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Cardiology: a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Although the cardiovascular system is inextricably linked to blood, cardiology is relatively unconcerned with hematology and its diseases. Some obvious exceptions that affect the function of the heart would be blood tests (electrolyte disturbances, troponins), decreased oxygen carrying capacity (anemia, hypovolemic shock), and coagulopathies.
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JUL 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th ...JUL 24, 2017Cardiology
For the ten percent of people who survive cardiac arrest, long-term sensory problems are inevitable. That is, unless sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 21, 2017Health & Medicine
What happens to heart cells in the seconds and minutes following a heart attack? Without oxygen, heart cells slowly beco ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2017Cardiology
Artificial sweeteners, praised for making your favorite beverage sweeter without adding a single calorie, are actually l ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 17, 2017Cardiology
A decade after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 13, 2017Cardiology
How can you calculate your risk of dying or being hospitalized for cardiovascular complications in the year follo ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 12, 2017Cardiology
Age and fat have an unfortunate synergistic effect on inflammation that makes the blood vessel path from lungs to heart ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2017Cardiology
The importance of relaxation and the severity of seasonal affective disorders was brought to light in a recent nationwid ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 10, 2017Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2017Cardiology
The marine invertebrate Botryllus schlosseri - AKA the star ascidian - has more in common with humans that you&rs ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 05, 2017Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 03, 2017Cardiology
Two small proteins, elastin and collagen, make up a dynamic duo that promote a sturdy foundation of tensile strength and ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2017Cardiology
Long-term health outcomes for heart attack survivors are better if the patient is overweight or mildly obese, compared t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 29, 2017Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2017Cardiology
The community of cells that make up the heart muscle tissues have a response to the stress the wears down the hea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Cardiology
Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy is rare but dangerous, and for the women and children that survive, a lifelong risk of he ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The bloodsucking parasites that carry Lyme disease may also be the key to new anti-inflammatory drugs that could prevent ...JUN 26, 2017Health & Medicine
For the first time, the history of asthma in childhood has been associated with an increased risk of left ventricle thic ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 23, 2017Health & Medicine
Do breast implants skew the results from an electrocardiogram (ECG) reading leading to a false diagnosis of a heart atta ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2017Cardiology
Dissolving clots deep in the veins has never been easier, thanks to new technology stemming from a collaboration between ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 21, 2017Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2017Cardiology
For the first time, researchers report that a baby’s DNA influences a mother’s risk of pre-eclampsia, a cond ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 19, 2017Cardiology
Three minutes could mean the difference between life and death for someone in cardiac arrest. A new smartphone ap ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2017Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUL 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th
...
JUL 24, 2017
Cardiology
For the ten percent of people who survive cardiac arrest, long-term sensory problems are inevitable. That is, unless sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 21, 2017
Health & Medicine
What happens to heart cells in the seconds and minutes following a heart attack? Without oxygen, heart cells slowly beco
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2017
Cardiology
Artificial sweeteners, praised for making your favorite beverage sweeter without adding a single calorie, are actually l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 17, 2017
Cardiology
A decade after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 13, 2017
Cardiology
How can you calculate your risk of dying or being hospitalized for cardiovascular complications in the year follo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 12, 2017
Cardiology
Age and fat have an unfortunate synergistic effect on inflammation that makes the blood vessel path from lungs to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Cardiology
The importance of relaxation and the severity of seasonal affective disorders was brought to light in a recent nationwid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2017
Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2017
Cardiology
The marine invertebrate Botryllus schlosseri - AKA the star ascidian - has more in common with humans that you&rs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 05, 2017
Cardiology
Inflammation is an immune response to cuts and scratches as well as to pathogenic infections. However, the inflam
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 03, 2017
Cardiology
Two small proteins, elastin and collagen, make up a dynamic duo that promote a sturdy foundation of tensile strength and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 01, 2017
Cardiology
Long-term health outcomes for heart attack survivors are better if the patient is overweight or mildly obese, compared t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2017
Cardiology
Opioid use may provide relief for older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), but the cons seem to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2017
Cardiology
The community of cells that make up the heart muscle tissues have a response to the stress the wears down the hea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Cardiology
Pre-eclampsia during pregnancy is rare but dangerous, and for the women and children that survive, a lifelong risk of he
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The bloodsucking parasites that carry Lyme disease may also be the key to new anti-inflammatory drugs that could prevent
...
JUN 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
For the first time, the history of asthma in childhood has been associated with an increased risk of left ventricle thic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 23, 2017
Health & Medicine
Do breast implants skew the results from an electrocardiogram (ECG) reading leading to a false diagnosis of a heart atta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2017
Cardiology
Dissolving clots deep in the veins has never been easier, thanks to new technology stemming from a collaboration between
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2017
Immunology
There’s a new vaccine to protect against high cholesterol and its consequences: atherosclerotic plaques tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2017
Cardiology
For the first time, researchers report that a baby’s DNA influences a mother’s risk of pre-eclampsia, a cond
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 19, 2017
Cardiology
Three minutes could mean the difference between life and death for someone in cardiac arrest. A new smartphone ap
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2017
Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker