Medscape Blogs - Cardiology

• No, You Can't See a Different Doctor Patients have rights but so do healthcare workers. We can't continue to facilitate patient bias.
  Medscape Blogs, December 08, 2022
• AHA 2022 The AHA Presidential Address That Could Change Medicine A cardiologist writes an open letter of gratitude to Dr Michelle A. Albert, the first Black woman to serve as president of the American Heart Association.
  Medscape Blogs, November 28, 2022
• Chocolate and Vitamins for the Brain and Heart: COSMOS The world was waiting for the COSMOS data on cocoa extract and multivitamins to prevent cardiovascular disease or cognitive decline. We can afford to be honest: chocolate and vitamins don't do much.
  Medscape Blogs, October 06, 2022
• Yes, We Should Talk Politics and Religion With Patients Avoiding these formally taboo topics can put our patients at risk, argues this cardiologist.
  Medscape Blogs, September 26, 2022
• Bedtime vs Daytime BP Med Dustup: TIME vs HYGIA The TIME study presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress failed to validate the surprising results of the Hygia Chronotherapy Trial.
  Medscape Blogs, August 30, 2022
• Meta Medicine: Are We Ready for the Mediverse? A virtual trip to a NASA space station has this doctor contemplating the potential of augmented reality in medicine.
  Medscape Blogs, August 17, 2022
• Getting the Most From Every Patient Encounter Dr Cleve Francis expounds on 10 rules to follow to ensure that you treat every patient with dignity and respect.
  Medscape Blogs, August 11, 2022
• Recreation as Rx? Why You Should Prescribe Nature A walk in nature could be just what the doctor ordered, if more physicians would prescribe one rather than drugs.
  Medscape Blogs, August 09, 2022
• Don't Show Me The Money, Show Me You Care What is the pursuit of a paycheck costing you? Is your currency something other than money? For this nurse, it's a boss who cares.
  Medscape Blogs, July 27, 2022
• 10 Steps for Clinicians to Avoid Being Racist When we treat human beings for disease, the disease should be the only difference that sets us apart. There is no place for racism, writes this cardiologist.
  Medscape Blogs, July 15, 2022
• Time to Lay the 'Widow-Maker' to Rest A term that seemed clever in medical school may mislead patients and induce fear, says this cardiologist.
  Medscape Blogs, July 07, 2022
• This Nurse Wants Change, Not a Pizza Party, for Nurses Month Pizza parties and discounts are all very well, but given that Nurses Month is also Mental Health Awareness Month, this nurse would like to see that issue addressed.
  Medscape Blogs, May 24, 2022
• Smoking Cessation Drug Side Effects Aren't as Bad as You Think There are many reasons why patients don't get smoking cessation counseling, but fear of drug side effects shouldn't be one, writes Chris Labos, MD.
  Medscape Blogs, May 17, 2022
• The More You Know Your Patient, the Better Care You Can Give As visit times are compressed, it's hard to spend extra time with our patients. But can we afford not to?
  Medscape Blogs, April 04, 2022
• Walking 10,000 Steps a Day: Desirable Goal or Urban Myth? Where does the idea that we have to take 10,000 steps a day to be healthy come from, and can we benefit even if we fall short?
  Medscape Blogs, March 21, 2022
• Racism Is a Social Determinant of Black Maternal Health An initiative by the Association of Black Cardiologists in media partnership with OWN Digital brings awareness to the shocking statistics on Black maternal mortality and morbidity.
  Medscape Blogs, February 07, 2022
• Good Patient Care Begins With the First Phone Call Every member of the healthcare team has an important role to play in patient care. Good communication is essential.
  Medscape Blogs, December 16, 2021
• Do the COVID-19 Vaccines Really Increase MI Risk? A new "study" claimed a dramatic rise in cardiac risk after COVID-19 vaccination. But this conference abstract has a few problems, not the least of which is its reliance on surrogate endpoints.
  Medscape Blogs, December 09, 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
• Can We Stop Talking About Aspirin for Primary Prevention? This cardiologist hopes that the latest guidance from the USPSTF will be the final word on aspirin for primary CV prevention.
  Medscape Blogs, October 29, 2021