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I Gotta Have Heart
A groundbreaking technique known as TAVR saves a man's life.
Source: New Haven Independent
3 Aug 2021
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What Is Reiki And How Does It Work?
Reiki may sound “new age” to some, but it’s anything but new. The most well-documented benefits of reiki revolve around the relaxation response, which practitioners say invokes the body’s natural healing process.
Source: Forbes
26 May 2021
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Americans increasingly paying medical bills through crowdfunding, study shows
Twenty-seven percent of the over 1 million fundraisers on GoFundMe from May 2010 to December 2018 were held to help patients cover medical costs, according to research published Jan. 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
13 Jan 2021
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Early, Large LDL Reduction Tied to Lowest Event Rates After MI
In registry data covering more than 40,000 patients with myocardial infarction followed for almost 4 years, those with the largest early reductions in LDL-C appeared to reap the greatest reductions in adverse cardiovascular events.
Source: Medscape
7 Jan 2021
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New organ selection system at YNHH yields five-fold increase in heart transplants
A new approach to heart transplants led by Makoto Mori, Tariq Ahmad, and Arnar Geirsson has fundamentally changed how heart transplants are performed at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Source: Yale Daily News
3 Nov 2020
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Are New AUC Ratings and Prosecution the Answer to PCI Overuse?
Accounting for the ISCHEMIA trial in appropriate use criteria (AUC) would substantially shift the proportion of coronary revascularizations considered proper.
Source: MedPage Today
21 Sep 2020
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Remote monitoring is rapidly growing — and a new class of patient-consumer is driving the shift
Health care is undergoing a monumental shift toward remote patient monitoring — and a new class of patient-consumer is leading the charge, according to a new STAT report.
Source: STAT
16 Sep 2020
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Dr Manan Pareek Shares Data From the Cardiac Complications Registry in Patients With COVID-19
Providers need to focus on detecting and treating cardiovascular complications in at-risk patients, and not get lost in the fact they have COVID-19, said Manan Pareek, MD, PhD, FAHA, FESC, an internal medicine hospital resident at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Source: AJMC
6 Sep 2020
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Yale Study: Hospital Safety Measures Offer Patients Reassurance During Procedures
Emerging information from cardiac electrophysiologists at Yale New Haven Hospital’s (YNHH) Heart and Vascular Center shows that hospital safety protocols were effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
2 Sep 2020
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The Role of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure: A Roundtable Discussion
Nihar Desai, MD, MPH, Jaime Murillo, MD, and Steven Nissen, MD, discuss how cardiovascular outcome trial results are impacting the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors in patients with heart failure and how these drugs are shaping heart failure outcomes for patients.
Source: AJMC
14 Aug 2020
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YNHH Transforms for COVID-19 Care
YNHH Transforms For COVID-19 Care
14 May 2020
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Hospitals Report Fewer Heart Attacks and Strokes Amid COVID-19
Doctors worry patients are avoiding hospital visits for health issues that require prompt care.
Source: Yale Medicine
6 May 2020
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A Moment Worth Sharing: Dr. Samit Shah
Samit Shah, MD, PhD, shares how an act of kindness enabled a terminally ill patient to connect remotely with his wife.
1 May 2020
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How ICU Doctors Balance Patients, Parenting
Health care workers face tough decisions to protect their loved ones from potential exposure to the new coronavirus. Two doctors in New Haven, Connecticut, shared their plans to self-isolate and keep their daughters safe at home.
Source: WSHU
7 Apr 2020
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Want to See a Doctor Amid COVID-19? Use Telehealth
Yale Medicine doctors explain how and why virtual care is working during the pandemic.
Source: YaleMedicine
31 Mar 2020
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How to prevent heart disease with lifestyle changes and medication
If you think you have a high risk of heart disease, Onuma Oyere, MD, shares some key lifestyle changes to help prevent it from developing.
Source: Business Insider
12 Feb 2020
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An ‘Epic’ pushback as U.S. prepares for new era of empowering patient health data
Epic, the largest electronic health record company in the U.S., launched an effort last week to persuade hospital CEOs across the country to fight recent efforts by the federal government to ensure that patients can easily access their electronic health data.
Source: STAT
27 Jan 2020
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Study: Hospital readmission policy did not increase patients’ mortality risk
The Obamacare program intended to reduce the risk of patients being readmitted after hospitalizations for heart attacks, heart failure, and pneumonia has not caused an increase in mortality risk for patients in emergency departments or observational units, according to a new report.
15 Jan 2020
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Cardiologist Creates Podcast to Encourage Patients to Become More Involved in Health Care Decisions
Harlan Krumholz, MD, had been a cardiologist and professor of social and policy studies at Yale School of Medicine for years when Claudine Litman, a former designer and student, introduced him to Charles and Ray Eames’ philosophy for making iconic furniture: Never delegate understanding.
Source: Stanford Medicine
29 Dec 2019
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Not so conscientious objection: When can doctors refuse to treat?
In overturning the Trump administration’s attempt to expand the so-called conscience rule for health care workers this week, a federal judge has brought renewed attention to a long-simmering debate in medicine over when doctors can decline to provide treatment to patients without abdicating their professional responsibilities.
Source: STAT
8 Nov 2019