Doc Set Home on Fire? High Blood Pressure in Couples; WHO: Raise Alcohol, Soda Taxes
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Pennsylvania doctor Amy Cohen, MD, is facing charges for allegedly trying to set fire to a home belonging to the grandmother of an ex-boyfriend's romantic partner... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Panera hit with another wrongful death suit over caffeinated lemonade
Panera is being sued again after another customer is said to have died after consuming the chain’s caffeinated lemonade. Dennis Brown was a 46-year-old man with a chromosomal deficiency disorder, ADHD and high blood pressure who avoided energy drinks, according to a wrongful death complaint filed…#panera #dennisbrown #sarahkatz #klinespecter #katz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Panera is being sued for negligence after a customer drank its caffeinated lemonade that allegedly caused him to die from cardiac arrest
The family of a 46-year-old Florida man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against one of the biggest fast-casual restaurant chains in the U.S., claiming Panera Bread Company’s caffeine-filled lemonade drink led to his death. David Brown had high blood pressure and didn’t drink…#florida #panerabreadcompanys #davidbrown #superiorcourt #delaware #panerabreadcompany #flemingisland #panera #publixsupermarkets #sarahkatz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Temple Health opens community health hub inside a North Philadelphia Shop Rite
Screening and education programs will focus on cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, behavioral health, and social determinants of health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Tied to Long-Term Heart Trouble for Hispanic Women
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Hispanic women who experience spikes in blood pressure while pregnant may also face higher heart risks years later, new research shows. These " hypertensive disorders of pregnancy " (HDP) -- conditions such as preeclampsia,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Cognitive Decline May Come Earlier for People With Epilepsy
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- People with epilepsy suffer quicker declines in thinking than people without the brain disorder, particularly if they also have risk factors like high blood pressure or diabetes, a new study finds.The difference was... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
23andMe Hack Breaches 6.9 Million Users ’ Info, Including Some’s Health Data
Some 6.9 million 23andMe customers had their data compromised after an anonymous hacker accessed user profiles and posted them for sale on the internet earlier this year, the company said on Monday.
The compromised data included users’ ancestry information as well as, for some users, health-related information based on their genetic profiles, the company said in an email.
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Privacy advocates have long warned that sharing DNA with testing companies like 23andMe and Ancestry makes consumers vulnerable to the exposure of sensitive genetic ...
Source: TIME: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kristen V. Brown / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news
South Africa: Integrating HIV and NCD Care Is Critical but Not Straight-Forward, Clinicians Say
[spotlight] With the remarkable success of antiretroviral treatment people living with HIV in South Africa are generally living much longer than they did two decades ago - so much so that overall life expectancy in the country has shot up by around nine years since the peak of South Africa's HIV epidemic in the early 2000s. As a result, more people with HIV are also now living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
South Africa: Integrating HIV and NCD Care Is Critical but Not Straightforward, Clinicians Say
[spotlight] With the remarkable success of antiretroviral treatment people living with HIV in South Africa are generally living much longer than they did two decades ago - so much so that overall life expectancy in the country has shot up by around nine years since the peak of South Africa's HIV epidemic in the early 2000s. As a result, more people with HIV are also now living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Health and Medicine Noncommunicable Diseases South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news
CVD Mortality Similar With Diuretic, ACE Inhibitor, or Calcium Channel Blocker
MONDAY, Dec. 4, 2023 -- For patients with hypertension and at least one other coronary heart disease risk factor, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is similar for those receiving a thiazide-type diuretic, calcium channel blocker (CCB), or... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Salty immune cells surrounding the brain linked to hypertension-induced dementia
NIH-funded study in mice offers possible new target for high blood pressure treatments. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - December 4, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
High Blood Pressure in Babies Linked to Adult Atherosclerosis
(MedPage Today) -- The link between childhood blood pressure (BP) and adult atherosclerosis appeared stable going all the way back to infancy, suggesting that efforts to prevent arterial thickening may be beneficial starting at the earliest life... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 4, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Decades after blood pressure-related pregnancy complications, Hispanic/Latina women can have changes in heart structure and function
Findings highlight importance of early monitoring and management of hypertension during and after pregnancy. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - December 4, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
What Are Some Risks For Offspring of Assisted Reproductive Technologies?
Discussion
“ART [assisted reproductive technologies] includes all fertility treatments in which either eggs or embryos are handled. The main type of ART is in vitro fertilization (IVF). IVF involves extracting a woman’s eggs, fertilizing the eggs in the laboratory, and then transferring the resulting embryos into the woman’s uterus through the cervix.” In Europe 2-6% of all births are due to some type of ART and ART occurs in 2% of US births. In 2021 in the US, there were 91,906 live births and 97,128 live born infants due to ART. ART is an enabling medical treatment for subfertile or infertile pati...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 4, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
