Cardiology
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Canadian guidance recommends reducing alcohol consumption
Consuming no drinks per week has benefits.
From the Journals
AHA scientific statement on rapid evaluation for suspected TIA
A key aim of the statement is to help clinicians properly risk-stratify patients with suspected TIA.
Opinion
Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest: Key lessons
The goal of this discussion is to describe a systematic approach to evaluation and management of an athlete suffering blunt force chest and neck...
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Will your smartphone be the next doctor’s office?
A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate.
From the Journals
Simulation-based training effective for transesophageal echo
Cardiology fellows who learned transesophageal echocardiography using simulations scored higher on both theoretical and practical tests than those...
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Possible bivalent vaccine link to strokes in people over 65
The CDC and FDA do not recommend people change their vaccine practices.
Opinion
A remote mountain bike crash forces a doctor to take knife in hand
An emergency medicine doctor stops mountain biking to help a man lying on a trail, not moving but occasionally breathing.
Opinion
Spikes out: A COVID mystery
A new study does a great job of...
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Five thoughts on the Damar Hamlin collapse
The cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills footballer Damar Hamlin has led to speculation about commotio cordis and more, but this electrophysiologist...
Opinion
A doctor saves a drowning family in a dangerous river
The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.