Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Recurrent coronary heart disease (CHD) events, including repeat myocardial infarctions, have dropped in the United States, according to a new study published in Circulation. Almost completely across the board, outcomes have improved more for women than for men. The authors explored data from both Medicare and commercial health insurance providers, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Queen Muse NextHealth PHL RTM Vital Signs is working on monitoring symptoms that can be used to track everything from heart health to respiratory function. RTM Vitals Signs partnered with Villanova engineers to create this dime-sized device that uses an acoustic sensor to monitor at-risk individuals for early signs of COVID-19. / Courtesy Who: The […]
Read MoreAuthors: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Researchers in Sweden believe they may have identified a primary reason so many COVID-19 patients suffer from thrombosis, sharing their findings in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. The team’s discovery revolves around mannose-binding lectin (MBL), a protein that is part of the body’s natural immune system. Exploring data from 65 patients who […]
Read MoreAuthor: Angie Stewart BeckersSpineReview The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a judgment that would have allowed IU Health to dodge “vicarious liability” for an independent anesthesiologist’s work in a near-fatal spine surgery, according to court documents——- filed Sept. 28. Six things to know about the case: 1. Richard Jernagan, a patient who had been identified as high-risk, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Rebecca M. Pullon, Ph.D. et al Anesthesiology October 2020, Vol. 133, 774–786. Background It is a commonly held view that information flow between widely separated regions of the cerebral cortex is a necessary component in the generation of wakefulness (also termed “connected” consciousness). This study therefore hypothesized that loss of wakefulness caused by propofol anesthesia […]
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