Even on frigid days, runners and cyclists may be out on area roads and bike paths making sure they get in a workout. For some people, the thought…
Read more How cold is too cold for an outdoor workout, and just how dangerous is shoveling for your heart? – WTOP NewsGerms might be even worse for us than we thought. New research suggests that certain infections could be a contributing factor to heart attacks. Scientists in Finland and…
Read more Some Heart Attacks Might Be Triggered by GermsOur ailing hearts might someday owe a debt of gratitude to a venomous spider. Scientists in Australia are about to begin a clinical trial for a heart attack…
Read more Creepy Cure: Deadly Spider Venom Tapped for Heart Attack DrugIn the weeks after she caught COVID, in May 2022, Lauren Shoemaker couldn’t wait to return to her usual routine of skiing, backpacking, and pregaming her family’s eight-mile…
Read more ‘If Exercise Could Cure This, I Would Have Been Cured So Quickly’The autopsy should have been a piece of cake. My patient had a history of widely metastatic cancer, which was pretty straightforward as far as causes of death…
Read more The Enigma of ‘Heat-Related’ DeathsDuring this week’s Monday Night Football game, the 24-year-old Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed moments after making a routine defensive play. Hamlin seemed to have suffered a…
Read more The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac ArrestThis weekend, I’ll be waking up to one of my favorite days of the year: a government-sanctioned 25-hour Sunday. Forget birthdays, forget my anniversary; heck, forget the magic…
Read more Get Ready for the Most Wonderful Day of the YearWhen I heard that my patient was back in the ICU, my heart sank. But I wasn’t surprised. Her paycheck usually runs short at the end of the…
Read more Lowering the Cost of Insulin Could Be Deadly
