Overweight BMI surpasses 'normal,' and introducing the 'Card Talk' segment

Friday, September 13, 2019

We introduce a brand new format with Jerome Dwyer, MD, brother of our host, Jim Dwyer, MD, for a new segment that we're calling 'Card Talk' where Dr. Jim and Dr. Jerry talk about the current clinical state of cardiology and take a peek into the future.

This week in cardiology news:

Survival at ‘overweight’ BMI surpasses ‘normal’
Data from more than 142,000 middle-aged people worldwide show those with a BMI of 25-29 outlast those at 20-24.
Visceral fat linked to sixfold increase in masked hypertension
The body mass index trend was not significant.
New class of drug safely halved LDL cholesterol in ORION-11
Inclisiran potently cut LDL cholesterol by inhibiting the PCSK9 enzyme with biannual injections.

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^{Jim Dwyer, MD}

Jim Dwyer MD, FACC, FSCAI, is a cardiologist and avid horseman in Prescott, Ariz. Trained at Saint Louis University, he spent more than 30 years in interventional cardiology. He recently hung up his lead apron and has joined a private cardiology practice. Dr. Dwyer has been producing health segments for radio broadcast for 20 years. He has no disclosures.