The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is introducing a new cardiogenic shock designation to improve outcomes for one of the most life-threatening complications of a heart attack. The new designation builds on the success of the existing ACC Chest Pain Center Accreditation, which has helped hospitals standardize and improve care for patients presenting with heart attack symptoms, but has not previously addressed cardiogenic shock. Additionally, a new grant supported by Johnson & Johnson will help to implement the designation in rural hospitals.

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- Long-term health of Francophone and Allophone populations benefit from receiving language-concordant physician care; - Language concordance is key to improving long-term survival in an increasingly multilingual Canadian population; - Research analyzed over 50,000 Canadian patients over 15 years.

Australian research has shown for the first time that a program of swimming can be clinically effective in reducing disability from chronic low back pain. 

Risk calculators that doctors use to estimate a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke work about as well for predicting certain cancers, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers.

As the COVID-19 pandemic began, scientists expected economic hardships to cause a rise in illegal logging. However, rainforest loss in West Kalimantan, Indonesia declined by as much a 39 percent, because pandemic travel restrictions made illegal logging infeasible and too costly to support an income. This economic shock was buffered for communities with NGO-affiliated health and livelihood support.

The new framework aims to help hospitals integrate artificial intelligence in a way that will not just increase efficiency and reduce costs but ensure high-quality patient care remains the top priority.