By Regina Schaffer
An updated guideline on the prevention and management of atrial fibrillation includes a new staging system to emphasize disease progression, along with updated recommendations for catheter ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion.
Read the article in Healio.
By Victoria Socha
Results of previous analyses have demonstrated that adolescent solid organ transplant recipients who receive three doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine experience high seroconversion rates and antibody persistence for up to 3 months. There are few data available on the long-term antibody durability in that patient population. Read the article in DocWire News.
By Matt Soergel
Pat O’Shaughnessy calls it his mission — his determination to donate one of his 64-year-old kidneys to a 31-year-old man with so much to look forward to.
He failed in that mission, he believes, and his voice breaks as he admits that.
But in that failure, he probably saved his own life. So he’ll be around to continue the mission, he says, and he vows to stick with it until it succeeds. Read the article in the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union.
By Andrew (Drew) Rhoades
Influenza vaccination was linked to significant decreased risks for major cardiovascular events and death, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Read the article in Healio.
By Mark E. Neumann
AWAK Technologies has received a breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its progression prediction model directed at patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a press release. Read the article in Healio.
By Saleen Martin
A Kentucky baby girl who died in January is living on through the boy she donated her heart to, and her mother was finally able to meet the boy and listen to his heartbeat earlier this year. Read the article in USA Today.
By Scott Buzby
Free weekly deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables alongside nutritional counseling significantly reduced blood sugar among adults with type 2 diabetes, a speaker reported.
Read the article in Healio.
By Elise Devlin
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – One family’s tragedy has turned into another family’s miracle.
In March of 2021, Neil Patel went into cardiac arrest while driving and died in a car accident.
It was at the same time that Joe Robl was in desperate need of a new pair of lungs. About two days later, it was Patel’s donation that saved his life. Read the article on WSPA CBS 7 News.
By Katrina Kincade
OXFORD – A chance meeting led to a life-saving heart transplant for a man in Oxford, Massachusetts.
“If it wasn’t for Jay, I don’t think I’d be here today and I mean that,” David Kornwolf said of his new heart and the man who helped him get it, Jay Toland. Read the article on WBZ CBS News Boston.
By Emma Bascom
By Rishi K. Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil
A study published in Annals of Internal Medicine revealed income-based disparities in diabetes, smoking and hypertension — findings that one expert called worrying.
Read the article in Healio.