USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Use of Vitamins for CVD, Cancer Prevention
Task force recommends against use of beta-carotene, vitamin E for prevention of cardiovascular disease or cancer in adults
Women Physicians Delay Childbearing Versus Nonphysicians
Physicians more likely to experience childbirth at older ages; have same cumulative probability of childbirth as nonphysicians
Farxiga Approved to Reduce Risk for CKD Progression
SGLT2 inhibitor approved for patients with CKD to prevent kidney function decline, kidney failure, CV death, hospitalization for heart failure
ACP Advises Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Aid Diagnosis of Dyspnea
POCUS suggested in addition to standard diagnostic pathway for patients in ED, inpatient setting when diagnosis is uncertain
Risk Factors ID’d for COVID-19-Related Death in Diabetes
Risk for COVID-19-related death up in association with male sex, older age, preexisting comorbidities, insulin use
Congenital Heart Disease Surgery Tied to Later Hypertension
During 10 years of follow-up, younger age at index surgery and more complex surgery particularly linked to higher risk for developing hypertension
AHA Offers Guidance for CVD Risk in Breast, Prostate Cancer
Patients with breast, prostate cancer who are receiving hormonal therapy more likely to develop cardiovascular risk factors
Intraabdominal Fat Ups Health Risks in Absence of Obesity
Interventions investigated to reduce these adipose tissue depots, with lifestyle interventions as effective as medications (or more so)
Female Sex, Work Culture Biggest Contributors to Physician Burnout
Compared with electronic health record usage at an academic medical center, clinician sex and work culture contributed more to burnout
Opportunistic Mobile ECG Detects A-Fib in American Indians
New atrial fibrillation was detected in 1.5 percent of patients screened versus 0.3 percent of controls, who did not undergo screening
