![A decision tool (dual antiplatelet therapy [DAPT] score) improves risk prediction for continued DAPT beyond assessment of myocardial infarction history](http://www.ehealth-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/heart0331.jpeg "DAPT Score Improves Risk Prediction of Continued DAPT")
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Alternate-Day Fasting Not More Effective for Weight Loss
Weight loss similar to conventional calorie-restriction diet, researchers find
Higher Triglycerides May Be Protective in the Very Elderly
Higher triglyceride levels tied to lower risk of cognitive decline, ADL decline, frailty aggravation, and death
Oral Steroids May Raise Risks for Diabetes, HTN, VTE in Children
But absolute risks for these complications still low among children receiving glucocorticoids
History of Cycling Weight May Up Risk for Heart Disease in Women
Yo-yo dieting associations with cardiovascular disease stronger in women with no pregnancy history
More Than One-Third of U.S. Children Consume Fast Food
Children and adolescents consumed 13.8 percent of their daily calories from fast food on a given day
Some Patients Have Increase in Cardiac Events With Azithromycin
Risk for cardiac events higher with azithromycin versus amoxicillin in those using QT-prolonging drugs
Anxiety in Middle Age Linked to Increased Cardiometabolic Risk
Higher neuroticism and worry levels in men associated with cardiometabolic risk across time
Death and Disability From Stroke Down in United Kingdom
Findings for both men and women and blacks and whites
ESC: Adverse Outcomes Increased With Suboptimal Adherence to Aspirin After MI
Risk increased for recurrent MI, ischemic stroke, or death with suboptimal adherence through eight years after MI
Dapagliflozin Lowers Risk for Worsening Heart Failure
Findings seen among patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, irrespective of diabetes
