Cardiology
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...
Opinion
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.
Conference Coverage
New tool better estimates cardiovascular risk in people with lupus
A tool to estimate cardiovascular risk in systemic lupus erythematosus incorporates disease-specific variables.
From the Journals
COVID-19 shot appears to reduce diabetes risk, even after Omicron
Several studies conducted early in the pandemic suggested increased risks for both new-onset diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases following COVID...
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
Uptick in natriuretic peptides with long-term serial testing predicts new heart failure
Serial NT-proBNP assays could potentially identify which of those without clinical disease might most benefit from heart-failure preventive...
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....
Commentary
Joint effort: CBD not just innocent bystander in weed
‘I visited a legal cannabis dispensary in Massachusetts a few years ago, mostly to see what the hype was about.’
Feature
UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings.
The college student’s medical bills were running nearly $2 million a year.
Commentary
Must-read acute care medicine articles from 2022
“When 2022 began, we started seeing some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.”
Commentary
A doctor intervenes in a fiery car crash
‘While all of the children were concerning to me, I identified one in particular: the 5-year-old boy.’