ACC: Dying Patients Not Aware They Can Be Spared ICD Shocks
Many unaware that implantable defibrillator can be turned off in final days
Exercise May Not Benefit Lungs of Seniors With Mobility Issues
Physical activity tied to higher likelihood of respiratory hospitalization
ASCO Endorses European Guideline on Bladder Cancer
Guideline on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer, with qualifying statements
Geographic Variation in Heart Disease Mortality Over Time
From 1973-1974 to 2009-2010, shift in concentration of high-rate counties from Northeast to Deep South
Distinct Demographics for Persistent A-Fib From Onset
Specific demographics, underlying diffuse substrate disease, and poorer clinical outcome
Incretin-Based Drugs Don’t Up Heart Failure Hospitalization Risk
Rate of hospitalization for heart failure not up among those with or without a history of heart failure
Financial Compensation May Encourage Kidney Donation
59 percent of survey respondents said that $50,000 would make them more likely to donate a kidney
Esophageal Rupture Described After Drinking PEG Solution
Case report describes 71-year-old man with severe epigastralgia and dyspnea after drinking PEG
Genome Sequencing IDs Time of Zika’s Arrival in the Americas
Findings suggest one person carried the virus to the region in 2013
CDC: Tuberculosis Decline in the United States Has Hit a Plateau
Agency reaffirms its commitment to eliminating the lung infection
