Heart Disease, Stroke Invisible to Most Women
Heart disease and stroke continue to be the number one killer of women in the U.S. One in three women die from heart disease and stroke every... Read more
Prevalence of ‘Silent’ Heart Attacks
According to a study published in JAMA, the prevalence of myocardial scars was nearly 8 percent, of which nearly 80 percent were unrecognised... Read more
Study Shows Little Difference Between ‘Old’ and ‘New’ CPR in Cardiac Arrest
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that continuous chest compression (CCC) is not an improvement over standard... Read more
Women Cardiologists: Lower Ranks, Lower Pay
According to a study led by Duke Medicine, there still exist major differences in pay and job characteristics between male and female cardiologists despite... Read more
Heart CT Scans Outperform Stress Tests
According to the findings of a comparative study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins, noninvasive CT scans of the heart's vessels are... Read more
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Zoom On: Chelsea Beecher - Innovator of the Year
Chelsea Beecher serves as the Director of Development for the American Heart & Stroke Association in New York City. She led the launch of STEM Goes Red in New York City and received the Innovator of the Year Award in 2018 for this initiative. STEM Goes Red aims to empower young women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)... Read more
How are robots improving cardiovascular medicine?
Robots were first used in cardiovascular medicine in the late 1990s as a part of the digital revolution . Since then, robotics have been applied to endovascular surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and interventional cardiology, to name a few fields. Robots give medical professionals the ability to diagnose, treat, and intervene more... Read more
The Death of the Stethoscope? Heart Doctors Have Their Say
Most people don't think much about stethoscopes but the fact is that this tool, so commonly associated with doctors, is at a crossroads. Having been in use for nearly two centuries, the stethoscope is in the midst of a debate with respect to its utility in healthcare. Over the years, medical technology has advanced to a great extent. The sounds... Read more
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The role of disruptive and hybrid technologies in acute care
Section Editor Theodorus Kyprianou introduces the “Informatics and... Read more
Antifungal treatment in the ICU
Best practice in managing fungal infections Invasive candidiasis:... Read more
Blockchain solves healthcare data obstacles
Incentivising patients with tokenomics of health data A cryptocur... Read more
Noninvasive Ventilation
In less than two decades noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) has... Read more
Advances in source control in patients with sepsis and septic shock
In the past decades there have been significant advances in the... Read more
Leading and Learning in the Real World
Leadership is a generic term, so when we talk about leaders in the NHS... Read more
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