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May 20, 2013
Many people with implantable defibrillators can participate in vigorous sports
Study Highlights: Many people with implantable defibrillators may safely participate in a number of vigorous sports. The study challenges some current science recommendations advising against vigorous competitive sports for people with implantable defibrillators. People with implantable defibrillators should decide, with their physicians, about whether they can participate in vigorous competitive sports.
May 17, 2013
Diagnosing heart attacks: There’s an app for that
Study Highlights: An experimental, inexpensive iPhone app transmitted ECGs faster and more reliably than traditional emailed photo transmission. The app could help save lives by speeding diagnosis and treatment for the deadliest type of heart attack.
May 17, 2013
Control of heart disease risk factors varies among outpatient practices
Study Highlights: Controlling heart disease risk factors — like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and smoking — varies widely among outpatient practices.
May 16, 2013
Massachusetts’ healthcare reform didn’t raise hospital use, costs
Study Highlights: Healthcare reform in Massachusetts didn’t result in substantially more hospitalizations, longer stays or higher costs.There were no significant differences in post-reform hospital use in Massachusetts versus to three other states with
May 16, 2013
Depression linked to almost doubled stroke risk in middle-aged women
Study Highlights: Depression among women 47-52 years old is associated with an almost doubled risk of stroke. Researchers call for greater awareness of depression as a preventable risk factor for stroke among younger middle-aged women.
May 16, 2013
Patients fare better at hospitals using Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
Study Highlights: People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke program than in those not involved in the program. People treated in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke hospitals ...
May 16, 2013
Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure
Study Highlights: Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital. The standard practice of tracking deaths and readmissions for only 30 days after discharge misses ...
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