La Fundación Colombiana del Corazón y la Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiología, apoyados por Pfizer implementaron el programa educativo “Corazones Responsables en Población Negra”, a través del cual certificaron a más de 350 mujeres de Cali, Buenaventura, Quibdó e Istmina durante seis meses de formación, con talleres educativos y lúdicos para prepararlas como líderes del conocimiento […]
Monthly Archives: November 2023
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Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA: Christie, where are we going with lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]? Have we reached the end of the road, or is there something on the horizon? Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, FACC: We’re just moving, and I agree with my colleagues. I screen everybody in my personal practice. I also do cascade […]
Student leaders from Clemson and South Carolina with the “Blood Bowl” trophy prior to the annual rivalry game in Columbia on Nov. 25, 2023. Download image November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Lindsey Schmidt flew home to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving Break. When she got her off flight, the junior elementary education major spotted a young woman […]
Laura Gibson, MD’94 Laura Gibson, MD’94, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School, is among the first to be honored with a Central Mass Champions of Health Care Award from the Worcester Business Journal. The award honors those in health care “who are excelling in helping others, promoting innovation or improving access […]
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Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA: We’re going to switch gears [and] go to an LDL [low-density lipoprotein]–like biomarker; it’s a substance that’s a causal agent for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, [and] that’s lipoprotein a [Lp(a)]. Now FH is not just familial hypercholesterolemia. The [Family Heart] Foundation also embraces putting more attention on lipoprotein a…. […]
MILWAUKEE — COVID-19 infections in Milwaukee County saw a big jump over the holiday weekend, according to new data. What You Need To Know COVID-19 infections in Milwaukee County saw a big jump over the holiday weekend Milwaukee County’s Chief Health Policy Advisor Ben Weston posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, […]
Public health experts and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report a steady decline in cardiovascular health, including an increase in deaths from heart disease — specifically among middle-aged adults with low incomes. New research led by investigators at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center helps explain the recent reversal in cardiovascular […]
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Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA: Dr [Payal] Kohli[, MD, FACC], the PCSK9 inhibitors were [addressed], and I know you’ve looked at some of the more recent data. They’ve been around a long time, and we now have data that [show] they really do work, and…for a long period…. Do you want to discuss […]
CHICAGO — A fully automated AI algorithm designed to opportunistically screen for enlarged heart, or cardiomegaly, on routine chest and abdominal CT exams was highly predictive of future cardiovascular events, according to research presented November 26 at RSNA 2023. Presenter Steven Rothenberg, MD, of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, said calculating the cardiothoracic ratio […]
This is the question that Phoenix Men’s Basketball coach Sunny Wicks asks of his players as he begins the season with the 362nd (out of 363 teams) ranked Division 1 team in the country. “We want kids who pump blood.” Will the men have what it takes to rise to the challenge? Watch Episode 1 […]