Although the primary stroke center certification is a step in the right direction, researchers recently wondered whether the benefits of primary stroke centers outweighed the often longer travel time it takes for patients to get to the centers.

Though fidgeting has long been deemed a bad habit, a new study is challenging that notion.

With practice, physicians often become better at their jobs. It’s not too surprising. Studies have found veteran surgeons typically have better outcomes than their less experienced colleagues. The trend applies for most procedures.

On top of several other associated risk factors, poor sleep could mean an increased risk of stroke, according to a new study review published in the journal Neurology. 

After the state of New York instituted a policy in 2006 that excluded patients with cardiogenic shock from publicly disclosed risk-adjusted mortality rates, the rates of PCI for patients with acute MI and cardiogenic shock increased significantly, according to a database analysis.

Increasing treatment with Omega-3 fatty acids facilitates increased healing in patients who have had a heart attack, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Circulation. 

Boston Scientific voluntarily recalled certain lots of its Lotus Valve System that were manufactured before March 2016.

Will new rules proposed for donor heart allocation provide a lifeline for the sickest patients or add complexity and cost to a system that struggles to achieve fairness and efficiency?