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Patients are at the center of a new app to help people improve their cardiovascular health called Corrie. Corrie was developed at Johns Hopkins by Seth Martin, a cardiologist, and colleagues to help those who’ve had a heart attack implement …

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If you’ve had a heart attack a new app that’s been developed at Johns Hopkins could help you avoid a second one by engaging you in your own care. Seth Martin, a cardiologist at Hopkins and one developer of this …

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Implantable recorders, which are placed under the skin and monitor someone’s heart for a prolonged period of time, may help identify a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation in those who’ve had a stroke, two recent studies find. Michele Johansen, …

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For people who’ve had a stroke, finding out why will dictate their management going forward, with a pair of new studies showing that an implantable monitor to look for atrial fibrillation, where part of the heart doesn’t beat in synchrony, …

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Deaths from heart disease declined a lot until the last decade, and then began to level off. Ditto for deaths from certain cancers, a recent study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says there …

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