Hospitals Struggling to Reach Time-Related Treatment Goals for STEMI
Authors say pandemic-related issues, including staffing, pose challenges
Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With 75,000 Health Care Workers
Workers are demanding the nation's largest nonprofit, private health care provider address low staffing levels
Modifiable Risk Factors Increase Dementia Risk More for Some Minority Groups
Findings show variance in associated risk with hypertension, obesity, diabetes, low HDL cholesterol, and sleep disorders
Cannabis Use Disorder Tied to Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events
Higher risk for incident events seen over seven years of follow-up
Postoperative Cognitive Issues Common Among Middle-Aged Surgery Patients
Risk factors include preoperative pain, psychological conditions, and longer duration of general anesthesia and ICU stay
CKD Strongest Risk Factor for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Hispanics/Latinos
Other risk factors include heavy drinking, stroke, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes
Enteric-Coated, Uncoated Aspirin Have Similar Effectiveness in Heart Patients
Findings seen for secondary prevention among patients with cardiovascular disease
Risks for All-Cause, Cardiovascular, Respiratory Mortality Increased After Floods
Risks vary by local climate type, socioeconomic status
Walking Intervention Can Lower BP in Sedentary Older Adults
Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure may improve among older adults taking additional 3,000 steps/day
Stroke Mortality Set to Increase to 9.7 Million in 2050
Recommendations developed for reducing burden of stroke, including by implanting prevention strategies
