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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Anemia during pregnancy is a common occurrence and often due to iron deficiency. It is a global public health problem, affecting an estimated 37% of pregnant individuals, according to the World Health Organization. Iron deficiency anemia is associated with increased rates of pregnancy-related problems, such as going into labor prematurely, hemorrhaging
Results of six recent trials of endovascular treatment (EVT) for patients with large-core ischemic stroke (LCIS) provide strong evidence for the benefit of this intervention compared with medical management (MM), a new Science Advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA) has concluded. “These trials provide new data to suggest that selected patients with ischemic stroke
MedPage Today) — An online intervention targeting modifiable dementia risk factors improved cognition over 3 years, a randomized controlled trial of 6,100 older adults in Australia showed. The primary outcome of change in global cognitive composite…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the medical community, research has traditionally focused on how to prevent and treat the leading medical causes of maternal mortality, which include bleeding, infection, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. However, new research reveals deaths by homicide and suicide are the leading causes of maternal death in the United States. In a
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MedPage Today) — LOS ANGELES — Clinicians working in advanced heart failure vented their frustrations about the shrinking number of device therapies left from round after round of FDA recalls. Could a changed regulatory climate under the Trump…
MedPage Today) — LOS ANGELES — Cardiac surgeons were urged to readjust their attitudes toward the tricuspid valve if they want to keep some footing in a rapidly evolving field dominated by transcatheter innovations. At the Society of Thoracic…
Interventional cardiology training in the United States has joined the National Resident Matching Program, known as The Match, for the 2025 applicant year. With this change, all major cardiology areas are now part of the program, according to representatives of the specialty and of the matching program…
The number of women cardiologists presenting at grand rounds has increased steadily over 25 years in the United States, but in some subspecialties, women grand round speakers remain markedly underrepresented, according to the first published study on the topic. Ersilia M. DeFilippis, MD, with the Center for Advanced Cardiac Care at Columbia University Irving Medical