Overweight in Teens, Young Adults Tied to Cerebrovascular Disease in Women
Risk for ischemic cerebrovascular disease increased at ages 14 and 31 years for women with overweight, independent of earlier or later BMI
Smoking Cessation Aids Equally Effective in Those With Mental Health Conditions
Specifically, vaping products, varenicline, and heated tobacco products tied to significantly greater odds of successful cessation
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diseases Set to Increase
Annual inflation-adjusted health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors projected to triple between 2020 and 2050
Second Patient to Receive Pig Kidney Has Organ Removed
Patient's body had not rejected the organ, but a heart pump she was also using failed to maintain good blood supply to the organ
Noncontact Facial Infrared Thermography Model Can Predict Coronary Artery Disease
IRT model demonstrates outstanding performance compared with recommended pretest probability models
Risk for Kidney Complications Increased After Heart Failure Hospitalization
By one year after heart failure hospitalization, 6 percent had progressed to dialysis, 7 percent had been readmitted for AKI
Excess Mortality Persisted in Western World From 2020 Through 2022
Excess deaths continued in 2022 when most COVID-19 containment measures were lifted and COVID-19 vaccines were continued
Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lower Risk for Mortality
Reduction in risk is partly explained by multiple cardiometabolic factors, including small molecule metabolites, inflammatory biomarkers
Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Tied to Lower Risk for Cardiovascular Events
Risk for cardiovascular diseases similar between gastric cancer patients who undergo endoscopic resection and the general population
9.6 Percent of Medical Visits Took Place Via Telehealth in 2021
Percentage of telehealth visits was higher for mental health than other clinicians
