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Increasing amounts of habitual coffee consumption were inversely linked with a lower risk for arrhythmia, according to a prospective cohort study of nearly 400,000 adults in the United Kingdom.

Peer-to-peer support did not slow the decline in health and well-being in older adults who received it compared with those who received standard community services, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Severe renal arteriosclerosis is associated with a nine times greater risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients with lupus nephritis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says pregnant patients who meet Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations should be offered a COVID-19 vaccine.

The relationship between HIV and arterial endothelial function may imply CVD risk among infected patients, particularly if they also have kidney disease, according to a study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.

Due to a high prevalence of osteoporosis and degraded bone health in patients older than 50 years, surgeons should consider fracture risk assessment and dual X-ray absorptiometry prior to surgery, according to an orthopedic specialist.

Almost 20% of young men in the United States are perpetrators of intimate partner violence, or IPV, and more than a quarter are victims of it, survey results showed.

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer announced the results of its 2020 election, conducted this spring.

Women aged 65 years or younger who underwent surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy for gynecologic cancer appeared at higher risk for osteopenia and osteoporosis as early as 1 year after treatment, according to study results presented at the virtual Society of Gynecologic Cancer Annual Meeting.

Nipah virus (NiV), an RNA virus, and Nipah virus infection (NiVI) are relatively recently discovered entities. NiVI is a particularly lethal infection, with a mortality rate usually higher than 50%. Its reservoir is the flying fruit bat, but it can infect a wide range of mammals, including humans. NiV has been cited as a potential agent of bioterrorism because of many suitable physical attributes of the virus and the high mortality caused by the infection in people. Although there is no evidence of any country or group attempting to weaponize NiV, the potential certainly exists.