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10/26/2024
Anum Minhas, MD, MHS
In this video, Anum Minhas, MD, MHS, discusses the potential cardiovascular risks of estrogens and progestins, the contraceptive recommendation for patients seeking to avoid pregnancy and have a high risk...
10/26/2024
10/15/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A randomized clinical trial found that a nurse-led intervention strategy could improve systolic blood pressure and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with HIV, reducing their risk of...
10/15/2024
07/26/2024
Anum Minhas, MD, MHS
In this video, Anum Minhas, MD, MHS, discusses recommendations for contraceptives in women with heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, or diabetes in a cardiology setting, including dependable...
07/26/2024
Interactive Features
11/15/2022
Your patient is a 29-year-old woman who drinks four cups of coffee per day, and adds sweetener to each cup. She asks you if drinking black coffee would be healthier and if sweetener is detrimental to her...
11/15/2022
08/23/2022
At a recent check-up, your 28-year-old patient says she noticed a difference in their overall health since restaurants reopened after the COVID-19 lockdown in the last couple of years. She tells you she has...
08/23/2022
09/17/2021
The American Heart Association has identified 7 key risk factors that patients can improve through lifestyle changes to help achieve ideal cardiovascular (CV) health. Print out this sheet of Life's...
09/17/2021
04/08/2020
Intake of healthy fats is recommended to lower cardiovascular risk. Do you know whether the intake of trans fats is recommended?
04/08/2020
03/05/2020
Recently, aspirin use for the prevention of cardiovascular disease has been controversial. Do you know what the ACC/AHA recommend?
03/05/2020
Clinical Insights
10/26/2024
Anum Minhas, MD, MHS
In this video, Anum Minhas, MD, MHS, discusses the potential cardiovascular risks of estrogens and progestins, the contraceptive recommendation for patients seeking to avoid pregnancy and have a high risk...
10/26/2024
07/26/2024
Anum Minhas, MD, MHS
In this video, Anum Minhas, MD, MHS, discusses recommendations for contraceptives in women with heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, or diabetes in a cardiology setting, including dependable...
07/26/2024
07/08/2024
Michael J. Bloch, MD
In this video, Michael J. Bloch, MD, discusses the link between combined oral contraceptives and increased risk of arterial thrombosis, the risk of venous thromboembolic disease, and...
07/08/2024
06/19/2024
Michael J. Bloch, MD
In this video, Michael J. Bloch, MD, discusses the use of combined oral contraceptives, which are the most common forms of birth control used by women in the United States, oral estrogen-free progestin-only...
06/19/2024
06/14/2024
Michael J. Bloch, MD
In this video, Michael J. Bloch, MD, discusses any cardiovascular benefits to the use of estrogen-free oral contraceptives in women, including a recently published study on the association of menstrual...
06/14/2024
