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JACC Journals @jaccjournals.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🆕 ACC Scientific Statement: A healthy, balanced dietary pattern, not individual nutrients or foods, is 🔑 to heart health. Emphasize minimally processed plant foods, healthy fats & proteins, while limiting refined starches, added sugars, sodium & unhealthy fats. bit.ly/46XHwYW #CVD #cvPrev

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 8h

…expand childcare subsidies for working parents. She has also worked across the aisle to deliver tax relief for Iowans. Trone Garriott says she will bring that same commitment to Congress to lower health care costs and expand tax credits for working families. 🇺🇸 iowastartingline.com/news/electio...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 8h

Sarah Trone Garriott is running for Congress (Iowa District 3), as a state senator her legislative record includes sponsoring measures to cap prescription drug prices, preserve state food bank support, and expand childcare subsidies for working parents. She … iowastartingline.com/news/electio...

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Individuals with hypertensive pregnancy disorders face 2–4x higher CVD risk. New AJPC research explores risk factors and prevention. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… #CardioSky #MedSky

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

… She is pledging to crack down on what she describes as predatory medical debt collectors, pharmaceutical monopolies, and Wall Street firms buying hospitals for profit. She also wants to protect healthcare access for rural communities 🇺🇸 www.wavy.com/news/politic...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Democratic candidate for Congress (Virginia District 2) Elaine Luria unveiled her plan for healthcare reform. She is pledging to crack down on what she describes as predatory medical debt collectors, pharmaceutical monopolies, and Wall Street firms … www.wavy.com/news/politic...

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American Journal of Hypertension @amjhypertension.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in Adults: A Comparison Between Cuffless and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-... #HotOffThePress

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

…costs,” arguing that Big Box monopolies “drive small businesses out of our area, give consumers fewer options, and let a few large companies control everything.” She’s also in favor of capping credit card fees. 🇺🇸 www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/09...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Paige Cognetti, Mayor of Scranton, is running for Congress in Pennsylvania District 8, she says she will fight to "break up the huge monopolies that hurt our small businesses and raise costs,” arguing that Big Box monopolies “drive small businesses … www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/09...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

…and affordability in the health insurance market while keeping families, not shareholders, the priority. 🇺🇸 www.achillesforidaho.com/policies

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Idaho candidate for US Senate Todd Achilles plans to help lower healthcare costs by strengthening antitrust enforcement to block healthcare mergers that raise costs or reduce patient choice and pursue healthcare insurance industry reforms that increase competition, transparency …

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New research shows the DASH diet 🥗🌾🥛🐟🧂 helps manage stage 1 hypertension, delaying medication. Read more: ow.ly/kfsW50YWMhh

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

…to Housing legislative package. This legislation would address the high cost of housing by increasing access to home loans, cutting red tape, and supporting local governments in expediting permitting and home-building processes to lower costs. 🇺🇸 pappas.house.gov/media/press-...

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Major Housing Bill Passes with Pappas Provisions to Lower Costs and Increase Supply | Congressman Chris Pappas

Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) had two bills he co-leads and an additional bill he is a cosponsor of pass the House as part of the House’s amended 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the Amer...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas is focused on lowering costs in his campaign for US Senate. This past May he had two bills he co-leads and an additional bill he was a cosponsor of pass the House as part of the House’s amended 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) …

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New research links cadmium and lead exposure to higher cardiovascular mortality — while mercury shows a surprising inverse association. See how environmental heavy metals impact heart health. www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… #CardioSky #MedSky

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

…banning algorithmic pricing that raises costs for individual customers, and barring food companies from using software to coordinate prices. 🇺🇸 ncnewsline.com/2026/03/04/f...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Democrat Roy Cooper pledges to ‘make stuff cost less’ in his North Carolina Senate campaign. He outlined goals to help reduce the price of food and groceries including working to block corporate mergers of grocery chains, banning algorithmic … ncnewsline.com/2026/03/04/f...

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Jason Nagata, MD @jasonmnagata.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @ajpcardio.bsky.social! Among a sample of adolescents in @theabcdstudy.bsky.social, greater neighborhood disadvantage was linked to lower LE8 cardiovascular health scores, driven mainly by behavioral factors. 🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/NbhHeart

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

… during emergencies, crack down on anti-competitive mergers among grocery chains, and increase transparency in supply chains. She additionally called for restoring funding for the Bypass Mail program and creating an "Essential Freight Service" to reduce shipping costs in rural communities. 🇺🇸

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Mary Peltola Unveils Plan to Tackle Alaska’s Affordability Crisis in U.S. Senate Campaign

Native Vote 2026 Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola (Democrat) on Monday unveiled a sweeping affordability agenda aimed at lowering costs for working families across Alaska, making kitchen-table...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola Unveils Plan to Tackle Affordability Crisis in U.S. Senate Campaign. The plan looks at corporate practices that Peltola says have driven up costs. Her proposal would ban price gouging during emergencies … 🇺🇸 nativenewsonline.net/currents/mar...

