Haiti ’s Healthcare Nears Collapse Amid Violence as Hospitals Shutter, Medicine Dwindles
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her.
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They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen machine while keeping their eyes on a computer screen that reflected a dangerously low oxygen level of 84%.
No one knew what was wrong with her.
Even more worrisome, the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Cite Soleil slum was running low on key medicine to treat convulsions.
“The me...
Source: TIME: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dánica Coto / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight wire Source Type: news
Association of hypertension and depression with mortality: an exploratory study with interaction and mediation models - Huang H, Meng F, Qi Y, Yan X, Qi J, Wu Y, Lin Y, Chen X, He F.
BACKGROUND: The association of hypertension and depression with mortality has not been fully understood. We aimed to explore the possible independent or joint association of hypertension and depression with mortality. Their interaction effects on mortality... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
What Causes Hemoptysis?
Discussion
True hemoptysis is a very uncommon or rare problem in pediatrics but can be potentially life-threatening. Massive hemoptysis has a high mortality (up to 50%) mainly from asphyxia and inability to ventilate and oxygenate the patient because of blood in the pulmonary airways. Fortunately, most hemoptysis is small in amount that resolves within 24 hours.
Initial evaluation for hemoptysis can include complete blood count, coagulation studies, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, urinalysis (possible pulmonary-renal problems), radiographic imaging including chest x-ray and/or computed tomography, and...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 22, 2024 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
S2 Episode 5: Pulmonary Hypertension: Essential Insights for Cardiologists S2 Episode 5: Pulmonary Hypertension: Essential Insights for Cardiologists
Drs Michelle Kittleson and Ronald Oudiz dive into everything cardiologists need to know about the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology InDiscussion Source Type: news
No, You Don ’ t Need to Chug Olive Oil
Forget morning coffee. Across the internet, people are broadcasting a different routine: drinking a shot of extra virgin olive oil after they climb out of bed.
Gulping down the oil that’s usually reserved for cooking has been a “gamechanger,” one TikToker said. “It gives my body a kickstart,” another chimed in. Others claim a shot (or more) of olive oil per day improves their gut health, boosts their metabolism, and makes their skin glow. Even celebrities, like Kourtney Kardashian and Ryan Seacrest, have trumpeted their love of olive oil shots.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation Promising in Hypertension Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation Promising in Hypertension
Alcohol-mediated renal denervation significantly reduced 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure in uncontrolled hypertension, the sham-controlled TARGET BP I trial showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Untreated Hypertension Linked to Fibroids in Women Untreated Hypertension Linked to Fibroids in Women
Women who took ACE inhibitors had a lower risk of developing fibroids than those who were eligible but not receiving an antihypertensive treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Risk for Fibroid Diagnosis Increased With Untreated, New-Onset HTN
TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 -- Patients with untreated and new-onset hypertension have an increased risk for newly reported fibroid diagnosis, according to a study published online April 16 in JAMA Network Open.Susanna D. Mitro, Ph.D., from Kaiser... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 16, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A Shot in the Arm for Uncontrolled Hypertension A Shot in the Arm for Uncontrolled Hypertension
Cardiologists Michelle O ' Donoghue and Akshay Desai discuss the results of KARDIA-2 on the siRNA drug zilebesiran in patients with uncontrolled hypertension and the potential role of renal denervation.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
You Need to Talk to Your Patients About Money
(MedPage Today) -- A non-compliant patient arrives at the emergency department (ED) for evaluation of high blood pressure. Why isn't she taking her medication? It costs $300 per month, and she can't afford it. Has she talked to her doctor about... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 13, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Your brain on genetics
There ’s nothing like seeing new perspectives through the study of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.Dr. Daniel Geschwind— without getting too philosophical, he promises — is ready to explain why.Geschwind, the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Psychiatry at UCLA, has been a pioneering neurogeneticist for more than 25 years, during which time a genomics revolution has allowed research, much of which has come out of UCLA, to show that psychiatric disorders have pathology that ties t hem together.In the last 10 years, hundreds of genes that increase s...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Supporting hypertension self-care: a nurse ’s perspective
In our series showcasing highlights from Nursing in Practice 365 live events, nurse specialist in cardiovascular medicine Michaela Nuttall advises on the crucial role nurses play in supporting patients with hypertension to understand and manage their condition For community nurses, there is no escaping hypertension; with about one in three adults in the UK having... Read moreThe post Supporting hypertension self-care: a nurse’s perspective appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 11, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Caroline Price Tags: Cardiology hypertension Source Type: news
How to Talk to Your Family About Their Heart Health History
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is the most common genetic heart disease, affecting about 1 in every 500 people, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). In people with HOCM, genetic variants cause the heart’s walls to thicken and stiffen, blocking blood from flowing freely from the left ventricle to the aorta. This, in turn, results in shortness of breath and chest pain (especially during physical activity), abnormal heart rhythms, lightheadedness, dizziness, and fainting, and can worsen over time.
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If a parent has HOCM, offspring have a 50% ch...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Klein Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Why a New Study Dubbed India the ‘Cancer Capital of the World’
A new study has unveiled an alarming picture of declining overall health in India. The report, released by the Indian multinational healthcare group, Apollo Hospitals, found that skyrocketing cases of cancer and other non-communicable diseases across the country have now made it “the cancer capital of the world.”
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Despite reporting more than a million new cases every year, India’s cancer rate has not yet surpassed countries like Denmark, Ireland, and Belgium, which record some of the highest cancer rates in the world. It is also currently lower than the U.S....
Source: TIME: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Astha Rajvanshi Tags: Uncategorized India Source Type: news
Why So Many Women Are Waiting Longer to Have Kids
In 1970, the average woman in the U.S. had her first baby at around 21 years old. That’s hard to imagine now: new federal data published in April show that in 2022, the average first-time mother was a little older than 27—a record high for the country, and a sign of a major demographic change.
This shift has been underway for years. Teenagers and women in their early 20s are having fewer kids, while the opposite is happening among older age groups. In 2022, for the seventh year in a row, the birth rate among U.S. women in their early 30s was higher than the rate among those in their late 20s. Perhaps even mo...
Source: TIME: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
