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CDC: COVID Vax Not Linked to Sudden Deaths in Young Adults

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- The hunt for a signal of excess sudden cardiac deaths among young people after COVID-19 vaccination left Oregon health officials empty-handed, they reported. Investigators searched death certificates for Oregon residents 16.

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Evidence of Declining Mortality Trends for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the United States and the Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Journal of the American Heart Association

ConclusionsBased on an analysis of death certificates, the marked decline in HCMrelated deaths of >50% achieved in the US general population during the 2 decades from 1999 to 2019 was substantially reversed (by 29%) during the subsequent 3year COVID19 pandemic.

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Italy’s Pioneering Push for Telemedicine. Supported by AI

Cardiomatics

The system is decentralized with 19 regions and two autonomous provinces responsible for the delivery of health services through Local Health Units (ASLs). years, which has recovered well following a large decline due to COVID in 2020. In terms of healthcare spending, Italy allocates about 9.4%

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Feature | Ten Americas: Growing Disparities Creating Demographic Chasms

American College of Cardiology

These findings, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, point to an uneven playing field where communities burdened by poverty, segregation and limited health care access face markedly shorter lifespans. COVID-19 set them even further behind the other Americas, with a 6.6-year years in 2000 (vs. for America 1) to 70.2

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Antitrust 101: How to Build Medical Monopolies by Discrediting U.S. Physicians

Dr. Wes

physicians they accuse of spreading misinformation during the COVID-19

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Cardiology Board Exam Pass Rates are Down. How Can You Pass? 

BoardVitals - Cardiovascular

Moreover, the psychologic burden of fear concerning COVID increased anxiety, especially among healthcare workers, and sapped energy for self-directed learning.” -A. The question bank contains more than 1,350 Cardiology questions tailored to the ABIM Cardiology Certification Exam and ACC In-Training Exam. What is driving this decrease?

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Returning to COVID19

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

31st January 2023 With the resignation of Jacinda Ardern, my thoughts were dragged back to Covid once more. But it got me thinking about lockdowns again and the whole worldwide madness of Covid. During the Covid pandemic I travelled far past angry, to reach a point of utter weariness. Not just from Covid, but from everything.