Review Confirms Interarm SBP Difference, Mortality Link
All-cause mortality risk increased with interarm systolic blood pressure difference magnitude from ≥5 mm Hg threshold
Affordable Care Act Reduced Income Inequality in United States
Income inequality reduced within and across groups based on race/ethnicity, age, family educational attainment
Vaccine Rollout Slows as Many Health Care Workers Balk at Shots
In nursing homes and to some degree in hospitals, employees are refusing shots, expressing fears of side effects
Statins May Protect Heart From Chemo for Early Breast Cancer
Risk for heart failure hospital presentations significantly lower in statin-exposed women treated with anthracyclines
Predicted Heart Age Higher Among Cancer Survivors
Excess heart age 8.5 years for men and 6.5 years for women; varies by age, race/ethnicity, education, income
eGFR Variability Linked to All-Cause Mortality Risk
No association seen for estimated glomerular filtration rate variability and cardiovascular disease events
Some Hospitalized Heart Patients Report Frequent Nightmares
Frequent nightmares associated with depression, anxiety, insomnia but not cardiovascular medications, sleep-disordered breathing
Postpartum Trajectory Differs by Race After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
At six weeks postpartum, 68 percent of Black women and 51 percent of White women meet hypertension criteria
Drug Makers Raise Prices on 500 Prescription Drugs
AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, and Pfizer among companies raising their prices by a median of 4.6 percent
NIDA: Teen Vaping Levels Seem to Have Plateaued in 2020
Percentage of teenagers in eighth, 10th, 12th grade vaping nicotine and marijuana remained stable from 2019 to 2020
