Cardiology Perspective

• Does Vitamin D Have a Role in Cancer, CVD, and COVID?   Drs Pam Taub, JoAnn Manson, and Michael Holick discuss vitamin D and the importance of maintaining sufficient levels for overall health.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , December 01, 2021
• The Rittenhouse Case And Privilege in Healthcare The healthcare system, like the legal system, often fails communities of color. A cardiologist dares to hope for meaningful change despite the fact this failure is a feature, not a bug.
  Medscape Blogs, November 30, 2021
• Malpractice Case: What Really Killed This Patient? Experts Disagree An obese patient goes under anesthesia for knee arthroscopy. What led to his fatal complication?
  The Doctors Company, November 25, 2021
• 25 Great Winter Vacations for Doctors: 2021 We've selected terrific locations where you can have fun, restore your spirits, and make the most of your winter vacation.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 24, 2021
• 20 Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Doctors For many people, gift-giving can be a time-consuming ordeal. Here are 20 gifts sure to please your favorite physician.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 24, 2021
• 'It's Deconditioning, Stupid': Exercise Limitations After COVID Dr Aaron Holley investigates whether deconditioning is responsible for all post-COVID activity limitations.
  Medscape Critical Care, November 24, 2021
• AHA 2021 CHIEF-HF: No-Touch Initiation of Canagliflozin Improves QoL   Ileana Piña and Eldrin Lewis discuss a novel, all-virtual trial of the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin in patients with heart failure.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 24, 2021
• Obesity or Psoriasis: What Comes First? Many psoriasis patients present with associated comorbidities such as obesity, and while the former is not currently deemed a risk factor for COVID-19, adiposity is.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 24, 2021
• 5 Things: What the Pandemic Has Made Me Most Thankful For As the year draws to a close, family medicine physician Sophia Tolliver reflects on what she's most grateful for.
  Medscape, November 22, 2021
• Artificial Hearts: One Size Does Not Fit All The story of the first woman to receive an Aeson, an investigational, implantable artificial heart, prompted this cardiologist to reflect on the low use of bridging devices and heart transplants in women.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 22, 2021
• Lessons on AF Detection From the Fitbit Heart Study   Jagmeet Singh interviews fellow electrophysiologist Steven Lubitz about the Fitbit Heart Study presented at the 2021 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 19, 2021
• Nov 19 2021 This Week in Cardiology   In AHA 2021 Part 1, John Mandrola, MD, reports on selected sessions from the virtual American Heart Association meeting.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 19, 2021
• Medscape Malpractice Report 2021 Read about physicians' malpractice experiences and the latest lawsuit trends discovered in our 2021 survey.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 19, 2021
• Healthcare Disparities in Migraine   Drs Hope L. O'Brien and Larry Charleston IV discuss the effects of healthcare disparities in migraine and the importance of promoting equity.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, November 19, 2021
• AHA 2021 PCI vs CABG for Left Main CAD: A Never-Ending Debate? Controversies surrounding the EXCEL trial left questions about the data on stents vs bypass surgery in left main CAD. John Mandrola, MD, reviews a new independent meta-analysis presented at the 2021 AHA.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 19, 2021
• AHA 2021 Surgical Consult From AHA: Act Earlier in AS and TR?   Michelle O'Donoghue and Patrick O'Gara discuss early surgery in asymptomatic AS and concomitant TR repair in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. Should either trial change practice?
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 19, 2021
• Diagnosing Acute Coronary Occlusion in a Paced Patient Dr Amal Mattu discusses a recent study on using the modified Sgarbossa criteria for diagnosing acute coronary occlusion in the presence of a ventricular paced rhythm.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, November 18, 2021
• Who Should, and Who Shouldn't, Take Aspirin for Primary Prevention Dr Kenny Lin shares his decision-making on the use of aspirin for primary prevention.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, November 18, 2021
• Is There a Power Shift Happening in Medicine? Should the medical culture evolve from a hierarchical structure to a more collaborative one? A cardiologist takes a look at the shifting culture of power in medicine.
  Medscape Blogs, November 18, 2021
• High-Dose Marine Omega-3s Raise Risk for Atrial Fibrillation   Dr JoAnn Manson discusses the link between fish oil supplements, AF, and stroke.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, November 17, 2021