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Adding social determinants of health to AI models boosts HF risk prediction in Black patients
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- Fran Lowry
Inclusion of social determinants of health in machine-learning risk-assessment models sharpened in-hospital mortality predictions, compared with...
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A unique care model for comorbid depression, PTSD
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- Fran Lowry
Comorbid PTSD and depression is common, but it is often considered too complex to be managed in a primary care setting.
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ECT may reduce all-cause mortality in major depression
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- Fran Lowry
“If meds and other therapeutics are not working, you should start discussing ECT as a second or third line,” said Dr. Nagy Youssef.
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Novel drug ‘promising’ for concomitant depression, insomnia
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- Fran Lowry
Patients with more severe insomnia at baseline had a greater improvement in depressive symptoms.
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Social activities may offset psychosis risk in poor communities
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- Fran Lowry
Study results showed neighborhood poverty was associated with reduced hippocampal volume, even after controlling for several confounders.
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At-home vagus nerve stimulation promising for postpartum depression
- Author:
- Fran Lowry
Auricular VNS uses surface skin electrodes to stimulate nerve endings of a branch of the vagus nerve, located on the surface of the outer ear.
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Path to parenthood in cardiology training fraught with obstacles
- Author:
- Fran Lowry
An international survey found significant variation in parental leave policies, including scant time off for trainees in the U.S. and Asia versus...
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Takotsubo syndrome more deadly in men
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- Fran Lowry
Takotsubo syndrome, characterized by acute heart failure and transient ventricular contractile dysfunction, is more common in women but men are...
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Polypharmacy common among patients aged 65 or older with HIV
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- Fran Lowry
“Clinicians looking after persons living with HIV need to provide medication reconciliation …”
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The best statins to lower non-HDL cholesterol in diabetes?
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- Fran Lowry
Rosuvastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin were most effective in reducing levels of non-HDL cholesterol in people with diabetes in a network...
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Avocados linked to lower cardiovascular risk
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- Fran Lowry
“For the most part, we have known that avocados are healthy, but I think this study, because of its numbers and duration, adds a little more...
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Cardiologists say rights to maternity leave violated
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- Fran Lowry
Nearly 75% of cardiologists who gave birth during their career report violations of their maternity leave rights, increasing risk for...
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Women still missing from CV clinical trial leadership
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- Fran Lowry
Women rarely got to give ‘big talk at the ACC’s 70th annual scientific sessions.
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Treating young adults with high LDL may be cost-effective
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- Fran Lowry
About one-fourth of young adults have LDL levels ≥130 mg/dL, and treating them with statins would be cost-effective for primary CVD prevention.
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Antithrombotic therapy not warranted in COVID-19 outpatients
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- Fran Lowry
In stable patients with COVID-19, use of aspirin or apixaban did not reduce the rate of the composite of all-cause mortality, thromboembolism, MI...