Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center

Association of lipoprotein(a) with cardiovascular outcomes and breast arterial calcification in postmenopausal women

This study examined the association of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] with breast arterial calcification (BAC) and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal women. We analyzed data from 2,799 women in the MINERVA cohort (ages 60–79 years; 34% non-white) free of CVD at basel...

The hematology workforce in the United States: past, present, and strategies for the future

From 2017-2021, the American Society of Hematology (ASH) completed the largest study ever conducted of the hematology workforce in the United States (US). The study highlighted a deficit in the classical hematology (CH) workforce: despite very high CH clinical volumes encountered...