PREVENT Equations Show Lower ASCVD Risk Than Pooled Cohort Equations
Mean 10-year ASCVD risk 5.4 percent using pooled cohort equations versus 2.9 percent using PREVENT equations
Transcatheter PDA Closure Increasingly Used for Very Low Birth-Weight Infants
Higher survival seen for VLBW infants undergoing transcatheter closure, but similar LOS, neonatal complications
Continual Cuffless BP Monitoring Can Classify Time-in-Target-Range Accurately
Configurations paralleling ambulatory and home BP monitoring inaccurately classified considerable proportion of patients versus reference TTR
New Report Calls for More Research on Women’s Health Issues
More Women Than Men Experience Nonphysical Violence in Health Care Workforce
Women more likely to experience verbal abuse, sexual harassment, bullying, while men more likely to experience physical violence
Pulsed Field Ablation Demonstrates Favorable Safety Profile for A-Fib
No esophageal complications, pulmonary vein stenosis, persistent phrenic palsy observed; stroke was rare and death even rarer
Proteomics Panel Not Useful for Predicting Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
In recent study, no proteins were selected to augment the clinical and demographic covariates using an elastic net model
Scientists Spot Cause of Lupus, Way to Reverse It
Mediterranean Diet Adherence Tied to Lower Mortality for Cancer Survivors
Each 2-point increase in Mediterranean diet score linked to significantly lower all-cause mortality
Study Looks at Impact of Incentivizing Smoking Cessation in Addition to Usual Care
Incentivizing smoking cessation increases cessation through 12 weeks, but not at 26 weeks, when missing data are treated as smoking
