An Urgent Call to Raise Awareness of Heart Disease in Women
By KELLY CARROLL
There is a dire need to raise awareness about heart disease in women. It is the number one killer of American women, and key data points reveal a lack of cognizance among doctors and women.
An assessment of primary care physicians published in 2019 revealed that only 22% felt extremely well prepared to evaluate cardiovascular disease risks in female patients. A 2019 survey of American women showed that just 44% recognized heart disease as the number one cause of death in women. Ten years earlier, in 2009, the same survey found that 65% of American women recognized heart disease as the leading cause o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medical Practice heart disease Kelly Carroll Life Essential 8 prevention Womens health Source Type: blogs
When the conventional algorithm diagnoses the ECG as COMPLETELY NORMAL, but there is in fact OMI, what does the Queen of Hearts PM Cardio AI app say? (with 10 case examples)
Conclusions Need Scrutiny.Proximal LAD Occlusion with STE in I and aVL, and hyperacute T-waves in V2-V6.Algorithm: Marquette 12 SL (GE)The Queen gets it rightCase 9 (prehospital and ED ECGs). Echocardiography, even (or especially) with Speckle Tracking, can get you in trouble. The ECG told the story. 30 yo woman with trapezius pain. HEART Pathway = 0. Computer " Normal " ECG. Reality: ECG is Diagnostic of LAD Occlusion.Prehospital ECG:There are hyperacute T-waves in V3-V5.The Queen gets it rightFirst ED ECG:Hyperacute T-waves persist. Called normal again! Algorithm: Veritas (on Mortara...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - March 4, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
A Spice As Effective As Medication For Indigestion And Heartburn
The spice has been used as a herbal medicine to treat digestive problems, infection and inflammation. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - November 4, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: Stomach bloating Source Type: blogs
In Other Words: Not All Bases Are in the Ballpark
You might first think about sports when you hear the word base, but not all bases are on the baseball diamond. In chemistry, a base is a molecule that reacts with an acid, often by accepting a proton from the acid or from water. Baking soda and dish soap are common bases.
Credit: NIGMS.
A Building Block for Life
Bases are found throughout biological systems and in many molecules critical to life. The pH scale measures how acidic or basic (“alkaline”) liquids, such as water or blood, are. Liquids with a pH less than 7 are acidic, while liquids with a pH greater than 7 are basic. Electrolytes, like sodium, ca...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 29, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Cells Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Molecular Structures DNA In Other Words RNA Source Type: blogs
A woman in her 50s with acute chest pain
Submitted and written by Anonymous, edits by Meyers and SmithA 50s-year-old patient with no known cardiac history presented at 0045 with three hours of unrelenting central chest pain. The pain was heavy, radiated to her jaw with an associated headache.Triage VS: 135/65 mmHg, 95 bpm, 94% on room air, 16/min, 98.6 FTriage ECG:ECG Interpretation:Sinus rhythm with normal QRS. There is slight STE in V1, V2, and aVR, with STD in V3-V6, I, aVL, and II. There are T waves in lead III which are suspicious for hyperacute T waves, with reciprocal negative large T wave inversions in aVL. I do not think this ECG is by itself diagnostico...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
80 Thankful Thursday Quotes to Inspire and Help You Express Your Gratitude
It’s Thursday.
The weekend is pretty much here.
And while Wednesday is often a bit tough to power through, I find that Thursday brings happiness that the work week is almost over and the weekend is here soon.
It brings thankfulness for the things I have experienced during the week so far and for the things that have gone right. And an appreciation for the things that did not go so well but I can learn something from.
So this week I’d like to share 80 of the best thankful Thursday quotes.
I hope they'll bring some motivation and joy to your Thursday and help you reflect on what you can be grateful for in your life this ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - June 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
Hey Siri, How Do I Say Appendicitis in Hungarian?
by Vincent LaBarca, DNP, NP-C
Back in 2017, before Americans wereconsidered a biohazarddue to the country’s poor handling of COVID-19, I was bumming around Central Europe. Tracing the Danube, I was in Budapest, chowing down on bowls of goulash in between gulps of crisp pilsner.
The night before taking a train to Slovenia, my stomach started feeling some kind of way.
I evaluated my symptoms as I would any patient’s. Probably just indigestion or constipation from the goulash, I thought.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 20, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: COVID-19 pandemic Cultural Featured Posts Health Disparities Health Regulation & Law Justice Public Health Social Justice Vulnerable Populations interpretation language Source Type: blogs
Hey Siri, How Do I Say “ Appendicitis ” in Hungarian?
by Vincent LaBarca, DNP, NP-C
Back in 2017, before Americans were considered a biohazard due to the country’s poor handling of COVID-19, I was bumming around Central Europe. Tracing the Danube, I was in Budapest, chowing down on bowls of goulash in between gulps of crisp pilsner.
