Primary Stroke Centres And Fatality
An article published in JAMA Internal Medicine presents an analysis for a national group of Medicare beneficiaries that calculated travel... Read more
Pokémon Go May Decrease Type 2 Diabetes Burden
According to leading diabetes researchers, the new smartphone craze Pokémon Go could prove to be an innovative solution to combat rising obesity... Read more
Resistant Hypertension Jeopardises Sleep Apnoea Patients' Heart Health
Findings of a new study shows that patients with resistant hypertension despite concurrent use of three antihypertensive drugs of different... Read more
Rise in Avoidable Diabetes Hospital Visits
A new analysis shows that hospital admissions for a short-term and avoidable complication of diabetes have increased by nearly 39 percent in... Read more
Adults Born with Heart Disease at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
According to a new study, children born with heart disease have a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes after the age of 30. The study... 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
From Our Journals
The Affidea Effect: A Global Dose Data Management System
As the biggest independent provider of advanced diagnostic imaging services... Read more
“Simulate, or not to simulate?”
Evolution in medicine and the anaesthesia context. A brief discussion... Read more
Why is Drug Traceability Important in a Hospital?
Implementation at Hospital Alemán in Argentina The acute condition of... Read more
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: What's Good About It?
The use of APRV has many proposed benefits for patients with lung injury.... Read more
Federico Cabitza
Assistant Professor,University of Milano-Bicocc a & IRCCSIO Galeazz i,... Read more
The Challenges of Integration
“Buzzwords abound in healthcare. The latest, ‘Integration’, will only... Read more
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The Serie TEE is the first washer-disinfector specially designed for cardiac transesophageal probes . For efficiency of cardiology departments Safe and fully automated, this reliable and fast probe reprocessor offers a complete reprocessing...
Welch Allyn Connex® Spot Monitor
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