Caitlin Cox

In industrialized countries, the gaps in systolic BP and cholesterol have shrunk between obese and normal-weight individuals. Over the past three decades, gaps in key cardiovascular risk factors—specifically systolic blood pressure and non-HDL cholesterol levels—have shrunk between individuals with obesity versus normal body weight living in industrialized countries, according to a new study by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC).

News Conference News ESC Heart Failure 2026 Experts at Heart Failure 2026 hashed out the lack of positive RCTs, why “function and feel” matter, and more. BARCELONA, Spain—Iron deficiency is common among patients with heart failure (HF), raising the possibility that addressing this need could improve prognosis. Experts at the recent Heart Failure 2026 meeting debated what’s holding the therapy back and how best to move forward in a way that optimizes outcomes, not just hard but soft endpoints, too.

News Conference News ESC Heart Failure 2026 Anti-inflammatory therapies could prove helpful in this setting, but that’s yet to be seen. BARCELONA, Spain—Two in five patients with heart failure (HF) have high inflammatory risk, with a similar prevalence across the spectrum of ejection fraction, according to an international snapshot from the POSEIDON study.