Atrial Fibrillation Ablation & Anticoagulant Use
“The prevailing consensus is that oral anticoagulation should be continued for at least 2 to 3...
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Hospital Medicine
TweetChat: A Look at the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
Join us Wednesday, May 10 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Linda...
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Opioid Abuse Drops When Doctors Check Patients’ Drug History
There’s a simple way to reduce the opioid epidemic gripping the country, according to new...
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Analyzing Pain Coping Strategies
“When compared with white patients, black individuals tend to report higher levels of pain for a...
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Infographic: Our Growing Resistance to Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat and limits our ability to prevent and treat an...
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The Cardiac Cath Lab: Updating Best Practices
Several years ago, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published...
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ED Return Visits: Examining Outcomes & Costs
Ensuring safe transitions of care is an important goal for promoting better patient experiences,...
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Key Concepts in Managing Complicated Pericarditis
Mortality relating to heart disease has continued to decrease over the past several years, making...
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Aspirin, Anticoagulants, & Atrial Fibrillation
Previous research shows that aspirin is not as beneficial as oral anticoagulant agents for...
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Assessing Injection Drug Use-Related Infective Endocarditis
In recent years, clinicians have seen an uptick in viruses like HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
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Is Sexual Activity Safe After a Heart Attack?
According to recent data, about one in five acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) occur among people...
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Blood Test That Measures Protein Levels Can Determine Which Medication to Take to Overcome Depression
Doctors for the first time can determine which medication is more likely to help a patient...
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Universal Chlamydia Screening
Rates of chlamydia trachomatis infection, the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in...
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Treating Hard-to-Reach Patients with Health Information Exchanges & Mobile Devices
With more Americans owning mobile devices than ever before and increasingly using them for health...
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Women Have a Statistically Significant Lower Incidence of Severe Psoriasis Compared to Men
The fact that men are overrepresented in psoriasis registers and consume more psoriasis care have...
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Global Rise of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Threatens to Derail Decades of Progress
The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB)...
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Characterizing Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
National estimates indicate that asthma and COPD are the most common diagnoses for patients with...
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Comparing Strategies for Systolic Blood Pressure Control
A lower SBP goal would reduce events more than a standard goal, but little data is available in...
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Conference Highlights: ACC 2017
New research was presented at ACC 2017, the American College of Cardiology’s Scientific...
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New Drug Evolocumab, Alongside Statins, Can Significantly Cut Cholesterol, Study Says
A new class of cholesterol-lowering drug has been found to help patients cut their risk of...
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