CHD/Prevention News

Editor’s Note: This is part three of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on maternal and cardiovascular outcomes among Indigenous women living in the United States. Part one can be seen here. Part two can be seen here.

Cancer treatment, primarily chemotherapy, is associated with impaired cardiorespiratory fitness years after treatment has ended and regardless of cancer subtype, according to a meta-analysis published in JACC: CardioOncology.

High muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness reduced mortality for people diagnosed with cancer, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Beneath the Surface is a video series in which Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, Healio Dermatology Chief Medical Editor, discusses hot topics in the field with leading experts.

American Indian and Alaska Native women have some of the highest rates of maternal death and morbidity in the United States, yet challenges with poor data collection continue to complicate efforts to improve health outcomes.

Less than 5% of hospitalized adults with type 2 diabetes received an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 before being discharged, according to data from a cohort study published in the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.

Concomitant use of statins improved survival among people with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to results of a meta-analysis.

CT imaging of patients entering lung cancer treatment identified a high prevalence of atherosclerosis, according to data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course.

Beneath the Surface is a video series in which Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, Healio Dermatology Chief Medical Editor, discusses hot topics in the field with leading experts.