Paramedic who had a heart attack while trying to save a patient who was also having a cardiac arrest is reunited with her after both survive
Jeremy Williams was helping with CPR on Daisy Devane in June 2022 when he also collapsed. Both survived as another 999 crew came to the rescue. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Don't Drive on These Meds; Darryl Strawberry's Heart Attack; CDC Airport Screening
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. These types of medications don't mix well with driving, the FDA warned. About 11% of high school seniors reported using delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 13, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Coronary angiography matches IVUS in guiding PCI stent implantation
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is on par with quantitative coronary angiography when it comes to guiding stent implantation, a study published March 13 in JAMA Cardiology found. Researchers led by Cheol Whan Lee, MD, from the University of Ulsan in Seoul, South Korea, found that both methods during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) showed similar rates of target lesion failure at 12 months. “Findings of this study suggest that a standardized quantitative coronary angiography-based PCI algorithm may be an acceptable alternative to IVUS-guided PCI, and warrants further research,” Lee and co-authors wrote. Whil...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Ultrasound Cardiovascular Radiology Source Type: news

Schizophrenia Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk Schizophrenia Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Schizophrenia diagnosis increases the risk for myocardial infarction, angina, and other cardiovascular diseases, especially in women.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

FDA approves Wegovy for lowering heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients
The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, which has helped millions of Americans shed pounds, can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are…#fda #novonordisk #wegovy #johnsharretts #marthagulati #ozempic #medicare #tricianeuman #kff #ahip (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients
The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious heart problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Wegovy Is Good for More Than Just Weight Loss
The obesity drug Wegovy can now claim to lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular issues in people who are overweight or who have obesity, and also have cardiovascular disease. It’s the first weight-loss drug to carry an indication for heart benefits. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the addition to the label on March 8 based on a study from Wegovy’s manufacturer, Novo Nordisk, showing that the drug lowered the risk of heart attack, stroke, or dying of heart-related issues in this population by 20% compared to people receiving placebo. [time-brightcove not-tgx=...
Source: TIME: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

FDA Approves Wegovy to Lower Risk for CVD Events in Patients With Obesity
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Wegovy (semaglutide) for the prevention of myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular death in patients with obesity or overweight. In one multinational study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

FDA Approves Wegovy to Help Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- Wegovy (semaglutide), the weight-loss version of blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic, was approved on Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help prevent heart attack, stroke and heart death.“Wegovy is now... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

FDA Approves First Treatment to Reduce Risk of Serious Heart Problems Specifically in Adults with Obesity or Overweight
The FDA approved a new use for a drug to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 8, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Risk for MI, Stroke, Death Increased With Plastics in Carotid Plaques
FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- Patients in whom microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are detected within carotid plaques have an increased risk for a composite end point of myocardial infarction, stroke, or death from any cause, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Wegovy Approved for Major Heart Disease Prevention
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved semaglutide (Wegovy) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in adults with cardiovascular disease and either obesity or overweight, the agency announced on Friday. A GLP-1 receptor... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 8, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Daylight Saving Time Is the Worst
On Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m., the U.S. and about a third of the world’s other countries will set their clocks forward by one hour, which will make the sun seem to rise later in the morning and hang in the sky longer in the evening. I am not alone in dreading it. Plenty of people want nothing to do with the whole hoary practice. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It’s bad for health, bad for safety, bad for your mood, and just plain unpopular. But that doesn’t stop us from changing the clocks, pointlessly, twice a year. The ridiculous history of Daylight Saving Time The first push for ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Study Links Tiny Bits of Plastic to Worse Heart Health
We breathe, eat, and drink tiny particles of plastic. But are these minuscule specks in the body harmless, dangerous, or somewhere in between? A small study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine raises more questions than it answers about how these bits—microplastics and the smaller nanoplastics—might affect the heart. The Italian study has weaknesses, but is likely to draw attention to the debate over the problem of plastic pollution. Most plastic waste is never recycled and breaks down into these particles. “The study is intriguing. However, there are really substantial limitatio...
Source: TIME: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: CARLA K. JOHNSON/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Microscopic plastics could raise risk of stroke and heart attack, study says
Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of deathDoctors have warned of potentially life-threatening effects from plastic pollution after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke, heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.Researchers in Naples examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than half had deposits contaminated with tiny particles of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC).Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 6, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Environment Health Plastics Stroke Heart attack Medical research Science World news Source Type: news