Larry Husten
STAT
New York, NY, United States
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Beware the hype over the Apple Watch heart app. The device could do more harm than good
The Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation. But it's even more likely to raise false alarms, which can have harmful consequences. → Read More
NIH Halts Large Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction (CIRT) Trial
The NHLBI has put an early stop to the large Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction (CIRT) Trial. → Read More
The Blood Pressure Guideline War Is Not A Fake War
The war over the new blood pressure guideline is not a fake war or a childish dispute. It is a real war over genuine differences in how we should think about health and disease and prevention. → Read More
CardioBrief: New And Improved LDL Numbers
Lab companies start reporting more accurate LDL cholesterol measurements → Read More
CardioBrief: Blacks Face Higher Mortality from Heart Disease, Stroke
CV disease accounts for large portion of health disparities → Read More
Merck Drops Development of Once Promising CETP Inhibitor
Despite positive results in the REVEAL trial anacetrapib is dead. → Read More
Drug Ads: Why Consumers Tune Out the Side Effect List
Long recitation actually dilutes perception of risk → Read More
CardioBrief: 130/80 Expected as New BP Guideline Target
Highly-anticipated document comes out at AHA meeting in November → Read More
CardioBrief: Genotyping Reduces Adverse Events with Warfarin
But still unclear whether benefit justifies the cost → Read More
CardioBrief: Stopping Aspirin Hikes CV risk
37% increase in events seen after discontinuation in Sweden → Read More
CardioBrief: What If PCI Is Just a Sham?
Small study could upset assumptions about benefits of stents → Read More
ESC: Huge Diet Study Shows Carbs, Not Fats Are the Problem
But PURE also challenges belief that more is better for fruits and vegetables → Read More
CardioBrief: Off-Pump CABG Raises Long-Term Mortality Risk
Significant risk over on-pump grafting found at 5 years in ROOBY trial → Read More
Generic Atenolol in Short Supply
The latest sign of turmoil in the generic drug marketplace. → Read More
NIH Blood Transfusion Trial's Ethics Questioned
Public Citizen demands halt to study comparing transfusion strategies after MI → Read More
CardioBrief: How Statins Drive Some People Crazy
Partisans on both sides derail rational discussion of risks, benefits → Read More
CardioBrief: Sudden Death Declining in Heart Failure
Does the trend mean that ICDs are indicated less often? → Read More
CardioBrief: Does Whole Genome Sequencing Have Place in Primary Care?
Pilot study confirms feasibility, but clinical value for healthy-seeming people is not obvious → Read More
Op-Ed: Vegetable Oils, (Francis) Bacon, Bing Crosby, and the AHA
Gary Taubes responds to the AHA presidential advisory on dietary fats → Read More
OpEd: The Unintended Consequences Of Bicycle Helmets
We should encourage people to cycle, not scare them away. → Read More