The first comprehensive framework to guide cardiac evaluation in the Armed Forces has been issued by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC. Published in the European ...

The researchers also used the system to test a newly developed soft robotic cardiac catheter inside the beating model. The catheter was able to navigate within the artificial heart and detect when it ...

After years as a trauma surgeon treating the consequences of violence, and now as a public policy advocate working in city halls and state houses on how to prevent it, I’ve come to see a troubling ...

We implemented a hs‐cTnI (high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin I)‐based algorithm for emergency department (ED) evaluation of possible non‐ST–segment‐elevation acute coronary syndrome within an ...

Doctors often start exams with the so-called "eyeball test" – a snap judgment about whether the patient appears older or younger than their age, which can influence key medical decisions. That ...

SINGAPORE – An accident and emergency (A&E) doctor who saves lives at work found himself in need of saving when he collapsed from cardiac arrest during a tennis game. Fortunately, Dr Christopher Wong, ...

SINGAPORE - Contrary to popular belief among the elderly, drinking cold water is an effective way to cool the body and reduce the risk of heat stress, according to Associate Professor Jason Lee Kai ...

Diagnosis of shockable rhythms leading to defibrillation remains integral to improving out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest outcomes. New machine learning techniques have emerged to diagnose arrhythmias on ...

Past research links depression and blunted cardiac vagal reactivity to chronic stress. Yet, to our knowledge no experiment investigates heart rate (variability) responses to a repeated laboratory ...

Good-quality sleep is essential for our well-being. Sleep disturbances can negatively affect our mental and physical health. Here, we show that acute psychosocial stress in mice disrupts sleep, by ...