In recognition of American Heart Month 2022, Jasvinder Singh, MD, evaluates the association between gout and cardiac disease, based on published literature.
While rare, pediatric Graves disease is on the rise. Medical professionals across several disciplines reviewed current medical literature to provide the most up-to-date information on the disease.
Sofia Ahmed, MD, and Rana Hassan, MD, discuss their research on the underrepresentation of women in heart failure studies and the need for more sex-specific cardiovascular risk factors in data collection reflecting issues for women.
Radmila Lyubarova, MD, and Michael G. Nanna, MD, discuss the lack of awareness regarding risk for ASCVD in women and disparities in treatment that they face.
Dennis R. Leahy, MD, shares his POV on the value of making Lp(a) testing universal, not only to inform patients and their clinicians of the high CV risks, but to make way for potential treatments.
In a Q&A, Asher Schranz, MD, MPH, discusses the importance of physician collaboration in the treatment of patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis.
Approximately 5% to 10% of shift workers, including many health care professionals, suffer from shift work disorder, a circadian sleep-wake cycle disorder defined by poor quality sleep.
Is it an ophthalmologist’s job to advise patients with diabetes on lifestyle choices, such as diet? Ophthalmologists Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD, and Abdhish Bhavsar, MD, say it is, and suggest that saving vision may require putting patients in touch with a nutritionist.
Children with type 1 diabetes require complex care, which can be stressful for them and their parents. Endocrinology Advisor spoke with pediatric psychologist Cynthia E. Munoz, PhD, MPH, about the challenges these parents face.