifestyle interventions' effects on cognitive function in older adults at risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Lead author Laura Baker, PhD, from
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shared key insights with several media outlets. 🧵
ja.ma/4lQmvFu
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The Lancet
6 months ago
Aiming for 7,000 daily steps can reduce risk of chronic diseases, cognitive decline, and death, finds new study. Explore the research in
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Frank Harrell
6 months ago
A brilliant article by
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. I had not heard of ‘bread scientists’ before but see them everywhere. Related to the strong case for teaching reliable, rigorous methods, I see as a major problem the selection of “optimistic” stat methods.
#StatsSky
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JAMA
6 months ago
While sedentary behavior among US adults decreased from 2013 to March 2020, this trend stalled from 2021 to 2023.
https://ja.ma/4nWVKRg
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Nature
6 months ago
Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick AI tools into giving them a positive peer-review report Read the full story:
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Dr. Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP MPhil
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Our new JAMA Cardiology study finds that many US adults don't know that they have hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol Nearly 1 in 3 young adults w/ hypertension, 2 in 5 with diabetes, and 1 in 4 with high cholesterol are unaware of their condition.
bit.ly/45an6MC
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Hypertension, Diabetes, and High Cholesterol Awareness Among US Adults
This cross-sectional study evaluated the changes in the proportion of US adults who were unaware they had hypertension, diabetes, or a high cholesterol level using 2013 to 2023 data from the National ...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2835026
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Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
7 months ago
Interesting thesis in the latest issue of Hypertension
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Additional support for multiclass approach to hypertension management.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Are Diuretics a Clandestine Risk Factor for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Hypertension? | Hypertension
The control of blood pressure in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension is paramount and requires the use of thiazide or loop diuretics to enhance renal salt excretion and reduce expanded body...
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.125.24871
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Eric Topol
8 months ago
On social engagement and healthy aging. open-access "High social engagement was associated with lower mortality risk than low engagement (a-HR:0.58)
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JACC Journals
8 months ago
#EuroPCR
#JACC
LBCT:
#FFR-guided
complete
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reduced future and repeated events compared with infarct-related artery only after 10 years. The risk was mainly driven by revasc, with no reduction in MIs or death.
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10-Year Outcome of Complete or Infarct–Artery-Only Revascularization in STEMI with Multivessel Disease (DANAMI-3-PRIMULTI):
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.05.013?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_post&utm_campaign=bluesky_post
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Eric Topol
8 months ago
When should you take your blood pressure medication? A new randomized trial shows no difference bedtime vs morning
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Antihypertensive Medication Timing and Cardiovascular Events and Death
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of bedtime vs morning administration of antihypertensive medication on the rate of all-cause death or major cardiovascular events among patients with...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833860
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9 months ago
Consistent with results of 4 other randomized trials
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Reducing the risk of all-cause dementia with intensive blood pressure control, the results of a cluster randomized trial in~34,000 participants.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Blood pressure reduction and all-cause dementia in people with uncontrolled hypertension: an open-label, blinded-endpoint, cluster-randomized trial - Nature Medicine
In the CRHCP-3 cluster-randomized trial, blood pressure reduction lowered the risk of all-cause dementia by 15% in 33,995 individuals with hypertension.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03616-8
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One of my outstanding mentees will presenting our angina findings from the RESILIENT trial at
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Vilja Oired
10 months ago
The number of geriatricians is shrinking, just 7,400 in 2022, down from 10,000 in 2000, while the aging population keeps growing. The American Geriatrics Society says we’ll need 30,000 by 2030. The math isn’t adding up!
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America's aging population faces a growing shortage of geriatric care
For a variety of reasons, geriatric care experts told BI it's been hard attracting new doctors to the field. It's a problem for an aging US population.
https://www.businessinsider.com/geriatric-care-aging-population-boomers-healthcare-nursing-homes-doctor-shortage-2025-2
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Dr. Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP MPhil
10 months ago
#ACC25
is just around the corner! Our Health Policy Team will be presenting timely research on the effects of private equity acquisitions, telehealth parity policies, & the Inflation Reduction Act on cardiovascular health Come by to check out this amazing group of trainees work!
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Stephen P Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS
10 months ago
This is a neat study with implications for high-throughput community screening: Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol
academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...
