Some heart drugs and antibiotics show effective in fighting cancer
(University of Montreal) North American researchers have identified drugs that showed promising perspectives in treating cancers, according to a recent study published in Cancer Research. These drugs are normally used to treat other diseases, such as heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and infections. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 9, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Here's Some Good News About Coffee And Your Heart
Sip your coffee with peace of mind: A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that caffeine doesn't cause heartbeat irregularities, despite what we've heard in the past. Researchers at the University of California San Fransisco assessed the coffee, tea and chocolate intake of 1,388 healthy men and women over a year-long period. During this time, participants also wore a portable device that monitored their heart rhythm 24 hours a day. Sixty-one percent of participants reported drinking or eating more than one caffeinated item every day, yet the heartbeat monitors did not dete...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
EMS Agencies Need to Have EAP Resources to Address Stress and Reduce Suicides
We battle a lot of demons in EMS. We battle cardiac arrhythmias in an attempt to reverse their negative effects on the heart. We battle infections by taking preventive actions to ensure we, and our patients, don’t succumb to its predictable damage. And we battle time with trauma patients, taking rapid action to prevent irreversible shock. But yet, we’re a stubborn, proud breed that does very little to help ourselves battle one of our worst demons: stress.
EMS, fire, rescue and law enforcement attracts compassionate and physically strong people. But some responders feel that admitting to suffering stress because of what...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - December 21, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P Tags: Administration and Leadership & Professionalism Provider Wellness Safety Columns Source Type: news
EMS Agencies Need to Have EAP Resources to Address Stress and Reduce Suicides
We battle a lot of demons in EMS. We battle cardiac arrhythmias in an attempt to reverse their negative effects on the heart. We battle infections by taking preventive actions to ensure we, and our patients, don’t succumb to its predictable damage. And we battle time with trauma patients, taking rapid action to prevent irreversible shock. But yet, we’re a stubborn, proud breed that does very little to help ourselves battle one of our worst demons: stress.
EMS, fire, rescue and law enforcement attracts compassionate and physically strong people. But some responders feel that admitting to suffering stress because of what...
Source: JEMS Operations - December 21, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P Tags: Administration and Leadership & Professionalism Provider Wellness Safety Columns Source Type: news
EMS Agencies Need to Have EAP Resources to Address Stress and Reduce Suicides
We battle a lot of demons in EMS. We battle cardiac arrhythmias in an attempt to reverse their negative effects on the heart. We battle infections by taking preventive actions to ensure we, and our patients, don’t succumb to its predictable damage. And we battle time with trauma patients, taking rapid action to prevent irreversible shock. But yet, we’re a stubborn, proud breed that does very little to help ourselves battle one of our worst demons: stress.
EMS, fire, rescue and law enforcement attracts compassionate and physically strong people. But some responders feel that admitting to suffering stress because of what...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - December 21, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P Tags: Operations Administration and Leadership Columns Source Type: news
iRhythm launches iOS app for its cardiac patients, but it doesn’t connect to its wearable
iRhythm Technologies, maker of the Zio peel-and-stick wearable heart monitor, has launched a patient-facing companion app on iOS, called myZio, as well as a website, called myZio.com. The app and website allow wearers to track additional health data. They don’t display data collected by the Zio patch. These are the first patient-facing data offerings that the company, which commercially launched Zio in […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - November 18, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Provider cardiac arrhythmia monitoring iRhythm Technologies MyZio app Novo A/S Zio Patch Source Type: news
Common antibiotics increase risk of cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac death
(American College of Cardiology) Macrolides -- a group of commonly used antibiotics for bacterial infections like pneumonia, bronchitis, and some sexually transmitted diseases -- are associated with a small but statistically significant increased risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a meta-analysis of 33 studies involving more than 20 million patients published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 9, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Use of flumazenil and naloxone in poisoned patients
4 out of 5 stars
Flumazenil, naloxone and the ‘coma cocktail’ Sivilotti MLA Br J Clin Pharmacol 2015 Aug 7 [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
This very smart paper reviews factors affecting the clinical use of two antidotes that reliably reverse coma caused by two major classes of poisons: flumazenil for benzodiazepines, and naloxone for opiates.
Both these antidotes are specific, rapid-acting, short-lived, and titratable. However, significant adverse effects have been associated with each of them. Unwise or overly aggressive administration of flumazenil can cause acute benzodiazepine withdrawal, agitation, seiz...
Source: The Poison Review - November 3, 2015 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical antidote benzodiazepine coma cocktail flumazenil naloxone opiate Source Type: news
A fatal case of acute butane-propane poisoning in a prisoner under psychiatric treatment: do these 2 factors have an arrhythmogenic interaction, thus increasing the cardiovascular risk profile? - Gioia S, Lancia M, Bacci M, Suadoni F.
Sudden death due to inhalation of aliphatic hydrocarbons such as butane and propane is well described in the literature. The main mechanism involved is the induction of a fatal cardiac arrhythmia. This phenomenon is frequently associated with prisoners who... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 6, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Studying cardiac arrhythmias in nematodes
A simple model using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been developed that can be used to test substances for treating genetically-mediated cardiac arrhythmias. They used the nematode feeding apparatus for this purpose, a rhythmically active muscle pump that resembles the muscle cells in the mammalian heart. This could be an important step on the road to personalized treatment. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 2, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Studying cardiac arrhythmias in nematodes
(Goethe University Frankfurt) Researchers at the Goethe University have developed a simple model using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that can be used to test substances for treating genetically mediated cardiac arrhythmias. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Scientists may have method to predict, prevent heart arrhythmias
Stephen FellerMONTREAL, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers have found a way to predict abnormal heartbeats in cardiac arrhythmia patients who have a condition called long QT syndrome. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Predicting arrhythmias so as to prevent them
Researchers have discovered how to predict some cardiac arrhythmias several steps before they even occur. It's a finding that could lead to an improved cardiac device, with equipment designed to detect when arrhythmias are about to occur and then act to prevent them, investigators say. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Predicting arrhythmias so as to prevent them
(McGill University) Researchers have discovered how to predict some cardiac arrhythmias several steps before they even occur. It's a finding that could lead to an improved cardiac device, with equipment designed to detect when arrhythmias are about to occur and then act to prevent them. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Biotronik launches 2 new studies
Biotronik announced 2 new studies last week that are slated to examine the company’s CRT-D device and BioMonitor implanted cardiac monitor.
A 277-patient BioContinue clinical trial will examine the risk of ventricular arrhythmias after CRT-D replacement, enrolling patients over 2 years at 40 centers across 8 countries, the company said.
Biotronik said the trial will be the 1st to investigate defibrillator back-up following device placement in heart failure patients with a primary indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators.
Patients in the trial will be implanted with Biotronik’s CRT-Ds and ...
Source: Mass Device - August 12, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cardiac Assist Devices Cardiac Implants Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Research & Development Biotronik Source Type: news
