
By BY SHEILA KAPLAN, MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED AND JULIE CRESWELL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2nadgYc
Minorities should probably be screened even if they have a normal body mass index, particularly as they get older.
In a study of women aged 40 to 60, those who suffered from "self-silencing" had an increased risk of having plaque in their carotid arteries.
Zoloft (sertraline) -- and the family of similar drugs it belongs to -- may actually take months to ease classic symptoms of depression, but ease symptoms of anxiety first, U.K. researchers found.
New research offers evidence that frequent or persistent hot flashes are linked to higher odds of heart attack and stroke. The finding stems from a 20-year study of about 3,300 women during menopause.