Preventive Care
News
Annual ob.gyn. visit a ‘powerful opportunity’ to talk heart health
Women are at greater risk than men are of cardiovascular mortality, ACOG and the AHA note in a newly published joint advisory.
News
Cochrane report: HPV vaccine proves its worth in adolescent, young adult women
Data support value of prophylactic vaccination to prevent cervical cancer in adolescent and young adult women.
News
New BP guidelines synergize with transformed primary care
The new ACC/AHA BP guidelines fit the system approach to primary care that has transformed U.S. medicine over the past decade.
Clinical Review
The Evidence for Herbal and Botanical Remedies, Part 1
Patients may enthuse about the benefits of their preferred herbal supplements, but scientific support for their claims is often lacking. There are...
News
EAGLES: Smoking cessation therapy did not up cardiovascular risk
The overall rate of major adverse cardiovascular events was less than 0.5% in a study of smokers who received one of three cessation therapies or...
Conference Coverage
Cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes: Patients are often clueless
A survey showed most patients with type 2 diabetes are unaware of their elevated cardiovascular risk.
Commentary
Taking the Bite Out of Nutrition
You know the basics: greens are good, and "fake" foods are fattening. But between serving sizes and recommended daily values, it can be tough to...
News
NASH rapidly overtaking hepatitis C as cause of liver cancer
The analysis is based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data.
News
Expert: Eat walnuts!
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Beneficial alterations to gut microbiome seen in RCT.
Conference Coverage
Circulating tumor cell assay shows promise for colorectal cancer screening
The CTC assay had an accuracy of 87.9% in the entire cohort of 620 colonoscopy patients, which included 327 patients with colorectal cancer of all...