Weight-Loss Drug Benefit Spans HFpEF, HFmrEF
CLEVELAND — Semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) improved outcomes across the range of moderately reduced and preserved ejection fraction in heart failure (HFmrEF, HFpEF) related to obesity, a prespecified secondary analysis of the STEP-HFpEF trial showed. The benefits were consistent across subgroups, reported Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, of the Baylor Scott and White Research Institute […]
Physician Wants Hospital CEO Pay Capped at $800K
A former physician at the MetroHealth System in Cleveland has called for a cap on CEO pay after the health system’s top executive allegedly awarded himself and others more than $2.2 million in unauthorized bonuses last year. Kenneth Frisof, MD, a retired family medicine doctor, wrote in a letter to the editor of Cleveland.com that […]
Opinion | Shouldn’t Doctors Be Paid for Responding to Health Portal Messages?
The Cleveland Clinic recently announced they will begin charging patients a fee for online correspondence with physicians through their online portal. Such fees are perhaps a necessary response to the ever-growing volume of portal messages, through which patients seek advice outside of the traditional structure of a billable visit. As a busy clinical cardiologist, my […]
Link found between gut microbes and stroke: Findings lay the groundwork for new stroke treatments, prevention strategies
New findings from Cleveland Clinic researchers show for the first time that the gut microbiome impacts stroke severity and functional impairment following stroke. The results, published in Cell Host & Microbe, lay the groundwork for potential new interventions to help treat or prevent stroke. The research was led by Weifei Zhu, Ph.D., and Stanley Hazen, […]
Cleveland Clinic study links gut microbiome and aggressive prostate cancer: Researchers uncover how diet, lifestyle modifications may lower risk of lethal disease
Cleveland Clinic researchers have shown for the first time that diet-associated molecules in the gut are associated with aggressive prostate cancer, suggesting dietary interventions may help reduce risk. Findings from the study were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. While more research will be necessary, the study’s lead author Nima Sharifi, M.D., says findings […]