Cardiology
Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published online Jan. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Julia M. Baker, Ph.D., from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University...
Heart Failure Represents Considerable Global Health Concern
FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 — The absolute numbers of heart failure prevalent cases and years lived with disability (YLD) increased from 1990 to 2017, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, M.D., Ph.D., from Xiangya Hospital in Changsha, China, and colleagues collected data on...
Many Health Care Workers Report Vaccine Hesitancy
FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Adva Gadoth, Ph.D., from the University of California in Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a survey (Sept. 24 to Oct....
Cardiovascular Comorbidities More Likely for Adults With CHDs
THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Adults with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are more likely to report cardiovascular comorbidities than those in the general population, according to research published in the Feb. 12 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Using data from 1,482 respondents in...
Supreme Court Should Uphold Affordable Care Act: Biden Administration
THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the Biden administration reverses a Trump administration position in an important case before the court, the Associated Press reported. The Trump White House...
Once-Weekly Semaglutide Promising for Weight Loss
THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with overweight or obesity receiving once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide plus lifestyle intervention achieved sustained, clinically relevant reductions in body weight, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine. John P. H. Wilding, D.M., from the University of Liverpool in the United...
Sexual-Minority Medical Students Have Higher Burnout
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth A. Samuels, M.D., from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues surveyed U.S. medical students graduating in...
Genetic Data Suggest Increases in BP May Cause A-Fib
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There seems to be a causal relationship between increased blood pressure (BP) and a higher risk for atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study published online Feb. 9 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Georgios Georgiopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., from King’s College London, and colleagues used Mendelian randomization...
Primary Care Lifestyle Intervention Has Cardiometabolic Benefits
TUESDAY, Feb. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) delivered in the primary care setting has cardiometabolic benefits for obese adults, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in Circulation. Christoph Höchsmann, Ph.D., from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and colleagues examined the effectiveness of a pragmatic...
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