Anicka Slachta

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

Penn researchers reveal 1st microscopic video of blood clot contraction

Danish researchers discover how to convert progenitor cells into beta cells

Late-night snacking could raise risk of diabetes, CVD

Air pollution as great a risk as hypertension, obesity, diabetes for CVD

Survey finds the general public knows little about basic human anatomy

‘Nothing ever follows through’: Antimalarial drug disappoints in treatment of diabetes

Novel discovery suggests MRIs after cardiac arrest could predict patient outcomes

Despite government efforts, LDL cholesterol remains uncontrolled among uninsured Americans

Bioresorbable scaffold discontinuity a major mechanism of very late thrombosis

CVD could be a result of bacterial—not dietary—fats