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

German team maps 1st-ever proteome of the human heart
Stressed women more likely to develop obesity
A, B, AB blood types at increased risk for heart attack in high pollution
Innovations in heart tech: 5 things standing between now and better medical technology
New tool calculates cardiovascular risk in 5 painless steps
Instances of cardiac arrest after sex are low, but so are the survival rates
Postmenopausal women face higher risk of CVD, stroke a year after discontinuing hormone therapy
CVD, CKD should be assessed together in HIV-positive patients
Half of U.S. valve hospitals misclassified as low- or high-performing
Cardiologists avoid end-of-life talk with patients, complicating death