Cardiovascular
Knowledge Gap at the Heart of VAD Care
Whether as a bridge to a transplant or a permanent course of care, ventricular assist devices (VADs) present an essential but challenging...
Summer 2019 | 07/16/19
Heart Disease’s Global Fingerprints
The answer is out there, somewhere—perhaps in Ghana, where researcher Yvonne Commodore-Mensah seeks a different, translatable care model...
Summer 2019 | 07/16/19
The Caregiver’s Mental Health is Important Too
By: Martha Abshire, PhD, RN I cared for my father in the last few years of his life. He suffered from chronic pain and the opioids he used...
On the Pulse | 05/15/19
Nurse Intuition, Plus Engineering Know-How
Nurse intuition—but with computer engineering know-how. It’s a powerful combination. Just think about the things that exist in your...
On the Pulse | 03/28/19
Black Women and Matters of the Heart
By: Dr. Diana Baptiste and Dr. Yvonne Commodore Mensah February is Black History Month, and also happens to be American Heart Month! Every...
On the Pulse | 02/14/19
Black. Baltimore. HIV.
“You have to factor in the historical path it took to get us to where we are in the HIV epidemic in Baltimore, including unequal...
On the Pulse | 02/07/19