Cardiology

Reduced risk for incident cancer and cancer-related mortality in patients with heart failure appears to depend on duration of statin use

Fruit-snack after breakfast linked to lower all-cause, cancer mortality risks; starchy snacks linked to higher all-cause, CVD mortality risks

Group of health agencies says 'risks of being unvaccinated are far greater than any rare side effects from the vaccines'

Decrease in life expectancy larger than that seen in other high-income countries; pronounced decreases seen for Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black populations

Smoking and obesity associated with significantly earlier age of presentation

Prophylactic-dose anticoagulation, but not treatment-dose anticoagulation, associated with lower 60-day mortality

Increase in rate of days alive and out of hospital mainly due to drop in rate of days dead for patients with T2DM, worsening heart failure

Adolescent BMI z-score independently linked to poor general health, diabetes, premature myocardial infarction after 24-year follow-up

Among those with diabetes, likelihood of using aspirin did not differ for older versus younger (60 to 69 years) age categories

Standardized office BP measurement preferred for management of high BP, with target of <120 mm Hg for systolic BP