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Accuracy of a Novel High-Throughput “Car Blood Pressure” Measurement Protocol
AbstractBackground. More than one in three adults with hypertension in the United States are unaware of their condition, highlighting the importance of lar
https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ajh/hpaf016/7991461
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Eric Topol
10 months ago
One little problem for the dimension of Superhumans with extended longevity: no data.
@economist.com
www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Important to do studies like this in our older patients:
www.acc.org/latest-in-ca...
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Does Tafamidis Improve Survival For Octogenarians With Wild-Type Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis? - American College of Cardiology
https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/journal-scans/2025/03/05/17/27/does-tafamidis-improve-survival
10 months ago
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Ken Covinsky
10 months ago
Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial??? What on earth is that????!!!! A complicated study design in which an intervention is rolled out at different times across sites Excellent article will help you understand and make sense of this design.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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What Is a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial?
This Guide to Statistics and Methods describes design, interpretation, and examples of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2831201?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=031025
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Eric Topol
10 months ago
Who funds biomedical research?
@nature.com
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Eric Topol
11 months ago
New example of opportunistic A.I. in medicine Get a liver diagnosis from an echocardiogram
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Opportunistic Screening of Chronic Liver Disease with Deep-Learning–Enhanced Echocardiography
Chronic liver disease (CLD) affects more than 1.5 billion adults, most of whom are asymptomatic and undiagnosed. Echocardiography is broadly performed and visualizes the liver, but this information...
https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/AIoa2400948
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This is an important
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piece on Geriatric Cardiology and how we need to think differently when caring for our older cardiac patients:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/h...
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New Insights Into Older Hearts
Heart disease is more common in people over 65, but treatments are better than ever. That can complicate decision-making for older heart patients.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/health/heart-disease-aging.html?smid=bs-share
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Great conversation with Dr. Blachman today on SiriusXM about healthy cardiovascular aging. Our NYU Geriatric Cardiology Program is celebrating its 10th year! ❤️
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Eric Topol
11 months ago
How to get 146% return on investment? The NIH. That's just the economic benefit. Biomedical research promotes human health.
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Harlan M. Krumholz
11 months ago
Massive NIH cuts to research infrastructure threaten the foundation of U.S. research—putting our future at risk. We need innovation in funding, not dismantling our research engine. My take in @statnews:
www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/n...
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The NIH’s drastic cut to indirect cost rates is a critical threat to U.S. research infrastructure
The drastic reduction in indirect costs is not a path to innovation or cost savings — it’s a threat to U.S.’s position as global leader in medical research.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/08/nih-indirect-research-cost-rate-cuts-universities-threat/
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Shoa Clarke
11 months ago
The BMJ will always be the funniest journal 😂
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Harlan M. Krumholz
11 months ago
🚨 NEW in @JACCJournals: Despite global initiatives, 2° prevention medication use in CVD stagnant or declining in most income-level groups. 12-year study across 17 countries. We must do better! 📉💔#HealthEquity @ACCinTouch
#PURE
Read the full study 👉
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Secondary Prevention Medications in 17 Countries Grouped by Income Level (PURE): A Prospective Cohort Study
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.121
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Eric Topol
12 months ago
Preventing cognitive decline through lifestyle intervention, results of a large randomized trial
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Conducted online, 4 modules, personalized, targeting physical activity, nutrition, cognitive activity, depression/anxiety, in at-risk individuals, mean age 65 years
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The BMJ
12 months ago
Preparing for major surgery by exercising and improving diet (“prehabilitation”) is associated with fewer complications, less time in hospital, and improved recovery and quality of life in adults, suggests an analysis of clinical trials
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American College of Cardiology
12 months ago
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#ACC25
Late-Breaking Clinical Trials are out! 🚨 Be among the first to hear the latest practice-changing breakthroughs from trials, including: 🔥 WARRIOR 🔥 SOUL 🔥 MIGHTy-Heart 🔥 EARLY TAVR 🔥 SUMMIT Learn more & see the full list here:
bit.ly/40kbSRE
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Ken Covinsky
12 months ago
Provision of hearing aids to older persons with hearing impairment leads to profound improvements in day to day communication function. Important RCT Isn't it outrageous the Medicare does not pay for hearing aids?
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Effect of hearing intervention on communicative function: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial
Background The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) Study was designed to determine the effects of a best-practice hearing intervention on cognitive decline among community-dwel...
