Novel Strategy Could Improve Heart Transplant Allocation Novel Strategy Could Improve Heart Transplant Allocation
The current"six-status" ranking system is under review, and stakeholders propose changes aimed at improving equity and outcomes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - April 25, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
AHA News: Since Her Heart Transplant, She Treats Every Day Like a Birthday
MONDAY, April 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Jen Lentini was a 13-year-old competitive baton twirler and lacrosse player in the Long Island town of Hicksville, New York, when the problems began.
The pain started in her stomach. It was... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Surgeons save 200 lives by using technique that involves 'jump-starting' dead donors' hearts
A pioneering technique known as Heart transplant donation after circulatory death (DCD) has been credited with saving hundreds of lives and increased transplant numbers by a quarter. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘ This deal puts money in members pay packets – and they voted decisively to accept it ’
Photos: Jess Hurd
UNISON’s general secretary Christina McAnea, gave the keynote address to UNISON’s annual health conference this afternoon (Monday) in Bournemouth and thanked the lay leadership, staff and each and every health activist for their work during a “tough year” for the NHS.
Throughout that year, the health service has faced “the longest waiting times on record, highest levels of dissatisfaction, highest levels of staff vacancies.”
But Ms McAnea argued it was a testament to the work of UNISON’s members, activists and staff, that when public and media attention turned to the NHS strikes in England,...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 17, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News 2023 National Health Conference Put NHS pay right Source Type: news
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis heart transplant program gains two new high-level leaders
"With Drs. Bruckner and Larson's expertise, Baptist Memphis can continue to grow our advanced heart services and offer a high level of cardiovascular care in our community. ” (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 17, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jason Bolton Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Saving more lives by expanding the donor pool
Heart failure continues to be an epidemic in the U.S. Despite efforts put into awareness and prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. A heart transplant is the gold standard to treat advanced heart failure. With more than 100,000 people on the transplant waiting list, Mayo Clinic is hoping to save more lives by adopting strategies for expanding the donor pool for heart transplants. Watch: The Mayo Clinic… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 10, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Pre-Workout Powders Are Gaining Popularity. Do They Work?
If you’ve trained your social-media algorithms to serve you even a little bit of fitness content, scrolling your TikTok feed might feel like wandering the aisles of a vitamin store. Workout vlogs often feature a prominently displayed tub of something called pre-workout powder: Just mix a scoop into a glass of water, down it before exercising, and you’ll instantly become more efficient and energized during your workout.
That’s the hoped-for benefit, anyway. The reality is more of a gamble.
“Pre-workout,” a packaged powder that contains at least a dozen supplements—and usually more—...
Source: TIME: Health - April 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized Diet & Nutrition healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
AI Challenges Sonographers in Heart Function Assessment AI Challenges Sonographers in Heart Function Assessment
The first blinded, randomized trial of artificial intelligence in cardiology suggests it is noninferior and even superior to sonographers in assessing cardiac function based on echocardiograms.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Why Some Scientists Believe the Future of Medicine Lies in Creating Digital Twins
Within the walls of a 19th-century chapel on the outskirts of Barcelona, a heart starts to slowly contract. This is not a real heart but a virtual copy of one that still pounds inside a patient’s chest. With its 100 million patches of simulated cells, the digital twin—a fully functional simulation of human anatomy— pumps at a leisurely pace as it tests treatments, from drugs to implants.
This digital twin pulses within MareNostrum, a supercomputer used by scientists to simulate features of the real world. These simulations can look just like the real thing, but they are vastly more sophisticated than Holl...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
AI Beats Trained Staff in Spotting Heart Trouble on Sonograms
WEDNESDAY, April 5, 2023 -- It’s machine: 1, man: 0 in the latest battle between artificial intelligence (AI) technology and human health care pros.
This time researchers set out to see if cardiologists could tell the difference between AI... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic expert: 3 advances lead to more lifesaving organ transplants
April is Donate Life Month ROCHESTER, Minn. — All too often, people waiting for lifesaving organ transplants cannot get them. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of viable donated organs. Promising medical advances are opening the doors to more transplants and saving more lives, says Mauricio Villavicencio, M.D., surgical director of heart and lung transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. There are 104,000 people on the waiting list in the U.S. for a… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 5, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
AI to Enhance Clinical Value in Cardiovascular Healthcare AI to Enhance Clinical Value in Cardiovascular Healthcare
How might artificial intelligence improve clinical decision-making? Utilizing several case studies, this article demonstrates the potential clinical value of AI techniques in cardiovascular care.European Heart Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Heart transplant patients depend upon round-the-clock teamwork
The clock starts ticking the moment a patient is placed on a heart transplant list. Obtaining a heart for transplant takes an incredible amount of teamwork, coordination and communication. It truly is one of the most miraculous procedures in modern medicine.
Hear from the world-class teams that make this work possible and from the patients who have been given a second chance at life.
Learn more about the medical experts who do these transplants at Sanger Heart& Vascular Institute.
Atrium … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 1, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Fast-growing open-access journals stripped of coveted impact factors
Nearly two dozen journals from two of the fastest growing open-access publishers, including one of the world’s largest journals by volume, will no longer receive a key scholarly imprimatur. On 20 March, the Web of Science database said it delisted the journals along with dozens of others, stripping them of an impact factor, the citation-based measure of quality that, although controversial, carries weight with authors and institutions. The move highlights continuing debate about a business model marked by high volumes of articles, ostensibly chosen for scientific soundness rather than novelty, and the practice by some op...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Getting COVID-19 Could Weaken Your Immune System
Even relatively easy bouts with COVID-19 can still take a toll on the immune system, according to a paper published Mar. 15 in the journal Immunity—particularly on T-cells, which provide long term and durable protection against viruses.
Mark Davis, a professor of immunology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, and his team made the discovery when studying T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 among 72 people through the early months of 2021, as the first COVID-19 vaccines were becoming available. They used the most sensitive method available to track cha...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
