Cardiology
Opinion
Clinician violence: Virtual reality to the rescue?
Workplace violence is affecting so many providers in hospital emergency departments but also throughout other parts of the hospital.
Conference Coverage
Fixed-dose combo pill for PAH promises accelerated benefit: A DUE
For pulmonary arterial hypertension, a fixed-dose combination of macitentan and tadalafil is safe and effective.
Latest News
Med center and top cardio surgeon must pay $8.5 million for fraud, concurrent surgeries
A lawsuit alleges that James L. Luketich, MD, regularly performed up to three complex surgical procedures simultaneously.
Feature
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
Insomnia, short sleep linked to greater risk for MI
Health care professionals should be asking all patients about their sleep as a key aspect of maintaining heart health, says a sleep expert.
From the Journals
Irregular sleep tied to markers of atherosclerosis
‘Poor sleep is linked with several cardiovascular conditions.’
Latest News
Not testing VO2 max in your older patients? Here’s why you should
VO2 max has in recent years caught the attention of geriatricians.
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
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....
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.