Financial Incentives Help People Stop Smoking
Effectiveness of incentives appears to be sustained once follow-up ends and incentives stop
Excess Risk for Diabetes-Linked Heart Failure Greater in Women
Women with type 1, type 2 diabetes have greater excess risk for heart failure versus men
About One in 20 Patients Exposed to Preventable Harm
Pooled prevalence of preventable patient harm was 6 percent; 12 percent was severe, led to death
CDC: Prevalence of Smoking Quit Attempts Unchanged in Most States
From 2011 to 2017, quit attempts increased in four states, decreased in two states
People Living With HIV Have Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Risk for heart failure and stroke particularly higher; risk for heart attack, atrial fibrillation moderately higher
Systolic, Diastolic HTN Contribute to Adverse CV Events
Systolic, diastolic HTN independently predict composite outcome with thresholds of ≥140/90 or 130/80 mm Hg
Early EEG Helps Predict Cardiac Arrest Outcomes in Comatose
Continuous background pattern at six or 12 hours an independent predictor of good outcome
Extremely Low LDL Cholesterol May Up Stroke Risk
Higher hemorrhagic stroke risk seen for individuals with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <70 mg/dL
Subclinical Cardiovascular Dz May Up Fall Risk in Older Adults
Higher measures of subclinical myocardial damage, cardiac wall strain linked to new falls
Prevalence of Malignancy High in Takotsubo Syndrome Patients
Those with malignancy have higher long-term mortality but no difference in short-term outcomes