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.19185
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Mobile Health for Cardiac Rehab Doesn’t Aid Older Adults With CVD: RESILIENT
An app-based program failed to boost function for most at 3 months, but positive signs were seen in women and after CABG.
https://www.tctmd.com/news/mobile-health-cardiac-rehab-doesnt-aid-older-adults-cvd-resilient
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🧵 (1/4) We just published the RESILIENT trial in JAMA Open (Link:
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Rehabilitation Using Mobile Health for Older Adults With Ischemic Heart Disease
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a home-based mobile health cardiac rehabilitation intervention improves 6-minute walk distance in adults aged 65 years or older after hospitalizatio...
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828802
about 1 year ago
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Anna Kate Barton
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Another link with the bonus of picture 🤩
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Myocardial Fibroblast Activation After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Study
Myocardial fibrosis is a key healing response after myocardial infarction driven by activated fibroblasts. Gallium-68-labeled fibroblast activation pr…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109724103154
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Dr. Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP MPhil
about 1 year ago
A new
@nbcnews.com
article covers our study in JACC, highlighting the collision of factors driving ⬆️ cardiovascular mortality among young adults in
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communities Study
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In rural America, heart disease is increasingly claiming younger lives
People living in rural parts of the country live shorter lives, on average, than their urban counterparts, largely due to heart disease. That disparity grew during the pandemic.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/heart-disease-deaths-soar-rural-america-driven-rise-working-age-adults-rcna184750
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American College of Cardiology
about 1 year ago
What an amazing year 2024 was in terms of advances in CV care! 🌎
bit.ly/407Ntjr
Catch up on the 🔝 Clinical Content of 2024: 📖 Journal Scans 🧬 Clinical Trials 📰 ACC News Stories 💡
#CardiologyMag
Articles 🧠 Expert Analyses 🩺 Patient Case Quizzes 🎧 ACC Podcasts
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Top ACC Content in 2024 - American College of Cardiology
https://bit.ly/407Ntjr
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BMJ Christmas Issue is brilliant, as always...
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about 1 year ago
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Yael L. Maxwell
about 1 year ago
The PREVENT equations developed by
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can accurately predict the risk of heart failure developing within 10 yrs, according to new data from NHANES
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www.tctmd.com/news/prevent...
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PREVENT Tool Accurately Predicts HF Risk, With ‘Strong’ ASCVD Overlap
More work is needed to understand how to act preemptively on elevated heart failure risk, one researcher says.
https://www.tctmd.com/news/prevent-tool-accurately-predicts-hf-risk-strong-ascvd-overlap
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New paper from our lab: digital health interventions for postpartum CV health
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Digital health Interventions for the Optimization of Postpartum Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Scoping Review
Digital health technologies have been proposed as a potential solution to improving maternal cardiovascular (CV) health in the postpartum (PP) period.…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666667724002861
about 1 year ago
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Harlan M. Krumholz
about 1 year ago
Clinicians, your voice matters! 🩺 @JACCJournals & @US_FDA are teaming up to tackle urgent evidence gaps in cardiovascular care. Share the key questions you face in practice about FDA-regulated products and help shape the future of research.
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Giving Cardiovascular Clinicians a Voice in Evidence Generation: A Collaboration Between FDA and JACC
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.11.022
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Matteo Cesari
about 1 year ago
The Doctor (Luke Fildes, 1891) Tate Gallery, London
#Care
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Candice Silversides
about 1 year ago
Helpful algorithm for treating recurrent
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Our GeriKit app has been downloaded over 7500 times. Now available for both iOS and Android. As always, it’s easy to use and free.
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about 1 year ago
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Glad to see this paper on BP home monitoring from our RESILIENT trial, and congrats to Dr. Kovell for leading it.
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Patterns of Adherence to Home Blood Pressure Monitoring... : Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention
n (mHealth-CR) are unknown. We aimed to identify patterns of adherence to HBPM in a cohort of older adults undergoing mHealth-CR to optimize HBPM use in the future. Methods: We used interim data fr...
https://journals.lww.com/jcrjournal/abstract/9900/patterns_of_adherence_to_home_blood_pressure.187.aspx
about 1 year ago
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So proud of mentee Dr. Sidhu who just matched at NYU for cardiology fellowship. Her future is bright - and we are lucky to have her.
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about 1 year ago
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