AHA: Self-Weighing Linked to Increased Eating Self-Efficacy
Increased self-efficacy over time seen for participants in high/consistent self-weighing group
AHA: Exposure to Violence May Up Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Exposure to physical violence in adulthood linked to carotid artery intima media thickness
AHA: Yogurt Consumption Linked to Reduced Risk of High BP
Effect seen in women, not men; strongest effect seen in the highest tertile of DASH scores
More Chest Pain for Women Undergoing PCI With DES
Similarly low incidence of adverse cardiovascular events for men and women with new generation DES
ACOG Issues Recommendations on Prenatal Screening
Bulletins relate to prenatal diagnostic testing for genetic disorders, screening for fetal aneuploidy
Daily Low-Dose Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Some Cancers
Effect was seen most strongly with colon, gastrointestinal tumors
Scientists Report Insights Into Zika Virus and Microcephaly
The pathogen appears to attack cells crucial to the developing fetal brain
Women Often Overestimate Odds of Early Breast Cancer Spreading
Misperceptions lead to worry that harms quality of life, researcher says
AHA: Too Many Errors With Smartphone Blood Pressure App
Measurements were off four out of five times when popular mobile application was tested
Ovarian CA Encompasses More Than One Kind of Malignancy
Better understanding needed to improve prevention, detection, treatment, U.S. panel notes
