Loneliness; VTE After Abortion; Salt Wars Head to Prison?

— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Spin class may be great for your heart but , as some classes have been found to blast more than nine times the recommended noise exposure for an entire day. (Vox)

Prison may be the ideal setting for a the New York Times reports.

Loneliness was associated with in an observational study presented at the EuroHeartCare meeting in Dublin. (Business Insider)

In the , the U.K. High Court ruled that the transcatheter aortic valve replacement device can continue to be sold there after May 24, 2019 only if the treating physician signs documentation it is the only option for the patient. Edwards Lifesciences has to put 5% of British Sapien 3 sales into an escrow fund and provide a sample of Sapien 3 Ultra to Boston Scientific for assessment of patent violations. (OPUS IP)

Venous thromboembolism risk after induced abortion is double that of a non-pregnant woman, but lower than after a live birth, a population-based study .

The American College of Cardiology started up an giving hospitals "HeartCARE Center: National Distinction of Excellence" status. (Cardiovascular Business)

in acute MI patients is more common with interventional cardiology treatments than with medical management, which may skew Medicare hospital quality adjustments, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

may offer some incremental benefit in prognostication for heart failure, researchers reported in JACC: Heart Failure.

in children, but a genetics study turned up no explanations. (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)

Women who were born with low birth weight are more likely to have , a Japanese study reported at the International Menopause Society meeting in Vancouver. (AlphaGalileo)