Adam Hochron

Heart disease is a growing problem in the country and work has been done to improve the overall public health through a number of steps including cardiac imaging. That work is also focused on the proper blood pressure for patients of all ages.

Whether they lost an upper or lower extremity on the battlefield, thanks to new technology being developed wounded soldiers can now resume their normal lives and even return to active duty if they so choose.

On the battlefield soldiers can suffer any number of injuries that can lead to a lifetime of painful injuries. How doctors approach that care can affect the quality of life their patients enjoy long after their time in the service is done.

The field of rheumatology is largely the same whether it is in the civilian or military world. Differences can be seen in the cause of some of these conditions as well as the treatment options pursued by doctors.

Following one of the deadliest outbreaks of the Ebola virus in history the medical community has had to change the way it approaches such emergencies to ensure public health and safety going forward.

The role of the physician assistant has grown in various ways throughout the medical community in recent years. That is also the case in military medicine as PA's treat soliders, sailors, airmen, and Marines in a wide variety of roles throughout the ranks.

With service members and their families being stationed all over the world it can be critical that they receive the same high level of care they would come to expect in the United States no matter where they may be living at the time.

There is no shortage of career opportunities in the United States Air Force. As a result airmen and women in the service can start their time of service in one field and end in a completely new one with a rewarding future as a result.

With thousands of people stationed at a military base for varying amounts of time there can be the same issues facing the civilian population and some additional concerns as well.

From its earliest days the armed forces has had soldiers who have been assigned to help treat their comrades in arms. In the 21st century that role has changed along with the rest of the military while working through the war on terror on multiple fronts.

Running a medical practice of any size can be filled with challenges. When that practice handles thousands of patients across three branches of the armed forces those challenges can be magnified without the work of a team of professionals across many specialties.

It may be the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress, but with abstract submissions from North America and Asia the recent event was further proof that the field is becoming more globalized while still holding to its Localized roots.

Diabetic kidney disease can take various forms and affect patients in different ways. How the disease progresses and what can be done to slow that progression is the focus of many researchers in the field.

Obesity is a growing problem around the world and new research has shown that even small amounts of physical exercise can make a big difference in keeping people from gaining too much weight.

As the European Society of Cardiology wraps up another successful congress in London there remains a buzz about the work being done by doctors around the world to help patients with a variety of conditions.

Patients in the emergency room for a recent heart attack may be prescribed ticagrelor by the attending physician. A recent study showed getting patients the treatment as early as in the ambulance can provide additional benefits.

As oral anticoagulants become more popular and a new generation of the drugs is introduced there are still some questions about the potential risks of taking the medication and whether they outweigh the benefits.

The European Society of Cardiology's annual conference in London highlighted some of the top work being done in the field over the past year.

PCSK9 inhibitors have been the focus of the cardiology community and with the approval of two medications in the past few months these drugs could soon make their way to a large number of patients needing help managing their cholesterol levels using more than just statins.

Congestive heart failure is a serious condition facing people around the world. Early trials of a gene therapy have showed promise to not only help these patients with the condition but also make their hearts healthier.

Just because researchers go into a study with a hypothesis they hope to prove, it does not mean the results will be what they were hoping for.

There is an ever growing list of tests doctors can order for their patients, particularly when it comes to cardiac conditions. Choosing the right test is a very important skill for practitioners to use in their daily practice.

With the introduction of two new medications cardiologists have powerful new tools to use in order to help heart failure become an even more manageable condition.

On a daily basis cardiologists face patients with a wide variety of conditions. A review of recent studies show just how far the treatment of many of these conditions have come.

If a patient requires bypass surgery one of the factors doctors will look at when considering the operation is the person's blood pressure. A recent study looked at whether it could be safe to operate when the patient's pressure is higher or lower than previously accepted.

When a patient checks into the emergency room, whether on their own or in an ambulance, time is of the essence to make the correct diagnosis. As technology improves so does the ability to make diagnoses in medicine that much faster. This way doctors can treat the patients that need the help the most while the others can be safely discharged and sent home.

Several large groups combined data to look at results of a study on heart failure patients to see whether age and gender affected treatment options prescribed by patients.

While digoxin has been a popular medication in the past, particularly for patients with atrial fibrillation, a recent study looked at whether the medication was indeed beneficial for treatment when compared to placebo or no pharmaceutical therapy at all. Digoxin may be a popular treatment for some patients, but often doctors cannot look at just one condition when treating and have to consider multiple factors and issues.

Treating one patient for an illness can answer some questions for doctors. However, in many cases looking at the larger patient population can answer not only why the patients got sick, but what can be done to keep them healthy in the long run.

With clinical trials becoming more expensive and difficult to arrange in the current medical environment researchers are looking at new ways to test ideas without putting added stress and strain on clinicians.