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Released: 17-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
The Mount Sinai Hospital Ranked Among Top in the Nation by U.S. News & World Report®; Department of Geriatrics Claims No. 1 Spot in Specialty Rankings
Mount Sinai Health System

The Mount Sinai Hospital, the flagship hospital of Mount Sinai Health System, was listed among the nation’s top hospitals for care excellence by U.S. News & World Report®, marking the ninth straight year the hospital has been listed among the top 20 in the country on the publication’s “Honor Roll.”

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Released: 17-Jul-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Exercise More, Sit Less to Manage Frailty and Hypertension Risk in Aging
American Physiological Society (APS)

A new study of middle-age and older adults looks at sex differences in frailty levels and their link with heart health. The findings suggest that moving your body more through regular exercise and sitting less can help keep both heart disease and frailty at bay as we age.

Newswise: MedStar Washington Hospital Center Ranks Among Nation’s Best Hospitals and Shares the #1 Spot in the Washington Region
Released: 16-Jul-2024 8:15 AM EDT
MedStar Washington Hospital Center Ranks Among Nation’s Best Hospitals and Shares the #1 Spot in the Washington Region
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is tied for the #1 hospital in the Washington metro region in the 2024-2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals. Additionally, two of MedStar Washington’s clinical programs are nationally ranked. Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery again ranked at #38 in the country.

Newswise: UC San Diego Health No. 1 in San Diego, Top 20 in the Nation
16-Jul-2024 12:05 AM EDT
UC San Diego Health No. 1 in San Diego, Top 20 in the Nation
UC San Diego Health

Region’s only academic health system ranks No. 1 in San Diego and California with 11 medical and surgical specialties rated among nation’s best.

Newswise: UT Southwestern once again ranked best hospital in DFW
Released: 15-Jul-2024 11:05 PM EDT
UT Southwestern once again ranked best hospital in DFW
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth for the eighth consecutive year and ranks among the nation’s top hospitals for care in 11 specialties – the most of any hospital in Texas, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals list released today.

Released: 12-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
How do we stop the burn? - Wildfires in the US: A Growing Concern
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The recent surge in wildfires across the United States has become a pressing issue, affecting communities, ecosystems, and air quality. Wildfires' increasing frequency and intensity are alarming due to their immediate and long-term impacts.

Released: 10-Jul-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Older women more likely to receive heart surgery, die at low quality hospitals
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Older women who require heart bypass surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals — where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a Michigan Medicine study finds.

Newswise: Catherine Krawczeski, MD, Named Chief Medical Officer and Physician-in-Chief at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Released: 9-Jul-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Catherine Krawczeski, MD, Named Chief Medical Officer and Physician-in-Chief at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Nationwide Children’s Hospital announced today that Catherine Krawczeski, MD, the hospital’s physician-in-chief since 2022, will now also serve as Nationwide Children’s chief medical officer.

Released: 8-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT
NIH Awards Wake Forest University School of Medicine $27 Million to Study Vascular Health and Its Impact on Cognition
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $27 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to renew funding for MESA-MIND, an ancillary study to the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

Newswise: Pulsed Field Ablation Procedures Found Safe and Effective for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Released: 8-Jul-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Pulsed Field Ablation Procedures Found Safe and Effective for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai-led study demonstrates significant safety outcomes and could lead to more frequent use of this new technology

Newswise: Take summer heat health risks seriously, UTSW experts caution
Released: 5-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Take summer heat health risks seriously, UTSW experts caution
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The scorching heat can be inescapable this time of year, and as temperatures hover around triple digits, experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center caution that uncomfortable weather can escalate to dangerous health conditions.

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Released: 1-Jul-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Cardiologist Leads the American Society of Transplantation
Cedars-Sinai

Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of the Heart Transplant Program in the Department of Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, has assumed the top volunteer leadership position of the American Society of Transplantation.

Newswise: Factors Vary for Mode of Death After Cardiac Arrest
25-Jun-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Factors Vary for Mode of Death After Cardiac Arrest
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

A study from The Ohio State University finds important differences among patients who survive a cardiac arrest to receive hospital care before their death.

24-Jun-2024 9:30 AM EDT
Research Uncovers Heart-Protective Eating Patterns for Type 1 Diabetes
American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

Eating patterns that align with the Mediterranean diet or the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet could help lower cardiovascular disease risk in adults with type 1 diabetes, according to results from a six-year study.

27-Jun-2024 12:45 PM EDT
Imaging Market Share Analysis Shows 28% of Image Interpretation Performed by Non-Radiologists
Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute

A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that radiologists interpreted 72.1% of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% performed by other types of clinicians.

Released: 26-Jun-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Female heart patients less likely to have additional problems fixed during surgery
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Two studies led by Michigan Medicine find that female patients who undergo heart surgery are less likely to have secondary ailments corrected during a procedure — despite guidelines that indicate they should. Researchers say it adds to growing evidence that women are undertreated across the spectrum of cardiovasvular care.

Released: 24-Jun-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Heart disease model puts cells to work
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis can more effectively study mutations that cause heart disease by putting cells through their paces.



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