The night before taking a train to Slovenia, my stomach started feeling some kind of way.
I evaluated my symptoms as I would any patient’s. Probably just indigestion or constipation from the goulash, I thought.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 20, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: COVID-19 pandemic Cultural Featured Posts Health Disparities Health Regulation & Law Justice Public Health Social Justice Vulnerable Populations interpretation language Source Type: blogs
“Tell Me More”
By HANS DUVEFELT
Words can be misleading. Medical terms work really well when shared between clinicians. But we can’t assume our patients speak the same language we do. If we “run with” whatever key words we pick up from our patient’s chief complaint, we can easily get lost chasing the wrong target.
Where I work, along the Canadian border, “Valley French” expressions tripped me up when I first arrived. The flu, or in French le flu (if that is how you spell it – I’ve never seen it in writing) is the word people use for diarrhea. Mal au cœur (heart pain) doesn’t mean angina or che...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Patients Physicians Primary Care Hans Duvefelt health communication Source Type: blogs
8 Foods I ’ve Added to My Diet to Enhance My Health
Some nutritionists believe that food is medicine. I’m not sure if I want to go through life taking nothing but chicken soup every time I get sick, but I pay attention to what I put in my mouth and its effects on my body.
As a result, I’ve eliminated many products from my meals over the years, but what I gave up, I made up for in healthier additions. Here are eight foods I’ve added to my diet to enhance my health and why.
1. Beets
Your thoughts might not turn to this root vegetable until it’s time to make red beet eggs for your next picnic. However, including more of them in your weekly diet could help your...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - March 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kara Reynolds Tags: diet featured health and fitness self-improvement food mental health pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
6 all-natural sex tips for men
If you believe those upbeat, seductive advertisements, men only need to pop a pill to awaken their dormant sex life. Whether the problem is erectile dysfunction (ED) — the inability to maintain an erection for sex — or low libido, ED medications appear to be the quickest and easiest solution.
While these drugs work for most men, they are not right for everyone. ED drugs are relatively safe, but can cause possible side effects such as headaches, indigestion, and back pain. Plus, some men may not want their sex life dependent on regular medication, or simply can’t take them because of high or low blood pressure, or...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matthew Solan Tags: Dental Health Diet and Weight Loss Exercise and Fitness Men's Health Source Type: blogs
The Indigestion Drug That Treats COVID-19
An over-the-counter drug may put COVID-19 symptoms on a tight leash.
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Source Type: blogs
Susie ’ s Little Day Program
I was caught off guard by the Coronavirus just like everyone else. I look back now in horror at all the times I sat right next to people — even a sneezing guy on an airplane — and wandered around blithely without a mask. At the beginning of March, though, it all changed. I was picking Nat up from his day program on a Thursday for a doctor’s appointment, but while waiting for him to collect his things, I noticed how few people were in the room, and how few vans there were outside. I asked Paul, his dear friend and case manager, and Paul said that people were not coming in because of the virus.
Suddenly...
Source: Susan's Blog - May 18, 2020 Category: Child Development Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
How Creating Balance in Your Gut Can Help Alleviate Anxiety
Most of us are pretty familiar with how anxiety feels in our body. When you have anxious thoughts, your body responds with a tightening in the stomach, nausea, gas, heartburn, and indigestion. The connection between your brain and your gastrointestinal tract goes the other way as well. If your digestive system is disrupted, it can send signals to your brain that may cause you to become anxious. This bidirectional connection is called the gut-brain axis.
We are still learning a lot about the digestive system’s effect on the body and the mind, but what is coming to light through scientific research is that your gut is tru...
Source: World of Psychology - October 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Anxiety and Panic Publishers Spirituality & Health Digestion gut balance healthy gut healthy gut microbiome Immune System Source Type: blogs
Increasing Interest in Merging the Specialties of Pathology and Radiology
In October, 2006, I posted a blog note suggesting that pathology should consider merging with radiology. The idea gave a number of people indigestion; one pathology chairman described it to me as a bridge too far (see:Ten Reasons for Merging Pathology/Lab Medicine with Radiology). In the interval of nearly 13 years a number of changes have occurred in the two fields and the idea "may" have gained some cautious supporters -- one of them perhaps may be the bloggerDimitri Merine who posted a note in the JACR Blog in December, 2018, that provided a balanced discussion of the idea (see:Radpathology/P...
Source: Lab Soft News - August 10, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Cost of Healthcare Diagnostics Digital Imaging in Pathology Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Lab Industry Trends Lab Processes and Procedures Pathology Informatics Quality of Care Source Type: blogs
