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Your Houseplants Have Some Powerful Health Benefits
Every morning, I spring out of bed, eager to check on my housemates: Alvin the monstera albo, Allison the other albo, Dominic the philodendron domesticum variegated, and Connie the Thai constellation monstera. Yes, my vegetal friends all have names—which you understand if you’re a plant person, too. Collecting and caring for houseplants boomed in popularity during the pandemic, especially among younger adults who often don’t have abundant outdoor space. Americans spent $8.5 billion more on gardening-related items in 2020 than in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Vibrant communities blossomed on s...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Research Wellbeing Source Type: news

COVID-19 Can Increase Risk of Psychiatric Disorders for Up to Two Years
The increased risk of depression and anxiety that patients experience after developing COVID-19 typically subsides within two months, according to astudy published yesterday inThe Lancet Psychiatry. However, patients may have an elevated risk for developing other psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as psychosis, brain fog, and seizures, for up to two years after their infections.“The results have important implications for patients and health services as it suggests new cases of neurological conditions linked to COVID-19 infection are likely to occur for a considerable time after the pandemic has subsided,” s...
Source: Psychiatr News - August 18, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: adults anxiety brain fog children COVID-19 delta dementia depression older adults omicron psychotic disorder seizures The Lancet Psychiatry Source Type: research

Persisting consequences of ischemic stroke after three months, assessed with the Stroke Impact Scale Version 3.0
CONCLUSION: There is the utmost need to focus on the long-term effects of ischemic stroke, due to the rising number of patients who live with the consequences of stroke. Stroke treatment should not be directed exclusively to acute stroke care or prevention, but also to optimizing the post-stroke functioning and Quality of life.PMID:34991437 | DOI:10.1080/01616412.2021.2024714
Source: Neurological Research - January 7, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Mihael Tsalta-Mladenov Silva Andonova Source Type: research

Inequalities in non-communicable diseases across the European Union: current state and trends from 2000 to 2019
ConclusionsDespite overall improvements in health, spatial disparities related to NCDs in the EU persist. Our estimates provide a baseline to inform future equitable health policies.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Access to stroke care in Europe: results of a vignette approach
ConclusionsWhile stroke related services are formally covered in almost all countries, considerable access problems exist in several countries. Future cross-country surveys of access to stroke care should collect quantitative data related to proportions of patients receiving particular services as well as qualitative data on access barriers.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Health-related quality of life after ischemic stroke: impact of sociodemographic and clinical factors
CONCLUSION: Stroke survivors have significantly reduced HR-QoL. Multiple interacting factors are associated with an unfavorable outcome after IS. Early detection of these factors would help to improve the care for IS patients, to reduce disabilities and improve HR-QoL.PMID:33637026 | DOI:10.1080/01616412.2021.1893563
Source: Neurological Research - February 27, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: M Tsalta-Mladenov S Andonova Source Type: research

Risk Factors, Co-Morbidities and Treatment of In-Hospital Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Bulgaria.
CONCLUSIONS: Atrial fibrillation was highly prevalent among our study population. Reduced and mid-range left ventricular ejection fraction, valvular heart disease, and HTN were the risk factors with the strongest association with AF. Although a large number of our AF patients were administered antithrombotic treatment, the prescription rate of oral anticoagulants should be further improved. PMID: 30344265 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - May 25, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Naydenov S, Runev N, Manov E, Vasileva D, Rangelov Y, Naydenova N Tags: Medicina (Kaunas) Source Type: research

The Patterns of Non-vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) Use in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Seven Balkan Countries: a Report from the BALKAN-AF Survey
ConclusionsNOACs are increasingly used in AF patients in the Balkan Region, but NOAC use is predominantly guided by factors other than evidence-based decision-making (e.g., drug availability on the market or reimbursement policy). Efforts are needed to establish an evidence-based approach to OAC selection and to facilitate the optimal use of OAC, thus improving the outcomes in AF patients in this large region.
Source: Advances in Therapy - August 9, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Dr Borislav Dimitrov obituary
Our friend and colleague Borislav Dimitrov ( “Bobo” to his close friends and family), who has died aged 50 after a stroke, was associate professor of medical statistics at the University of Southampton.Borislav was passionate about clinical research and teaching, and had accomplished much in his academic career. Organised and reliable, he used his clinical knowledge in both applied and biomedical research, and established collaborations with leading clinicians in Southampton, Dublin, Bulgaria, Italy and the US.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 2, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Tom Fahey and Paul Roderick Tags: Medicine Education Health Society Bulgaria Europe World news UK news Medical research Science Source Type: news

UK heart disease and stroke death rates now lower than cancer
Conclusion This valuable research informs on the burden of cardiovascular disease and associated mortality across European countries. It demonstrates that CVD is still the most common cause of death across Europe, but rates have been falling over the past 10 years. This fall means that in several European countries, including the UK, cancer rates now overtake CVD death rates in men. Generally, CVD disability and burden of disease seems to be greater in Eastern European countries. The WHO mortality data and population data are quite up-to-date and should be reliable, though as the researchers say, there was a lack of high ...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Cancer Neurology Source Type: news

Short- and long-term effects of smoking on pain and health-related quality of life after non-instrumented lumbar spine surgery
Smoking is commonly known to exert negative effects on bodily health such as a 25-fold increased risk for lung cancer, a 2- to 4-fold increased risk for coronary heart disease or stroke [1], as well as to represent a cause of premature death [2]. In Germany for example, more than 114.000 premature deaths, 1.6 million years of potential life lost and 21 billion Euros are the socio-economic burden of smoking [3]. Despite these well-known risks, the smoking prevalence is still high and varies greatly across different European countries from as low as 19.7% in Portugal to as high as 45.7% in Bulgaria [4].
Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - January 20, 2016 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Martin N. Stienen, Holger Joswig, Nicolas R. Smoll, Enrico Tessitore, Karl Schaller, Gerhard Hildebrandt, Oliver P. Gautschi Source Type: research