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NewsCardiac program helps alleviate racial disparities in care, study shows
Hospitals have improved access to appropriate care and reduced mortality for Hispanic and African-American cardiac failure patients, according to a study published this week in the American Heart Read more...
Pollution increases risk of heart attack
Here's another reason to stay in if local air quality is bad. Besides raising your chance of experiencing respiratory or lung problems, air pollution can raise the risk of sudden heart attacks, Read more...
Study: Survival rates improve with more compressions during CPR
A new study suggests that there is indeed a relationship between survival rates after cardiac arrest and the amount of time spent administering chest compressions during CPR, a finding that could Read more...
Rapid-response teams have little effect on cardiac arrest deaths
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that rapid-response teams have little to no effect in reducing cardiac arrest or deaths in hospitals. The study took Read more...
Heart attack patients need their hearts started faster
Health care providers need to work harder on getting the heart beating again as quickly as possible in heart attack patients, according to a new advisory published in Circulation. The advisory points Read more...
FDA finds 20 drugs that could cause serious adverse reactions
The FDA has released its first quarterly report analyzing drugs for safety risks, concluding that at least 20 drugs have been found to cause serious adverse reactions. The report, the first of an Read more...
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