Cardiology

Race doesn't impact cardiovascular risk calculations, study finds

Removing race information from cardiovascular risk calculators—which predict the probability of developing heart disease—doesn't affect patients' risk scores, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian ...

Health informatics

How a failure to understand race leads to flawed health tech

A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies—namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested ...

Pediatrics

1999 to 2018 saw rise in rates of breastfeeding initiation

From 1999 to 2018, there was an increase in the prevalence of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding duration at 12 months, according to a research letter published online Nov. 13 in JAMA Pediatrics.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

1999 to 2020 saw decrease in cystic fibrosis-related mortality

Cystic fibrosis (CF)-related mortality rates declined and the median age of death among CF decedents increased in the United States from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published online Sept. 12 in Scientific Reports.

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