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Cardiac arrest occurred more often among older patients, non-Hispanic Blacks, those with Medicare, Medicaid, underlying medical condition

Healthy pattern includes seven to eight hours of sleep nightly and sleeping through the night without sleep medications

Heavy mycobacterial growth identified in ice and water machine on the unit where the four cardiac surgery patients were admitted

Multifaceted intervention of assessment, education, and feedback increases likelihood of triple prescription fourfold over usual care

Asian American, Black, and Hispanic populations underrepresented compared with U.S. population demographics

Increased risk for incident AMI, IHD mortality seen with exposure to PM_2.5 at moderate versus low concentrations

Decline in STEMI hospitalization rates driven by decrease among women aged 45 to 55 years; increases seen for those aged 18 to 34, 35 to 44 years

Reduction also seen in racial disparities for heart attack deaths, although rates remain higher for African Americans

Erythritol linked to incident MACE risk and enhances platelet reactivity and thrombosis formation

Disadvantaged groups have higher risk for being underserved by telehealth because of low telemedicine literacy