Don’t Wait, Ablate to Prevent VT Episodes After an ICD Shock?
WASHINGTON — Researchers made a strong case that earlier was better when it comes to catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardias (VTs) in people with implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs). After a first ICD shock, 23 patients with ischemic or non-ischemic cardiomyopathy soon underwent radiofrequency VT ablation and ended up with 4% incidence of worsening heart failure […]
Quiz Time: How Much Do You Know About Women in Medicine?
Throughout history, women have made a lasting impact on healthcare. As Women’s History Month winds down, take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of these crucial members of the medical community. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Opinion | We’re Running Up the Wrong Side of the Escalator
This Women’s History Month, as we reflect on the names of women who have made an impact in healthcare, we must also remember the countless women whose names have been erased from the history books — and how the very gender inequities that contributed to their erasure continue to plague women in medicine today. A […]
Women in Healthcare: ‘Then’ and ‘Now’
Reflecting during Women’s History Month on the headway women have made in healthcare illuminates many areas of progress and also the many disparities that remain. Consider the “then” and “now” of five key issues facing women in medicine, both as professionals and patients themselves. 1. Women Physicians Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the U.S. […]
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Mediterranean diet associated with a lower risk of mortality in older adults
A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality in adults over 65. This is one of the main conclusions of a study led by Cristina Andrés-Lacueva, head of the Research Group on Biomarkers and Nutritional […]
Findings open the way to more precise diagnoses and treatments of Alzheimer’s disease: Why some cases result in rapid decline and death
An international team lead by Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has made a significant breakthrough in understanding why Alzheimer’s disease progresses so rapidly in some people that they die within three years. The researchers found a link between strains of misshapen and fast-replicating tau protein and accelerated cognitive decline — a critical result […]
The Best Mental Health Takes This Year (And The Absolute Worst)
On balance, you could argue we’ve made a lot of progress when it comes to mental health acceptance ― especially in the last few years. But if the events that unfolded in 2021 are any indication, there’s still a lot more ground we need to cover. There certainly were some high points in mental health […]
Comets’ heads can be green, but never their tails. After 90 years, we finally know why: The team solved this mystery with the help of a vacuum chamber, a lot of lasers, and one powerful cosmic reaction.
Every so often, the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud throw galactic snowballs made up of ice, dust and rocks our way: 4.6-billion-year-old leftovers from the formation of the solar system. These snowballs — or as we know them, comets — go through a colourful metamorphosis as they cross the sky, with many comets’ heads turning […]
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