Manson on Women's Health

• Vitamin D: Who Benefits From Supplements Now?   Dr JoAnn Manson highlights the subgroups of the population that may still need a vitamin D supplement, even if screening isn't recommended.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, July 16, 2024
• Who Benefits From Omega-3/Fish Oil Supplements?   Dr JoAnn Manson reviews recent data on benefits and harms of omega-3/fish oil supplementation.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, June 04, 2024
• The Women's Health Initiative Trials: Clinical Messages   Dr JoAnn Manson summarizes the key clinical implications of the WHI trials in three areas: hormone therapy, calcium and vitamin D supplementation, and low-fat diets for prevention of cancer.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 06, 2024
• Reduce Sitting Time to Lower Blood Pressure   Dr JoAnn Manson comments on the significance of a randomized trial showing the benefits of reduced sitting time in older adults.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, April 11, 2024
• Can Postpartum BP Control Lower Heart Failure Risk?   A study looks at whether the adverse cardiac remodeling during a hypertensive pregnancy can be reversed with optimal blood pressure control in the postpartum period.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, February 28, 2024
• Multivitamins May Slow Memory Loss and Cognitive Aging   A third study now suggests that multivitamins have a role in preventing cognitive decline among older adults.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, January 24, 2024
• Do Statins Offset Venous Thrombosis Risk With Hormone Therapy?   Statins might offer a way to reduce the risk for a potentially serious adverse effect of hormone therapy.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, January 05, 2024
• Should BP Guidelines Be Sex-Specific?   New data show that the risk for CVD death among women increases at lower systolic blood pressures than it does among men.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, December 18, 2023
• Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and High Stroke Risk in Black Women   Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia seem to be a marker of later cardiovascular risk. Prevention will be key.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, November 06, 2023
• Statin Use Disparities: Time to Close the Gaps   Certain groups are significantly less likely to benefit from statin therapy in primary and secondary prevention, but there are ways to reverse this.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, September 27, 2023
• Exercise and CVD: Timing Isn't Everything   What matters more is getting the exercise done, not whether it's spread out over the week. Weekend warriors, rejoice!
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, August 22, 2023
• Hormone Therapy and Dementia: Novel Insights   JoAnn Manson argues that the findings of a recent observational study linking menopausal hormone therapy with dementia are at odds with randomized controlled trials and do not support causality.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, July 28, 2023
• Daily Multivitamins Boost Memory in Older Adults   This finding could support a safe and accessible approach to slowing age-related cognitive decline.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, June 12, 2023
• Young Women With Acute MI: Worse Outcomes Than Men   Investigators dig into the reasons that younger women with acute myocardial infarction have worse outcomes than men of the same age.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 09, 2023
• Life's Essential 8: Higher Scores Extend Health Span   What's your life expectancy score? Not your life span -- what about your health span?
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, March 27, 2023
• Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes: New Insights   Dr JoAnn Manson discusses findings of a meta-analysis that looked at the possible role of vitamin D in the prevention of type 2 diabetes in patients with prediabetes.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, February 15, 2023
• Atrial Fibrillation: Sex Differences and Modifiable Risk Factors   Who has more AF: men or women? Do vitamin D or omega-3s make a difference?
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, January 09, 2023
• Vitamin D: Recent Findings and Implications   Dr JoAnn Manson highlights recent research indicating that vitamin D isn't the cure-all that people hoped it would be.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, October 12, 2022
• Hypertension in Pregnancy: New Insights to Reduce CVD   Two studies increase our understanding of the hypertension in pregnancy and its influence on maternal health.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, July 07, 2022
• Aspirin in Primary Prevention of CVD: Rational Use   The aspirin question returns as the balance of benefits vs harms for some patient groups is reassessed.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 04, 2022