A simple ECG score could help physicians estimate infarct size in patients with prior MI, according to work published Jan. 24 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

TeachAids, a nonprofit organization focused on health education, has launched a new virtual reality (VR) program that teaches young athletes how to play safe and properly diagnose and treat a concussion.

The “Coalition Against Rate-Setting,” launched in January, wants to bury bipartisan legislation proposed to address this issue. 

Researchers from Pitt Public Health recently made this discovery after scouring through data following Massachusetts' expansion of coverage in 2006. 

CMS is planning to launch a simplified comparison tool for Medicare beneficiaries to find care.

Injection drug users prescribed controlled release hydromorphone—an opioid—are three times more likely to develop endocarditis than users prescribed other opioids, according to work published Jan. 22 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Deep learning-based analysis of chest x-rays can be used to predict the pulmonary to systemic flow ratio of patients with congenital heart disease, according to a new study published in JAMA Cardiology.

Col. Mohammad Naeem, MD, was presented with the Surgeon General's highest honor—the Maj. Gen. Lewis Aspey Mologne Award.

Stroke patients with a favorable imaging profile on both non-contrast CT and CT perfusion achieved better 90-day functional independence rates than all other groups, according to results of the SELECT study.

Most cardiologists have been implicated in a malpractice lawsuit, according to Medscape’s annual Cardiologist Malpractice Report, and in many cases the litigation causes them to stop trusting their patients.