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Calcium, vitamin D may affect long-term health in postmenopausal women

A post hoc analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative found that those who took calcium and vitamin D supplements had a lower risk for death from cancer and a higher risk for death from cardiovascular disease.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/12/1.htm
12 Mar 2024

New 'weighs' to treat obesity

Even as the data on weight loss drugs mount, physicians need to help patients navigate potentially prohibitive costs and a continuing need for lifestyle change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/03/new-weighs-to-treat-obesity.htm
1 Mar 2024

Recommendations released on statin therapy for people with HIV

The guidance from a panel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services addresses primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients ages 40 to 75 years and younger than age 40 years.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/05/2.htm
5 Mar 2024

Subclinical eGFR associated with cardiovascular disease in younger patients

A retrospective cohort study in Canada found that the relative risk for major cardiovascular events with or without heart failure increased in adults ages 18 to 39 years with an eGFR below 80 mL/min/1.73 m2.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/19/2.htm
19 Sep 2023

RSV vaccines new tool for physicians

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended in June that adults ages 60 years and older may receive a single dose of an RSV vaccine, using shared clinical decision making.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/10/rsv-vaccines-new-tool-for-physicians.htm
1 Oct 2023

Statins underused in patients with cardiovascular disease, study finds

Women, older adults, and those with peripheral artery disease and cerebrovascular disease are particularly likely not to receive statins, according to an industry-funded analysis of lipid-lowering therapy use.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/08/2.htm
8 Aug 2023

Manage symptoms of menopause

As a clinical diagnosis with several effective treatments, genitourinary syndrome of menopause falls within the internal medicine physician's broad domain.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/manage-symptoms-of-menopause.htm
1 Jul 2023

Screen cardiovascular disease patients for sleep apnea, AHA recommends

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea is as high as 40% to 80% in patients with hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, or stroke, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/29/2.htm
29 Jun 2021

Insomnia symptoms, short sleep duration in midlife women linked to CVD risk

Persistent insomnia symptoms, alone and combined with short sleep duration, in women ages 42 to 52 years were associated with a subsequent 70% to 75% increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/02/06/2.htm
6 Feb 2024

Consider menopause's impact ‘beyond the bikini area’

While 80% of women have menopausal vasomotor symptoms, 70% of them go untreated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/consider-menopauses-impact-beyond-the-bikini-area.htm
1 Sep 2023

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