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ESC issues first comprehensive cardiomyopathy guidelines
The guidelines are the ESC’s first major comprehensive attempt to address diagnosis and treatment of the broad causes of heart muscle dysfunction...
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Domestic violence in health care is real and underreported
Tasked with screening for abuse, medical professionals often struggle to recognize their own experiences of domestic violence and rarely ask for...
From the Journals
Resident creates AI alternative to U.S. News med school ranking
After med schools dropped out of the U.S. News and World Report medical school ranking system, a resident decided to create a do-it-yourself...
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FDA to step up oversight of cosmetics, assess ‘forever chemicals’
The cosmetic products include makeup products, nail polishes, shaving creams, other grooming products, perfumes, face and body cleansers, hair...
Commentary
Cruel summer for medical students and Taylor Swift fans
Medical students applying for residency tend to be as stressed out as Swifties trying to score concert tickets.
Conference Coverage
ESC issues new guidelines on infective endocarditis
Diagnosing a lethal, rare, but not uncommon disease such as endocarditis “is something that clinicians struggle with every day,” he noted,...
Conference Coverage
Acoramidis shows encouraging results in ATTR cardiomyopathy
“ATTRibute-CM was a robustly positive trial, showing benefits across the board for acoramidis, and suggest the tantalizing possibility of genuine...
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Low-dose oral minoxidil for female pattern hair loss: Benefits, impact on BP, heart rate evaluated
“It was surprising how little ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate changed after an average of 6 months of treatment,” one of the authors said...
Commentary
What can you do during a mass shooting? This MD found out
We were seeing high-velocity gunshot wounds that I’ve seen for 20 years in the Army. I know how to fix them. But there wasn’t a single thing I...
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What did you learn in med school that you disagree with now?
“I was taught the pathology behind arthritic pain, symptoms, signs, and treatment – that it has a genetic component and is inevitable to avoid –...
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The da Vincian cardiovascular system
Long before anyone else, Leonardo da Vinci called into question Galen’s description of how the heart works.