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Coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening holds up for cardiovascular risk prediction in a population with high lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]), with the two serving as independent risk factors, an observational study showed.

What is a person's risk of developing diabetes in 10 years. A tool created by researchers at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil; the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aims to answer that question.

For more than 60 years, doctors have recommended that babies receive a vitamin K shot at birth to protect them from severe bleeding in early life.