Preventive Care
Commentary
Why Cardiac Biomarkers Don’t Help Predict Heart Disease
Physician discusses recent study findings that cardiac biomarkers will not likely help risk-stratify patients.
Feature
Outside the Guidelines: Prostate Cancer Screening Overused in Older Men
Experts address potential harms of screening for prostate cancer in patients with low life expectancy.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA OKs First Multitarget Stool RNA Test for CRC Screening
The FDA approval was based on results of the CRC-PREVENT trial.
Conference Coverage
Why Incorporating Obstetric History Matters for CVD Risk Management in Autoimmune Diseases
A history of pregnancy complications can put women with autoimmune disease at a higher risk for CVD. Prophylaxis during pregnancy may avoid those...
Latest News
Lower Protein Intake In Midlife May Increase Mortality Risk
More data are needed, but a population-based study showed consistently greater mortality for each quintile from the highest to the lowest quintile...
Opinion
It Would Be Nice if Olive Oil Really Did Prevent Dementia
Conference Coverage
Oral Microbiome Test Could Detect Gastric Cancer Earlier
A noninvasive “swish and spit” test could be more accessible and allow for more widespread screening.
Commentary
Is Red Meat Healthy? Multiverse Analysis Has Lessons Beyond Meat
A specification curve analysis of a dataset provides a much broader picture; in the case of red meat, you see some significant results, but the...
Conference Coverage
New mRNA Vaccines in Development for Cancer and Infections
Different forms and designations of mRNA vaccines are used, depending on the application and desired effect.
From the Journals
Can a Risk Score Predict Kidney Injury After Cisplatin?
Researchers have developed a risk algorithm to predict acute kidney injury after cisplatin administration and tested it using data from six US...
From the Journals
Negative Colonoscopy? 15-Year Screening Interval May Be Safe
Researchers compare patients who had a first colonoscopy with negative findings for CRC with matched controls who either did not have a...