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Certain changes to preexisting models that predict risk for cardiovascular events in the general population can help clinicians predict risk for atherosclerotic CVD in patients with chronic kidney disease.Specifically, the inclusion of factors such as long-term glycemia, inflammation, kidney injury and cardiac injury improved the performance of the model.

New study data demonstrate a substantial cardiovascular burden and elevated risks in patients who survived acute COVID-19, according to researchers.

Patients with triple-negative breast cancer have a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors that increase their risk for noncancer morbidity and mortality, according to study results.Younger Black women with triple-negative disease had a higher likelihood of having hypertension and obesity — both of which could put them at higher risk for cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy, according to

A variety of social and environmental factors are crucial to assess rates of self-injury mortality and suicide, according to results of a 2-decade-long U.S. cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.“This national study breaks new ground by identifying characteristics of states that are associated with high or low rates of self-injury mortality,” Ian R. H. Rockett, PhD,

The Democratic governors of several states, including New Jersey and Delaware, announced this week that they will soon lift COVID-19 mask mandates in K-12 schools, joining other states that have already eliminated such measures.

I have the privilege of serving as 2021-2022 president of Association of Community Cancer Centers, a community of more than 30,000 multidisciplinary health care professionals engaged in the delivery of quality cancer care across the U.S.As an oncology social worker and as ACCC president, I am awed and humbled by the oncology community — providers, patients, caregivers and others—and

Findings suggest that women who experience nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy may be self-medicating with marijuana, and obstetricians should be prepared to offer safe and effective treatment alternatives.

In a new statement, the American Heart Association presented scientific evidence that challenges the belief that marijuana is harmless and highlights uncertainty about the drug’s effect on brain health. The statement was published in the Association’s journal, Stroke, and presented and discussed during a symposium at the AHA International Stroke Conference in New Orleans.

Selinexor prolonged PFS compared with placebo among women with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to topline data released by the agent’s manufacturer.The therapy also appeared well-tolerated, results of the randomized phase 3 SIENDO study showed.

Placement of an atrial shunt device failed to reduce the rate of HF events or improve health status vs. sham in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction, according to results of the REDUCE LAP-HF II trial published in The Lancet.“Dyspnea due to left atrial pressure overload during exercise is a hallmark of heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction,”