Latest Cardio & Pulmonary News
Could Sloppy Record-Keeping Cost You Your Life?
In a medical emergency, anyone can be rattled enough to forget important details, finding themselves unable to answer physicians' important questions about their health or tha...Full Article
Keeping a stiff upper lip can hurt your health following death of a loved one
Keeping a stiff upper lip can hurt your health following death of a loved one Some people facing the loss of a loved one try to maintain their composure, but it's healthier t...Full Article
Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton Releases Children's Book to Help Parents Talk to Kids about Cancer
Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton Releases Children's Book to Help Parents Talk to Kids about Cancer A new children's book, Fritzy Finds a Hat, written by Olympic Gold Med...Full Article
Patient Power® Cancer Patient Survey Shows Majority of Patients Willing to Participate in Clinical Trials and Find Them Beneficial
Patient Power®, which delivers patient-powered journalism, information and opportunities to engage with and connect to the cancer community, reports that results from the firs...Full Article
Projected $580M in Medicare Savings Possible With Nutrition Support Therapy According to New Study
A new study published today in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition finds that nutrition support therapy for specific hospitalized patient populations could reduce ...Full Article
Getinge introduces Torin OR Management software globally
Getinge globally launches Torin – a complete OR management software that helps surgical departments advance their surgery planning, execute efficiently on the schedule, and co...Full Article
The Year of the Nurse and Midwife
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is collaborating with nurses in academic and clinical centers across Northeast Ohio to mark 2020 as “The International Year of the N...Full Article
NYU Langone Performs First U.S. Heart Transplant Using Novel Organ Revitalization Technique
The NYU Langone Transplant Institute became the first center in the United States to transplant a heart using a novel method in which, after the heart has stopped beating and ...Full Article
Patient step counts predict lung cancer treatment outcomes, study finds
Lung cancer patients who are inactive prior to chemoradiation are less likely to tolerate treatment and more likely to see their cancer return Numerous studies have shown tha...Full Article
Are your children sleeping enough? New research points to blood test that might hold the answer
A simple blood test could provide a reliable metric to tell if children are sleeping enough – which is also a marker for general health as sleep affects susceptibility to many...Full Article
'Very active' flu season continues as a second wave could be coming
The 2019-20 flu season continues to be more active than normal, with Influenza B the leading type of virus among patients nationwide. But patient visits were down compared to ...Full Article
COPD burden in the 7MM to increase by 13.3% over the next decade, says GlobalData
COPD burden in the 7MM to increase by 13.3% over the next decade, says GlobalData The total prevalent cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the seven major...
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HealthWell Foundation Now Offers a Financial Lifeline to Medicare Patients Living with Chronic Heart Failure
The HealthWell Foundation®, an independent non-profit that provides a financial lifeline for inadequately insured Americans, has opened a new fund to provide copayment and pre...Full Article
FIRST PATIENTS TREATED IN NEW ROBOTIC ARRHYTHMIA CARE PROGRAM AT OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Stereotaxis (NYSE: STXS), the global leader in innovative robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announced that HCA Midwest Health—the largest healthca...Full Article
Withings Launches ScanWatch, the First Hybrid Smartwatch to Combine Medical Grade Electrocardiogram and Sleep Apnea Detection
Withings, pioneer of the digital health movement and connected analog watches, unveils ScanWatch, the world's first clinically validated hybrid smartwatch to detect both risk ...Full Article
Happy Holidays and have a great New Year!
Thank you so much for being a part of the NEWS-Line family this year. Our best to you and your friends, family and work crew from all of us! Have a terrific holiday season, st...Full Article
Stanford Children's Health opens new inpatient cancer center and outpatient heart center--boosting capacity for specialty care
Stanford Children's Health opens new inpatient cancer center and outpatient heart center--boosting capacity for specialty careThis month two new patient care areas opened at L...Full Article
Record Number of Applicants to Take 2020 Obesity Medicine Certification Exam
A record 1,001 physicians applied to take the 2020 American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) certification exam, which tests doctors for their competency in treating obesity. ...Full Article
Researchers Say 30% of Patients Taking Opioids Experience Adverse Drug Interactions
Patients who do not disclose use of other medications are at higher risk of adverse drug interactions and addiction, according to new research in The Journal of the American O...Full Article
Cancer Linked With A More Than Doubled Risk Of Dying From Stroke
People living with or beyond cancer are more likely to die from stroke than the general public, according to new Penn State research, and certain types of cancer may boost the...Full Article
Critical Pediatric Heart Deaths Drop By 24 % At PC4 Hospitals
Eighteen pediatric heart centers were able to significantly reduce deaths and improve care for children with critical heart conditions after committing to transparent data sha...Full Article
New UCLA Study Finds Short-Term Visit To Severely Polluted City Is Bad For Your Health
A new study by researchers at UCLA shows that even a short-term visit to a severely polluted city can be detrimental to one’s health. The study involved 26 non-smoking, health...Full Article
First-In-Human Pilot Imaging Study Shows Improved Heart Attack Prediction
Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers ...Full Article
This Thanksgiving, Talk Turkey About Family Health History
By Dani Kupperman, Genetic Counselor at Danbury Hospital, Jessica Lipschutz, Genetic Counselor at Norwalk Hospital, and Susan Ingram, Genetic Counselor at Norwalk Hospital Su...Full Article
Protection For Pacemakers
ETH scientists have developed a special protective membrane made of cellulose that significantly reduces the build-up of fibrotic tissue around cardiac pacemaker implants, as ...Full Article
