Depressive Symptoms Linked to CVD Risk, Mortality
Associations stronger in urban versus rural communities and in men versus women
Low-Dose Aspirin Lowers CVD Risk but Raises Bleeding Risk
Authors used umbrella review method to explore health outcomes associated with low-dose aspirin
Recent Cannabis Use Not Linked to Acute Ischemic Stroke
After adjustment for confounding variables including age, race, cardiac condition, no link observed
Troponin I Elevation Linked to Death in COVID-19 Patients
Patients with small or greater amounts of myocardial injury had significantly increased risk for death
Treatment Gap Remains in Stroke Care Between Men and Women
Size of this difference has narrowed compared with studies published before 2008
Intracerebral Hemorrhage Incidence Rate Stabilizing
Continued increase in incidence for those ≥75 years coincides with increase in use of anticoagulant meds
CAC Score, Physical Activity May Help Predict Mortality in Seniors
For patients with high coronary artery calcium score, mortality up with decreasing physical activity
Newborn Respiratory Distress Up With Maternal Antidepressant Use
Moderate, high sustained prenatal antidepressant use associated with increased risk for preterm birth
Kawasaki-Like Disease More Common in Children of African Ancestry
Kawasaki-like inflammatory syndrome temporally linked to SARS-CoV-2 marked by GI symptoms
Blood Pressure Treatment Even Effective in Frail Older Adults
Survival benefit seen in all adherent older people, but healthier older people survived longer
