A New Movement Is Building To Treat Heart Failure With Methods That Are Less Invasive Than Transplants
Medication and diet changes, along with other therapies, can help reduce risk, these cardiologists say. Meanwhile, a new blood test is helping UC Davis diagnose heart attacks more easily.
Sacramento Bee:
New Breed Of Cardiologist Is Tackling Surge Of Heart Failure Cases In Sacramento
A graduate of the Sacramento Waldorf School in Fair Oaks, Janmohamed trained in cardiovascular medicine at the Fresno campus of UC San Francisco, before going to the university’s San Francisco hospital for a fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. There are only 71 such programs training cardiologists in this sub-specialty, compared with 210 cardiology programs.The subspecialty has grown over the last decade, Janmohamed said, as an aging U.S. population has seen an increasing number of people with failing hearts. (Anderson, 8/3)
Sacramento Bee:
Hs-CTnT Test Used By UC Davis Diagnoses Heart Attacks Faster
UC Davis Health is now able to diagnose heart attacks faster thanks to the use of a blood test only recently approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration last year. In June, the hospital became one of only two institutions in the state to use the new test, referred to as an hs-cTnT test (an abbreviation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin subtype T). (Holzer, 8/2)
In other public health news —
Los Angeles Times:
Rescue Mission Offers Emergency Shelter To Human Trafficking Survivors
A new program to support female survivors of human trafficking in Orange County has become the a first-of-its-kind emergency shelter. Strong Beginnings, opened this summer by the Orange County Rescue Mission, offers four emergency shelter beds as well as services specifically tailored for survivors of human trafficking, such as healthcare, case management and education assistance. (Kandil, 8/2)
Los Angeles Times:
California Vows To Fight Trump EPA's Move To Freeze Fuel Economy Rules
The Trump administration Thursday pushed ahead with plans to unravel the federal government’s most effective action to fight climate change — aggressive fuel economy standards aimed at getting the nation’s cars and trucks to average more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025. After months of discussion and drafts, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration formally unveiled their plan to rewrite those rules and replace them with ones so lax that even automakers are wary. (Halper, Barboza and Lauter, 8/2)