Following discharge for COVID-19 hospitalization, county-level social deprivation does not affect long-term cardiovascular risk.

Researchers have found that, among nulliparous patients, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy significantly increase risk for incident atrial fibrillation.

Adolescent hyperglycemia and worsening insulin resistance are associated with an increased risk for worsening structural and functional cardiac damage.

Maternal deaths increased between 2000 and 2019, and another sharp increase was recorded in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The FDA has approved Optison for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricle and to improve the delineation of the left ventricle endocardial borders.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are tied to a reduction in alcohol intake in patients being treated for obesity.

Data-driven clustering reveals distinct obesity phenotypes with unique clinical, behavioral, microbiome features, and differential GLP-1 responses.

Patients with diabetes mellitus who use GLP-1 RAs have an increased risk for acute and chronic pancreatitis, according to a study presented at DDW 2025.

A study was conducted to assess the effect of not using postprocedural drains in patients receiving epicardial access on risk for complications.

HealthDay News — Roughly one in 10 U.S. internal medicine physicians report a high degree of burnout, according to a study published online May 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

From 2019 to 2021, opioid prescribing by US physicians in EDs declined, but it increased among PAs and nurses.

Simultaneous liver transplant and sleeve gastrectomy yield durable weight loss, resolution of diabetes and hypertension, and a reduction in allograft steatosis development.