Cardiology

This CME program covers the basic mechanisms of atherosclerosis, risk factors and diagnosis, the role of inflammation in acute coronary syndromes, and new therapie and management strategies.

Paul McMaster, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières surgeon, describes what he and his team have seen and done since they arrived in Port-au-Prince to bring emergency medical care to earthquake survivors on January 15.

HCPLive blogger Jill Taylor takes a look at some of the stories developing in Haiti and how healthcare providers are responding to the earthquake and subsequent aftershock.

A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there.

Two companies recently announced the release of a number of technologies that may improve treatment and monitoring of atrial fibrillation.

A lot of amputees and the paralyzed will need lifelong care.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières teams in Port-au-Prince are still under great pressure.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières staff work 24 hours a day to treat as many patients injured in the January 12 earthquake as possible, but the needs are huge and there are delays in receiving crucial supplies.

Here is a list of donations given by celebrities to assist in the relief effort of the earthquake that hit Haiti.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières urges that its cargo planes carrying essential medical and surgical material be allowed to land in Port-au-Prince in order to treat thousands of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations.

Isabelle Jeanson, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières emergency communications officer, has been with the MSF teams in Port-au-Prince since January 15. Here she describes the situation as of January 17.

Here are some general facts about last week's earthquake in Haiti and the aid that has been given by other countries around the world.

Healthcare professionals looking to donate time or money to disaster relief efforts in Haiti will find information on how to do so through these ten organizations.

Risk factors such as high cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure are being found at an earlier age for survivors of pediatric cancer than in the general population.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières have been working together to treat as many of the people who were injured after the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday afternoon.

Patients already have enough to worry about without now having to worry about this.

These past months, we have been discussing reality - we are not doing well compared to other systems of care; we cannot afford to continue what we are doing--it's a veritable shell game.

The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show recently concluded in Las Vegas; but aside from everything transforming into 3D, there were some other advances and introductions in the world of tech gadgets that are worth mentioning.

This CME activity examines the science of atherosclerotic disease development and discusses the cost-effective benefits of primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic disease.

"The current health care reform proposal is just a beginning," says Norman Makous, MD. "This legislation addresses health coverage reform. The problem that has not been touched in the current legislation relates to how we provide medical services.

The HOPE4HF trial will evaluate a new type of electrical device designed to stimulate blood-flow sensors in patients with diastolic heart failure.

This 10-part series will expose why consumers and doctors are getting the short shrift in all healthcare reform proposals.

MDNG editorial board member Larry Chu, MD will cover the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show live via this page on HCPLive.com. Sign up below for a reminder to come back after 11:00AM (EST) on January 7.

It looks like 2010 is starting off with some changes in healthcare on the horizon – from a number of angles.

This online CME program is based on a study that appeared online December 11, 2009 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and is designed for primary care clinicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, and other specialists who care for obese children.

Several recent studies have demonstrated that text messaging can produce measurable clinical benefits such as improved glucose test rates and a decrease in acute liver rejection episodes.

Researchers have found that so-called "good cholesterol" (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL), has less heart-protective and blood vessel-protective effects in people with type 2 diabetes.

Using a mouse model of atrial fibrillation, researchers at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, have discovered that mast cells contribute to atrial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation.

Cardiologists at the Montreal Heart Institute www.icm-mhi.org recently successfully implanted in several patients a new type of cardiac pacemaker, the Accent RF, which uses wireless technology to allow patients to be remotely monitored.

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