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1 in 10 cardiology trainee doctors in UK say they have been bullied

Scienmag

One in 10 junior doctors training to be cardiologists in the UK, say they have been bullied, reveal the results of a survey published online in the journal Heart. Women and those who qualified in medicine outside the UK are most likely to report being subjected to this behaviour, the responses show.

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Doctor Finds ‘Energizing’ Second Career as PI

Velocity Clinical Research

Cromwell, MD, FAHA, FNLA, FAAFP, is board-certified in Family Medicine and Clinical Lipidology with over 20 years of clinical research experience. Currently, he serves on multiple journal editorial boards focusing on Cardiology and Lipidology and has been published in dozens of peer-reviewed publications, books, and abstracts.

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Artificial intelligence could improve heart attack diagnosis to reduce pressure on emergency departments

Medical Xpress

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh published in Nature Medicine.

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Counting patients social determinants of health may help doctors avert fatal heart attacks

Scienmag

Doctors may be able to predict their patients’ risks of fatal coronary heart disease more accurately by taking into account the number of adverse social factors affecting them, according to a new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. The researchers, whose findings appear Dec.

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Tools to predict stroke risk work less well for Black patients, study finds

STAT News

Stroke risk prediction tools are meant to guide how doctors approach a potentially deadly condition, using factors like heart disease and high blood pressure to get a handle on which patients might benefit from a particular treatment.

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Pediatric heart transplant method developed by U of A doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes: Study

Scienmag

Blood type-incompatible heart transplant surgery for infants under the age of two pioneered in Canada, now used worldwide Credit: Lindsey Kemp A pediatric heart transplant procedure pioneered by Canadian doctors–once deemed impossible–has been shown to be at least as effective as the traditional approach, according to newly published research (..)

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More effective, non-invasive test uses artificial intelligence to detect blocked arteries

Medical Xpress

When her primary care doctor heard something unusual during a routine examination, she sent Moore to cardiologist Mark Rabbat, MD, associate professor of medicine and radiology and director of cardiac computed tomography (CT) at Loyola Medicine.