Chagas Heart Disease an Emerging Concern in the United States – Circulation

Diagnosing Chagas disease in patients with cardiomyopathy, however, can allow cardiologists to implement the aggressive treatment regimens recommended for this subset of patients, who have 4-fold higher morbidity and mortality than do typical patients with cardiomyopathies, Meymandi noted.

Source: Chagas Heart Disease an Emerging Concern in the United States | Circulation

IT workers brace for outsourcing, layoffs at health insurer – Computerworld

Employees anticipate that the IT work will be moved offshore, and that they will be training their replacements. They are concerned that the outsourcing will follow the playbook used at other companies, where employees train H-1B visa holders brought in by contractors, and that the training must be completed as a condition of severance.

Source: IT workers brace for outsourcing, layoffs at health insurer | Computerworld

Prognosis of Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia After Acute Coronary Syndromes Clinical Perspective – Circulation

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with FH and ACS have a >2-fold adjusted risk of coronary event recurrence within the first year after discharge than patients without FH despite the widespread use of high-intensity statins. # Clinical Perspective {#article-title-36}

Source: Prognosis of Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia After Acute Coronary SyndromesClinical Perspective | Circulation