Cardiology
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Docs struggle to keep up with the flood of new medical knowledge. Here’s advice
The sheer number of new studies may even force some doctors to retreat from areas where they have not kept up, according to a physician professor...
Conference Coverage
Frequent cannabis use tied to coronary artery disease
Daily cannabis use, but not less frequent cannabis use, was associated with CAD.
From the Journals
Artificial sweetener in ‘keto foods’ tied to cardiovascular risk
Artificial sweeteners are “generally recognized as safe” by the FDA, so there is no requirement for long-term safety studies, and little is known...
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Concussion burden tied to later hypertension in football players
A new study suggests ‘that repetitive early-life brain injury may have later-life implications for cardiovascular health.’
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Two cups of coffee increase heart dangers with hypertension
Too much coffee may raise blood pressure and lead to anxiety, heart palpitations, and difficulty sleeping.
Feature
Steak dinners, sales reps, and risky procedures: Inside the big business of clogged arteries
Text messages, a whistleblower lawsuit, and an internal investigation reveal the lengths to which Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device...
Conference Coverage
Similar effect of early, late BP reduction in stroke: CATIS-2
“Antihypertensive treatment can be delayed for at least 7 days following ischemic stroke onset, unless there are severe acute comorbidities that...
Conference Coverage
Novel celery seed–derived drug may improve stroke outcomes
Patients treated with butylphthalide had fewer severe neurologic symptoms and better function 90 days after the stroke, compared with those...
Perspectives
A doctor must go to extremes to save a choking victim
The restaurant served steak and salmon, and this woman made the mistake of ordering the steak.
From the Journals
Meta-analysis throws more shade aspirin’s way
A large meta-analysis raises more questions about the benefit of low-dose aspirin in people who don’t have atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease...
From the Journals
Cardiac issues twice as likely with COVID plus high troponin
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients with high troponin levels were twice as likely to have cardiac abnormalities due to diverse causes in a large U.K....