Beta hydroxybutyrate—a ketone body produced in the liver—could be key to regulating hypertension in heart patients who aren’t able to exercise, according to research out of the University of Toledo.

Minnesota’s attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, Oct. 16, accusing drug manufacturers Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly of deceptive price increases for insulin.

Catheter ablation was associated with better arrhythmia-free survival and lower complication rates than surgical ablation in patients with paroxysmal or early-onset persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to a small, randomized study published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

The proportion of part-time cardiologists is declining at a time when one would expect health systems to be doing everything they can to keep competent physicians on board, according to MedAxiom’s 2018 Cardiovascular Provider Compensation & Production Survey.

A team at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, announced progress on its latest cardiology wearable: a plant-based, stretchable wrist sticker that has the ability to monitor physical activity and alert users to health risks in real-time.

Children who eat breakfasts high in energy but low in nutrition are likely to see higher cholesterol levels, increased insulin resistance and an elevated risk for cardiovascular complications in the future, according to research out of Spain.

For patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and multivessel disease, complete revascularization is associated with greater in-hospital mortality but better long-term survival, according to an observational study published Oct. 15 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is expanding its safety and quality ratings to outpatient surgery centers. The group plans to survey 250 centers in 2019 and up to 5,600 in 2020.

Patients who resume oral anticoagulation treatment following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are almost twice as likely to achieve functional recovery, according to a study published Oct. 9 in Stroke.

Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are recommending 31 papers authored by a former lab director be retracted from medical journals, STAT reported this week.