AI spots deadly heart risk most doctors can’t see
A new AI model is much better than doctors at identifying patients likely to experience cardiac arrest. The linchpin is the system’s ability to analyze long-underused heart imaging, alongside a…
Why are heart attacks less deadly then they used to be
A day before my 47th birthday last month, I took the subway to Manhattan’s Upper East Side for a coronary artery calcium scan (CAC). For those who haven’t entered the…
Easy test a ‘significant predictor’ of potentially deadly condition
What’s in your gut might just break your heart — literally. For years, doctors have used body mass index (BMI) as the standard tool for measuring obesity and assessing a…
Using a fan and wetting the skin reduces risk of deadly cardiac strain in hot and humid weather, research shows
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New collaborative research from the University of Sydney and the Montreal Heart Institute has shown that using a fan in hot and humid weather reduces cardiac…