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AFib Patients Often Misjudge Stroke Risk vs OAC Bleeding RiskBut is that okay? Patients may decide to take oral anticoagulants 'without knowing the truth' about the size of their benefits and risks, neither of which measure up to perceptions, researchers say.
Calling Time on the Failure in Heart Failure Optimal medical therapy and recent advances show that heart failure is preventable and not obligatory, Clyde Yancy tells Bob Harrington.
Supplements for Sex: What To KnowWe don't always ask, and patients rarely tell, but many are using supplements to boost their sex lives. Here's what you need to know.
Medscape Internal Medicine, April 22, 2019
Cutting Booze to Cut AF Is Difficult for Patients to Swallow Alex Voskoboinik, MBBS, discusses the results of the first randomized study to test alcohol abstinence (or reduction) in drinkers with AF. Now the hard part: persuading patients to cut out the booze.
ACC 2019Taking the Pulse of the Apple Heart StudyWhat did we really learn from the study using a smart watch and phone app to identify atrial fibrillation? New ways to conduct research, but not much to advance practice, argues John Mandrola, MD.
