The obesity epidemic in the United States, defined as the prevalence of overweight/obese adults with a body mass index ≥25 kg/m 2, now approaches ≈70% of the population. 1 Obesity is a major risk ...

'End-stage' hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most serious manifestations of HCM, yet its etiology remains poorly understood. Here, Yacoub et al. discuss recent advances in our ...