Tips for Advising Patients Living in Highly Polluted Settings
Guidance focuses on Americans posted in overseas settings with high ambient levels of air pollution
Ranolazine Doesn’t Cut VT, VF, Death in High-Risk ICD Patients
No significant reduction in VT or VF or death risk for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Drug Prices Seem Not to Be Influenced by Their Value
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of 30 heart medications varied from cost-saving to costly
Model Estimates Mortality in Patients Waiting for Hearts
Neurologic events, new requirement for dialysis, respiratory complications yield updated estimates
Association Health Plans Can Help Small Businesses Offer Coverage
But AHPs may undermine ACA marketplace, as they are not required to comply with ACA regulations
Mercury in Traditional Tibetan Medicine Could Be Harmful
Regular TTM ingestion leads to chronic exposure to inorganic mercury and methylmercury
Use of Aspirin in Healthy Elderly Questioned in Three Studies
No impact on composite of death, dementia, persistent physical disability; rise in risk of death
Proportion of Female Authors Rising in Cardiology Literature
Over last two decades, increases in proportion of women as first authors, senior authors
FDA Approves Device for Acute Coronary Artery Perforations
The PK Papyrus device is a balloon-expandable covered coronary stent and delivery system
Situation Framing, Language Can Influence Decision-Making
Docs should provide risks of both having treatment and not having treatment to minimize loss aversion
