Risk factors for COVID-19, CMR after COVID-19, and two important obesity studies are discussed in this week’s podcast. To read a partial transcript or to comment https://www.medscape.com/index/twic Cardiometabolic Conditions and COVID19 Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946488 Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Attributable to Cardiometabolic Conditions in the United States: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.019259 CMR after COVID19 Myocardial Injury Seen on MRI in 54% of Recovered COVID https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946287 Patterns of myocardial injury in recovered troponin-positive COVID-19 patients assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab075 Obesity Trials Semaglutide for Weight Loss? A Good First STEP, With Caveats https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/945630 Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183 Major Breakthrough in Weight Loss With Semaglutide? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/940841 Effect of Subcutaneous Semaglutide vs Placebo as an Adjunct to Intensive Behavioral Therapy on Body Weight in Adults With Overweight or Obesity https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777025 Features Fired for Good Judgment a Sign of Physicians' Lost Respect https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946286 A Tribute to Bernard Lown https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946447 You may also like: Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, on Medicine and the Machine https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine The Bob Harrington Show with Stanford University Chair of Medicine, Robert A. Harrington, MD. https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington Questions or feedback, please contact news@medscape.net