Anicka Slachta

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After graduating from Indiana University-Bloomington with a bachelor’s in journalism, Anicka joined TriMed’s Chicago team in 2017 covering cardiology. Close to her heart is long-form journalism, Pilot G-2 pens, dark chocolate and her dog Harper Lee.

LATEST ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Hispanics born abroad have higher CVD rates than US-born counterparts
The most important, influential diabetes research of 2017
Spinal cord injury affects heart function
Positive stress ECG proven to predict cancer death
Diabetic pregnancies linked to increased risk of congenital heart disease
Diabetic children have 7 times greater risk of cardiac death than peers
U.S. health rankings: Mississippi, other Southern states had highest CVD death rates in 2017
Doctors call 32-year-old's heart tumor the largest in recorded history
US flu season is on track to be a harsh one, officials say
Researchers debunk claim that obesity improves end-of-life survival for CVD patients