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Fracture and mortality risks for men aged 80 years or older have different profiles, and an assessment of both could help to inform osteoporosis drug treatment decisions, according to a speaker.

Cardiac MRI demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected cardiac tumor and may serve as a good independent predictor of long-term survival, researchers reported.

Among health care workers, women experienced greater work-family and family-work conflicts than men during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data presented at the virtual Women in Medicine Summit.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation named Charles J. Ryan, MD, as its president and CEO.

Later idiopathic intracranial hypertension diagnoses occurred less often in women with slightly lower cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure and fewer headaches, according to a retrospective, clinical cohort study.

Consuming a more plant-centered diet was associated with lower risk for CVD among both young adults and postmenopausal women, according to two studies published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Women who experienced complications during pregnancies that occurred prior to kidney donation were at increased risk for developing hypertension and diabetes up to 27 years after donation.

A plant-based diet was associated with a reduced risk for CVD among adults, but a diet of mostly low-fat foods was not, according to a study that spanned 3 decades.

Patients with STEMI and COVID-19 were less likely to undergo primary PCI and were more likely to experience adverse outcomes compared with those who presented with STEMI before the pandemic, researchers reported.

Between 2007 and 2016, researchers observed that use of metformin and newer glucose-lowering medications increased significantly for patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.