Medscape Blogs - Cardiology

• Smoking Cessation Drug Side Effects Aren't as Bad as You Think There are many reasons why patients don't get smoking cessation counseling, but fear of drug side effects shouldn't be one, writes Chris Labos, MD.
  Medscape Blogs, May 17, 2022
• The More You Know Your Patient, the Better Care You Can Give As visit times are compressed, it's hard to spend extra time with our patients. But can we afford not to?
  Medscape Blogs, April 04, 2022
• Walking 10,000 Steps a Day: Desirable Goal or Urban Myth? Where does the idea that we have to take 10,000 steps a day to be healthy come from, and can we benefit even if we fall short?
  Medscape Blogs, March 21, 2022
• Racism Is a Social Determinant of Black Maternal Health An initiative by the Association of Black Cardiologists in media partnership with OWN Digital brings awareness to the shocking statistics on Black maternal mortality and morbidity.
  Medscape Blogs, February 07, 2022
• Good Patient Care Begins With the First Phone Call Every member of the healthcare team has an important role to play in patient care. Good communication is essential.
  Medscape Blogs, December 16, 2021
• Do the COVID-19 Vaccines Really Increase MI Risk? A new "study" claimed a dramatic rise in cardiac risk after COVID-19 vaccination. But this conference abstract has a few problems, not the least of which is its reliance on surrogate endpoints.
  Medscape Blogs, December 09, 2021
• The Rittenhouse Case And Privilege in Healthcare The healthcare system, like the legal system, often fails communities of color. A cardiologist dares to hope for meaningful change despite the fact this failure is a feature, not a bug.
  Medscape Blogs, November 30, 2021
• Can We Stop Talking About Aspirin for Primary Prevention? This cardiologist hopes that the latest guidance from the USPSTF will be the final word on aspirin for primary CV prevention.
  Medscape Blogs, October 29, 2021
• Religious Exemptions Should Not Go Unchallenged Don't let religious exemption be an easy hall pass to avoid vaccination.
  Medscape Blogs, October 08, 2021
• Screening for AF: More Questions Than Answers The LOOP and STROKESTOP trials have given us some answers about how best to screen patients for AF, but they have also left us with more questions.
  Medscape Blogs, October 04, 2021
• Health Systems Need to Offer More Than Wellness Retreats We are speaking to you, Healthcare. Can you please start to listen?
  Medscape Blogs, September 24, 2021
• Systemness: The Promised Land of Medicine? ‘Systemness’ has become part of the healthcare lexicon. What exactly does it mean? And will it challenge physician autonomy? For one cardiologist’s take, read on.
  Medscape Blogs, September 03, 2021
• Dream Big: Inspiring Kids in Underserved Communities How one Black cardiologist is working to bridge social and professional gaps by showing kids in underserved communities that any career is possible if they Dream Big.
  Medscape Blogs, August 17, 2021
• Stop Sweeping Sexual Harassment Under the Rug While women are the main victims of harassment in healthcare, all hands on deck are needed to ensure survivors and repulsed bystanders are supported, writes this cardiologist.
  Medscape Blogs, August 13, 2021
• Do Statins Increase or Decrease the Risk for Dementia? Many people claim that statins cause brain fog and dementia. Proving that with data is harder to do.
  Medscape Blogs, July 28, 2021
• A Boomer's Plea: Get Vaccinated, Millennials Why is the generation bent on changing the world reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID-19?
  Medscape Blogs, July 26, 2021
• Healthy Hesitancy and COVID Vaccines: A Call to Action While some anti-vaxxers may be beyond reach, this cardiologist identifies a group of persuadable patients to focus on to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates.
  Medscape Blogs, July 09, 2021
• The Sick-Quitter Effect and Alcohol Many people think moderate drinking is good for you and cite the French Paradox as proof. But the only paradox here is why people still believe it.
  Medscape Blogs, June 29, 2021