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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 28/08/2026

📝 Narrative Review: #RightVentricle metrics, such as strain, fractional area change, and ejection fraction, offer mechanistic insight in cardiovascular trials but remain underused due to acquisition variability and lack of standardization. ja.ma/4wDRKIr

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Right Ventricular Metrics as End Points in Clinical Trials

This narrative review discusses the current and emerging role of right ventricular–focused imaging and hemodynamic parameters as end points in clinical trials and a comprehensive framework for their development, validation, and broader implementation.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

He also proposed tax cuts and incentives for small businesses and farmers, and helped pass an expansion of the child tax credit. 🇺🇸 Early voting starts October 13th 🇺🇸 mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/

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GA My Voter Page

Use the Georgia My Voter Page (MVP) to check your voter registration status, find your polling location, view your county's early voting locations, review your sample ballot for upcoming elections, an...

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Senator Jon Ossoff made affordability the main focus of his economic plan for Georgians, he backed a bipartisan infrastructure law and federal manufacturing incentives to increase jobs and economic development in Georgia… www.ajc.com/politics/202...

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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 09/01/2026

A previously healthy female teenager presents with chest tightness and syncope after exertion. Electrocardiogram results showed ST-segment elevation in leads V1 through V4, aVL, and aVR troponin T levels. What would you do next? ja.ma/4sxxvLB

Two panels show coronary arteries. A, "Origin of left main coronary artery" with labels RSP, RCS, LCS, RA, and LP. B, "Course between aorta and pulmonary artery" with labels PA and AO. Blue arrows mark specific points of interest.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Exposure to natural daylight has important and salutary impact on our metabolism, and that's especially noted in people with Type 2 diabetes cell.com/cell-metabol...

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

New research highlights the value of bundled measurement of LDL-cholesterol, lipoprotein(a), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein across the cardiovascular risk spectrum for more comprehensive risk assessment. 🔗 ow.ly/PQNc50XR90C #CardioResearch #PreventiveCardiology #CardioSky #MedSky

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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 06/01/2026

Among patients with #AtrialFibrillation, elevated BMI, and 1 or more additional cardiometabolic risk factors, aggressive risk factor management reduced arrhythmia recurrence over the 12-month period after catheter ablation. ja.ma/4snlYOX

JAMA Cardiology presents a risk factor reduction study for atrial fibrillation. Population: 82 men, 40 women. Intervention: 122 patients randomized. Findings: LRFM group (61.3%) had higher freedom from atrial arrhythmia vs usual-care (40.0%).

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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 04/01/2026

Initial testing choice between coronary CTA and stress testing for suspected CAD showed no difference in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality among patients with stable symptoms. ja.ma/3LdrnaE

Figure 1 shows long-term mortality by randomized testing arm. Graph A plots all-cause mortality, with 'CTA strategy' & 'Functional testing strategy' lines trending upwards. Graph B plots cardiovascular mortality, with similar lines. Numbers at risk are listed below each graph.

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JACC Journals @jaccjournals.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Los Angeles residents saw significant rises in cardiopulmonary illness in the 3 months after the Jan 2025 Eaton & Palisades wildfires, per a study in #JACC. Findings are based on Cedars-Sinai ED data compared with the same period in 2018–2024. bit.ly/3YCJUjv #CardioSky

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American Journal of Preventive Cardiology @ajpcardio.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New research explores sex-specific cardiovascular risk prediction using AI-derived epicardial adipose tissue measurements from CT calcium scoring exams. Findings highlight the potential of advanced imaging and AI to refine personalized CVD risk assessment. ow.ly/ZwIk50XKsPe #CardioSky

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JAMA Cardiology @jamacardiology.com · 23/12/2025

#Semaglutide consistently lowered hospitalization rates and hospital days in high-risk adults with #obesity and cardiovascular disease, with effects observed across clinical subgroups. ja.ma/3LdVyhO

Graph: Cumulative incidence curve for time from randomization to first hospital admission. Y-axis: Patients with an event, %. X-axis: Time since randomization, y. Two lines show placebo and semaglutide results. Placebo is slightly higher.

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Dr. Monali Desai @drmonalidesai.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

merry christmas & happy holidays ✈️ lga & atl airports

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NEJM AI @ai.nejm.org · 23/12/2025

A new study introduces a self-supervised electrocardiogram transformer foundation model that achieves high diagnostic accuracy across multiple cardiac prediction tasks, expanding AI’s potential in complex diagnostic areas. Learn more: nejm.ai/3XvciUi #AI #MedSky #MLSky

Figure 1. Chest Pain Encounters in the United States and Available Noninvasive Testing Modalities.

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