The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) last week released a new position statement on cardiovascular pre-participation screening for athletes. The statement discusses current evidence and knowledge gaps while offering recommendations and future directions.

A Saint Louis University researcher has received a grant to study the effects of treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on cardiovascular and metabolic health. Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D., associate professor in Family and Community Medicine, received $2,348,320 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

September 9, 2016 — New research published Sept. 8 in the Open Access journal PLOS Biology reports the role of genes in ...

Six-month preclinical data from trials of a Xeltis bioabsorbable aortic conduit were presented at the 2016 scientific meeting of the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology (ISACB). The data was presented by Prof. Frederick Schoen, M.D., Ph.D., senior pathologist and executive vice chairman, Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and professor of pathology and health sciences and technology, Harvard Medical School.

Technological and administrative obstacles are significantly cutting into available time for physicians to engage with patients. Nearly half a physician’s office day is now filled by data entry into electronic medical records (EHRs) and administrative desk work, according to a new time-motion study conducted by experts at the American Medical Association (AMA) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock healthcare system. The study results were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

September 7, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. (SJM) has filed a lawsuit against Muddy Waters Consulting LLC, Muddy Waters ...

September 5, 2016 — Lombard Medical Inc., a company focused on endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic ...