Woman steps up for neighbor's dog after owner's heart attack: " family "
A Texas woman has come to the rescue of her neighbor's dog after the owner was hospitalized following a heart attack. Amy Palmisano had been looking out for Lottie, the 15-year-old dog, for some time, having struck up a friendship with her owner, who is in her 80s and, until recently, had lived…#amypalmisano #palmisano #onepoll #homescom #palmisanotiktok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clinical trial finds cell therapy improves quality of life in advanced heart failure
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Stem cell-based therapy improved quality of life for patients with advanced heart failure, Mayo Clinic researchers and international collaborators discovered in a late-stage multinational clinical trial. In one of the largest studies of cell intervention after a heart attack, patients reported t heir daily hardship lessened when stem cells optimized for heart repair supplemented standard of care. This clinical study further documented lower death and hospitalization rates among those treated with cell therapy.… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
DR ELLIE CANNON: Mum had a stroke in her 80s... will statins help me avoid one?
Today's reader has asked DR ELLIE CANNON whether they should accept their GP's suggestion to start taking statins to reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statins Protect Against Heart Disease in High-Risk Groups, New Studies Find
Researchers from Brigham and Women ’s Hospital have found that statins, the most prescribed class of drugs to treat high cholesterol, reduced the risk of heart attack and stroke among two groups at high risk of heart disease. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 6, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Hospitals Should Be Redesigned to Improve Care
Hospitals are such important places in our lives. It’s where we are born, where we go for help when we’re not well, and where we turn to when cancer, a heart attack, or major injury leaves us hanging by a thread. It’s also where our loved ones spend their time anxiously waiting for us to get better, to hear good or bad news.
So then, why are hospitals such miserable places?
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Most hospitals are so poorly designed, you feel their negative effects the moment you walk through the front door. The unintuitive layout immediately disorients you. The stark, cold l...
Source: TIME: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Danish Kurani Tags: Uncategorized freelance Health Care Source Type: news
Acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction mimicked by direct lightning strike: a case report - Iqbal SB, Rao SJ, Pyrgos GJ, Haas CJ, Padmanabhan S.
BACKGROUND: Direct lightning strikes are rare, and multiple organ systems can be involved. Prognosis is dependent on the severity of the injury. Severe myocardial injury associated with transient electrocardiogram changes, which have been previously descri... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Charles Officer Dies: Canadian Film/TV Director Known For ‘Nurse.Fighter.Boy’ Was 49
Charles Officer, known as one of the leaders in Black Canadian independent film, has died. He was 49 and succumbed at his home in Toronto Friday from complications from a heart attack. Officer had been battling what’s been described as a lengthy illness that was not specified. He had a lung…#charlesofficer #blackcanadian #blackscreenoffice #canesugarfilmworks #jakeyanowski #mightyjerome #unarmedverses #twitter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Charles Officer, ‘Akilla’s Escape’ Director, Dies at 49
Charles Officer, a pioneering Black Canadian film and TV director, has died. He was 49. Officer died on Dec. 1 at his home in Toronto due to complications from a heart attack. It’s understood he had been feeling unwell in the days leading up to the heart attack and had in the last year been…#charlesofficer #blackcanadian #akillabrown #jamaican #blackscreenoffice #canesugarfilmworks #jakeyanowski #canadianfilmcentre #mightyjerome #twitter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI laser that reads heartbeat through the throat could replace stethoscopes
New invention, which can be set up at home, promises to transform the way we monitor our health, say scientistsScientists have developed a laser camera that can read a person ’s heartbeat at a distance and pinpoint signs that they might be suffering fromcardiovascular illnesses.The system – which exploits AI and quantum technologies – could transform the way we monitor our health, say researchers at Glasgow University.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Heart disease Heart attack Artificial intelligence (AI) Medical research Science Society Technology Source Type: news
High blood pressure? Study reveals huge benefit of reducing salt intake
It is well recognised that a diet heavy in sodium, an essential part of common salt that we all consume on a regular basis, raises the risk of hypertension, or high blood pressure. It can result in a stroke or heart attack. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New blood test slashes death rates in patients attending A&E with suspected heart attacks
University of Edinburgh researchers studied the results for nearly 50,000 people who arrived at 10 A&E departments across Scotland with a suspected heart attack. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI plus CT calculates cardiothoracic ratio for high risk patients
CHICAGO -- A fully automated AI algorithm designed to opportunistically screen for enlarged heart, or cardiomegaly, on routine chest and abdominal CT exams was highly predictive of future cardiovascular events, according to research presented November 26 at RSNA 2023.Presenter Steven Rothenberg, MD, of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, said calculating the cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) was most useful for opportunistic screening of cardiomegaly on cross-sectional imaging.“We hypothesized that a suite of fully automated algorithms that quantifies the cardiothoracic ratio would predict future cardiovascular events,” ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: CT Cardiovascular Radiology Cardiac Imaging 2023 Source Type: news
Revolutionary computer program could detect risk of heart attack or stroke in type 2 diabetes patients by analysing blood sugar levels
The SCORE2 software pinpoints diabetes patients who are most at risk of developing serious cardiac complications by assessing blood sugar levels. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I'm a cardiologist - these early heart attack signs can appear months before the event
One survey revealed that 95 percent of patients with heart attacks experienced warning signs "month or so before" the medical emergency struck. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I thought I was fit and healthy but suffered a heart attack without even realising: 51-year-old cricket coach reveals he 'brushed off' tell-tale chest pain - as experts share six warning signs
Raj Nath, from north-west London, lived an active life, playing sports and teaching cricket. Despite not having the healthiest of diets, the father-of-two thought he was healthy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
