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High-sensitivity troponin assay can identify patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome at very low risk for 30-day adverse cardiac events

Serial hsTnT Level IDs Risk of 30-Day Adverse Cardiac Event

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Serial levels ≤19 ng/L IDs patients presenting with suspected ACS with <1 percent risk of 30-day ACE
Intrauterine exposure to methylphenidate is associated with a small increase in the risk of cardiac malformations

In Utero Methylphenidate Exposure Tied to Heart Defects

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Intrauterine exposure linked to small increase in risk of cardiac malformations based on U.S., Nordic data
In patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease

CABG May Be Best Method to Revascularize in Diabetes

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Cardiac, cerebrovascular events lower in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
Health care spending growth slowed in 2016 following faster growth in 2014 and 2015

Deceleration in Health Care Spending Growth in 2016

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Enrollment trends drove slowdown in Medicaid and private health insurance spending growth in 2016
In-hospital mortality among patients with atrial fibrillation is higher in rural hospitals than in urban hospitals

In-Hospital Deaths in A-Fib Patients Higher in Rural Areas

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Risk of death is 17 percent higher in rural versus urban hospitals
The accumulation of total physical activity over the day may be as important as achieving the intensity of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for improved cardiometabolic health of adults with prediabetes

Moving More May Match Focused Exercise in Prediabetes

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Total physical activity was as strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors as MVPA
Metabolic risk factors are associated with severe liver disease

Metabolic Risk Factors Linked to Severe Liver Disease

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Diabetes only significant predictor among alcohol risk users; alcohol use predictive for non-risk drinkers
For patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding and coronary artery disease

In CAD With GI Bleeding, Higher Mortality With Triple Therapy

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Increased mortality at 90 days in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding, coronary artery disease
The beneficial cardiopulmonary effects of walking are attenuated when walking in a traffic polluted area

Traffic Pollution Prevents Cardiac Benefits of Walking

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Findings for older men and women who are healthy, and those with COPD or ischemic heart disease
CVS Health's planned purchase of insurance giant Aetna

CVS-Aetna Merger Has Implications for Doctors’ Offices

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More health services will likely move out of doctors' offices to store-based providers