Cardiology
From the Journals
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.’
Feature
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....
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.’
Perspectives
Three wild technologies about to change health care
Now, in the 23rd year of the 21st century, you might not believe what we’ll be capable of next.