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Could this impact your surgeries? Is patient disclosure needed? Physicians/Hospitals must disclose double-booking issues to patients.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/04/13/surgery/Jn7Lb0Hq3VUGeZGBgjiw0M/story.html

Another report comes out supporting aspirin for offsetting heart disease ...

http://news.health.com/2016/04/12/expert-panel-reaffirms-daily-aspirins-use-against-heart-disease-colon-cancer/

Taking Aspirin Daily Can Help Prevent Heart Disease and Colon Cancer, Panel Says People in their 50s who are at increased risk of heart disease should take a low-dose aspirin each day to reduce their risk of both heart disease and colon cancer.

Dime-sized implant can help heart failure patients, first patient has received the device.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/04/10/new-implant-offers-hope-for-patients-suffering-heart-failure.html

New implant offers hope for patients suffering heart failure | Fox News A new approach in treating diastolic heart failure is offering hope to patients who have been frustrated by the lack of options.

Something to think about when working with different populations. Food Deserts can impact cardiovascular health ...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/861501

'Food Desert' Dwellers Have Worse Heart-Disease Risk Profiles "Neighborhood characteristics that affect availability of healthy foods contribute to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease beyond their effects on traditional risk factors," researchers report.

Interesting read ... do you consider the microbiome when working with patients?

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/are-red-wine-the-microbiome-and-heart-disease-molecularly-linked/81252574/

Are Red Wine, the Microbiome, and Heart Disease Molecularly Linked? | GEN News Highlights | GEN Resveratrol reduces the risk of heart disease by changing the gut microbiome, according to a new study

Something to think about ... pediatric cardiac surgery cases can lead to problems decades later, who takes care of the patients?

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Decades-after-pediatric-heart-surgery-new-7224790.php?t=b6a1b2c65f438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium+via+%40HoustonChron

Decades after pediatric heart surgery, new problems emerging for many patients A former high school baseball star, the 35-year-old Houston man competed in mixed martial arts and could bench press 500 pounds. [...] three years ago, a cardiologist at Houston Methodist Hospital suggested he see an adult congenital heart defect specialist, who told him the repair surgeons made thr…

"It is the first evidence that vitamin D3 can improve heart function of people with heart muscle weakness -- known as heart failure."

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/topics/HealthDay709692_20160405_Vitamin_D_Boosts_Heart_Function_in_Study.html .99

Statin alternative for those who can't use them.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/146757/20160404/pcsk9-inhibitor-drug-evolocumab-offers-option-to-reduce-ldl-cholesterol-in-statin-intolerant-patients.htm

PCSK9 Inhibitor Drug Evolocumab Offers Option To Reduce LDL Cholesterol In Statin Intolerant... Statin intolerance is real, findings of a new study revealed. A new PCSK9 inhibitor drug was shown effective in reducing LDL cholesterol level in patients who suffer from side effects of statins.

Gene therapy and heart failure

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/03/30/Gene-therapy-shows-early-promise-against-heart-failure/9101459367337/

Gene therapy shows early promise against heart failure There might be good news for millions of Americans who suffer from heart failure: A trial using gene therapy appears to have boosted patients' cardiac function.

HRT may reduce atherosclerosis when taken early in menopause.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/861267

HRT May Reduce Atherosclerosis When Taken in Early Menopause Women taking estradiol within 6 years of menopause had a lower risk for progression of subclinical atherosclerosis compared with those taking it 10 or more years after menopause.

Key protein could reverse cardiac fibrosis.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160329/CCN5-protein-reverses-cardiac-fibrosis-in-heart-failure-models.aspx

CCN5 protein reverses cardiac fibrosis in heart failure models CCN5, a matricellular protein, has been found to reverse established cardiac fibrosis in heart failure models, according to a study led by Roger J. Hajjar, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Woo Jin Park, P…

Another hospital system hit by hackers, doctors and nurses back to using paper ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-medstar-hack-20160329-story.html