As highlighted by a new study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, the number of tweets related to cardiovascular meeting content has more than tripled in recent years.

Medical organizations across the country are trending toward patient-centered care, incorporating meaningful patient activation and engagement (PAE) into their clinical routines. But, despite a push for more personalized medicine, the majority of physicians and assistants still fail to fully understand what PAE means, and much less how to incorporate it into practice.

The American Heart Association and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the second set of federally recommended physical activity guidelines Nov. 12—the first update in a decade and one that heavily emphasizes the physical, mental and medical benefits of exercise.

A new study in JAMA Cardiology showed patients’ risk perceptions and willingness to accept therapy are influenced by the type of estimate they’re presented with and how that information is organized.

A physician with Pulse Cardiology in San Bernardino, California, has been accused of racist behavior after allegedly criticizing a patient for not speaking English, Yahoo Finance reported Nov. 6.

Canada legalized recreational cannabis countrywide Oct. 17, triggering a national response that’s resulted in near-depletion of the country’s legal marijuana supply. But, as Canadians begin to embrace the new policy, local physician Taylor Lougheed, MD, MSc, suggests heart patients might want to consider their cardiovascular health before lighting up.

Cardiologists and researchers alike are calling for the early halt of a national heart stem cell trial after Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital expressed concern earlier this week that some of the work the study is based on might be falsified.

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is expanding its safety and quality ratings to outpatient surgery centers. The group plans to survey 250 centers in 2019 and up to 5,600 in 2020.