Each February since 1963 Congress has declared February American Heart Month in an attempt to bring more awareness to heart diseases. Magazine retailer Magazines.com highlights health magazine titles in an effort to urge Americans to educate themselves on how to prevent heart diseases. More »
Make every Monday "Wear Red" Day More »
Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT®) today publicly announced the world's first free website allowing patients to upload and share diagnostic-quality medical images using nothing but a standard web browser More »
American Heart Month ideal time to consider supplemental insurance for critical illness coverage More »
Company leads industry in providing medical transcriptionists with industry standard Knowledge Base tool. More »
Convenient Online Event Brings Together Cardiovascular Experts on March 3-4. Offers FREE Online CME (13 AMA Category 1 Credits) in Collaboration with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Speakers include: Roger Blumenthal, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Robert Eckel, MD, University of Colorado, Denver; Clyde Yancy, MD, Baylor Heart & Vascular Institute and incoming President, American Heart Association. More »
A new study finds that Lifeclinic automated self-testing health stations in the workplace are a valuable tool for employees and employers in the management of hypertension and obesity. Results of the study appear in the January 2009 issue of Postgraduate Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal. More »
Four western New York hospitals using emergency treatment strategies emphasizing evidence-based therapy and better communication among health care providers reduced heart attack patient deaths by 19 percent for up to one year after patient discharge. New critical care pathway delivers better results, according to HealthCore-managed prospective research study More »
Salba is an award-winning line of whole food nutrition products, clinically proven to reduce cardiovascular risk factors for those with diabetes. Newly released is their Heart Health Formula, combining omega-3-rich Salba Seed Oil (over 8,300mg of Omega-3s per 1 Tbsp Serving) with Phytosterols and Nano-Dispersed Policosanol. More »
National magazine features Konsyl as a top pick for protecting against heart disease. More »
ActionEcho, a Richland based echocardiography service, has received accreditation from the distinguished Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) for adult transthoracic echocardiography. ActionEcho is one of three ICAEL accredited echocardiography laboratories in the Tri-City area, and one of thirty four within the State of Washington. More »
Dr. Tony Mussari went to a Memorial Day parade looking for a story. He came home with two new friends, heart disease and open-heart surgery More »
The control of blood sugar and its possible role in preventing cardiovascular disease is the focus of discussion on a new blog for health care professionals. More »
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) and Envisionier Medical Technologies, Inc., a privately held company, today announced an agreement that grants exclusive rights for US distribution and marketing of the endogo® system to the ENT (ear, nose, and throat) division of Medtronic. More »
JIVA™ Resveratrol Synergistic Supplement Supplies Benefits of Red Wine & More More »
Current guidelines for when to prescribe popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins would produce cost-effective results and would save thousands of lives every year if they were followed more closely by physicians and patients, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. More »
CardioCareLive, a medical conference that takes place entirely online, announces participation of Dr. Larry Kaskel, Founder and Medical Director of the Heart Attack Prevention Center. Dr. Kaskel to present "Improved Patient Outcomes and Enhanced Revenue with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes." More »
Driven by enhanced focus on development of next generation devices, and widening demand and supply gap for heart transplantation, the global market for ventricular assist devices is projected to exceed $1.2 billion by 2014. More »
Rising cases of cardiovascular diseases and ageing population have served as primary growth drivers for cardiac biomarkers market, one of the fastest growing sectors in the clinical immunodiagnostics market. The fast growing BNP & NT-proBNP assay test for congestive heart failure, is the other significant growth driver for the global cardiac biomarkers market. With the number of people affected with cardiovascular diseases reaching 30 million a year worldwide, the global market for cardiac biomarkers is set to reach $2.6 billion by 2015. More »
NorthShore University HealthSystem Ted Feldman, M.D., Lead Investigator More »
Business Christmas cards company GalleryCollection.com sponsors employees to work off holiday pounds in a corporate WeightWatchers 17-week program. More »
iCardiac Continues to Successfully Leverage Differentiated Service and Product Offering More »
Through partnership with Samaritan's Purse and Gift of Life, patients travel to United States **Media Note: Patients will be at Children's National for farewell visit on Tuesday, February 24** More »
pMDsoft, Inc. today extended its popular mobile charge capture and rounding software to the BlackBerry Storm. Combining on-the-go connectivity with the simplicity of a touch interface, this device is a natural evolution for pMDsoft, which emphasizes realtime communication and exceptional ease of use. Practices seeking to save time, recover lost income, and improve patient hand-off can benefit immensely from charge capture; but only if they choose the right solution for their needs. More »
Glenwood Systems, LLC launches the GlaceComplete product suite which seamlessly integrates EMR and Practice Management software to an assisted medical billing process. The product has been designed to reduce the cost associated with clinical and billing inefficiency while maximizing revenue contribution for the average office based medical practice. More »
DataDancer Medical Systems announces the launch of its new FDA Cleared product called "bp Limbo XL". This innovative Stand-Alone blood pressure software is for self monitoring patients. More »