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Hitting the right note: The healing power of music therapy in the cardiac ICU
American College of CardiologyReports and Proceedings
- Meeting
- ACC Latin America 2025
Cardiovascular disease risk rises in Mexico, despite improved cholesterol control
American College of CardiologyReports and Proceedings
- Meeting
- ACC Latin America 2025
Flexible optical touch sensor simultaneously pinpoints pressure strength and location
OpticaPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Optics Express
New international guideline provides expert guidance for PET imaging of patients with coronary artery disease
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingPeer-Reviewed Publication
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), and American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM) have issued a new clinical guideline for 18F-flurpiridaz PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and blood flow quantitation. The guideline, co-published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, is intended to assist nuclear cardiology practitioners in the optimal application of 18F-flurpiridaz PET for MPI, including recommendations for patient selection, imaging protocols, and interpretation of results.
- Journal
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
FGF21 muscle hormone associated with slow ALS progression and extended survival
Impact Journals LLCPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Aging-US
Personal storytelling during medical training improves learning and the way doctors connect with their patients
Boston University School of MedicinePeer-Reviewed Publication
Most medical schools teach students about illness through lectures or clinical vignettes as taught by doctors, but Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine offers a novel teaching experience whereby medical students share their own personal experiences with illness.
Recently, the school created the Student Perspectives Initiative (SPI), a student-led program where medical students share their own personal stories with illness that match topics being taught in class. For example, a lecture on inflammatory bowel diseases in the gastroenterology module would include a presentation by a student speaking about their own experience with Crohn’s disease.
In a new study, students who participated in the SPI program said that it helped them learn, understand the emotions connected to the disease, and feel more connected to each other. This is the first study demonstrating that storytelling by students themselves can be a lasting and meaningful way to improve medical education.
- Journal
- Medical Science Educator