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Developments in the management of Chagas cardiomyopathy.
Authors: Tanowitz HB, Machado FS, Spray DC, Friedman JM, Weiss OS, Lora JN, Nagajyothi J, Moraes DN, Garg NJ, Nunes MC, Ribeiro AL
Abstract
Over 100 years have elapsed since the discovery of Chagas disease and there is still much to learn regarding pathogenesis and treatment. Although there are antiparasitic drugs available, such as benznidazole and nifurtimox, they are not totally reliable and often toxic. A recently released negative clinical trial with benznidazole in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy further reinforces the concerns regarding its effectiveness. New drugs and new delivery systems, incl...
Source: Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy - February 17, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther Source Type: research
What Your Tongue And Tonsils Could Tell You About Your Sleeping Habits
Your dentist might be able to tell if you're having trouble sleeping. Yes. A new study published in the Saudi Medical Journal found that the size of a person's tonsils may indicate their risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which blocked upper airways cause breathing to stop and restart repeatedly during sleep. Tongue indentations, or teeth imprints on the tongue that suggest it's too big for the mouth, may also be a sign. More than 18 million adults in the United States are affected by OSA. Since people with the condition are often suffering from interrupted and reduced sleep, it can lead to ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 9, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Summer Seafood Swimsuit Slim Down
There is nothing sexy about a flat-faced fish. Its got two eyes on one side, looks kinda slimy and seems like it should have stayed in the prehistoric era; but this freaky fish may hold the key to you squeezing into your swimsuit this summer. Whether you're rocking a one piece, speedo or bikini this little guy, like all his seafood friends, can help us shed our winter weight in a surprisingly short period of time.
When I work with diabetic patients that are trying to lower their BMI or raise their HDL-cholesterol I try and get them to start cooking up some of this protein packed superfood. However, I have to admit, I d...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 Major Health Problems That Disproportionately Affect Vets
Veterans are more likely to report very good or excellent health than their civilian counterparts, so they may not realize that they’re also at greater risk than civilians for some long-term health problems.
Of course, many veterans have acute physical health problems, like wounds and amputations, and trauma-based mental health issues like depression and PTSD. Indeed, mental health issues affect 30 percent of Vietnam veterans, 20 percent of Iraqi veterans and about 10 percent of Gulf War and Afghanistan veterans.
Less known are some of the ordinary, chronic conditions that disproportionately affect ser...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are You Getting Older - Or Are You Getting Sleep Apnea?
By Brandon R. Peters, MD
As my 81-year-old grandma likes to remind me on occasion, "It's hell to get old." More than a nuisance, the cumulative decline that comes with aging can significantly compromise one's quality of life and health. What if some of the problems so often associated with growing older didn't need to occur? Better yet, what if some of these physical and mental impairments could be reversed? Consider the role of sleep apnea as an unexpected contributor to many ailments erroneously attributed to aging and the reversals possible with effective treatment.
Sleep Changes with Age
It is clear that sleep chang...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Predictive modeling of hospital readmission rates using electronic medical record-wide machine learning: a case-study using mount sinai heart failure cohort.
PREDICTIVE MODELING OF HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-WIDE MACHINE LEARNING: A CASE-STUDY USING MOUNT SINAI HEART FAILURE COHORT.
Pac Symp Biocomput. 2016;22:276-287
Authors: Shameer K, Johnson KW, Yahi A, Miotto R, Li LI, Ricks D, Jebakaran J, Kovatch P, Sengupta PP, Gelijns S, Moskovitz A, Darrow B, David DL, Kasarskis A, Tatonetti NP, Pinney S, Dudley JT
Abstract
Reduction of preventable hospital readmissions that result from chronic or acute conditions like stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and pneumonia remains a significant challenge for improving the outcom...
Source: Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing - November 30, 2016 Category: Bioinformatics Tags: Pac Symp Biocomput Source Type: research
Medical News Today: A-fib with RVR: Information, treatment, and management
In this article, learn about the most common rhythm disorder of the heart, including how to reduce the risk of stroke and heart failure.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news
The Medical Emergency Of Otto Warmbier
All that the doctors who treated Cincinnati, Ohio resident Otto Warmbier knew is what they had seen or maybe read in the news. They knew he had just been released on June 13 from imprisonment in North Korea where he had been held by for more than 17 months. He had been sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly removing a propaganda poster from a wall at a Pyongyang hotel where he had been staying. The University of Virginia honors student had been visiting the authoritarian state during a five-day trip with a group called Young Pioneer Tours, which is a group out of China – an important note.
Ot...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Validity of Cardiovascular Data From Electronic Sources:The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and HealthLNK.
Conclusions -These findings illustrate the limitations and strengths of electronic data repositories compared with information collected by traditional standardized epidemiologic approaches for the ascertainment of CVD risk factors and events.
PMID: 28687707 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation - July 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ahmad FS, Chan C, Rosenman MB, Post WS, Fort DG, Greenland P, Liu KJ, Kho A, Allen NB Tags: Circulation Source Type: research
Cardiovascular Event Prediction by Machine Learning: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Conclusions: Machine learning in conjunction with deep phenotyping improve prediction accuracy in cardiovascular event prediction in an initially asymptomatic population. These methods may lead to greater insights regarding subclinical disease markers without apriori assumptions of causality.
PMID: 28794054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Circulation Research - August 9, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ambale-Venkatesh B, Yang X, Wu CO, Liu K, Hundley WG, McClelland RL, Gomes AS, Folsom AR, Shea S, Guallar E, Bluemke DA, Lima JA Tags: Circ Res Source Type: research
An autopsy case of aortic root rupture with thin porcelain aorta during balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation
We present a case of aortic root rupture caused by unusually fragile aortic wall during TAVI and the lesson from the autopsy results.>
Source: Journal of Cardiology Cases - September 6, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Developing a New Score: How Machine Learning Improves Risk Prediction
Composite risk scores have been used for decades to identify disease risk and health status in the general population. However, current approaches often fail to identify people who would benefit from intervention or recommend unnecessary intervention. Machine learning promises to improve accuracy, ensuring targeted treatment for patients that need it and reducing unnecessary intervention.
Framingham Risk Score, the gold standard for predicting the likelihood of heart disease, predicts hospitalizations with about 56% accuracy. It uses factors such as age, gender, smoking, cholesterol levels, and systolic blood pressure to...
Source: MDDI - November 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Heather R. Johnson Tags: R & D Source Type: news
Impact of testosterone replacement therapy on thromboembolism, heart disease, and obstructive sleep apnea in men
ConclusionsThis study adds to growing evidence that cardiovascular risk from TRT may be less than once feared. The increased risk of sleep apnea in men using TRT is noteworthy. The study strengths include the large number of healthy and young men exposed to TRT. Limitations include the retrospective study design inability to account for granular details of TRT use such as dosage, specific forms of TRT and serum testosterone levels pre‐ and post‐TRT.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: BJU International - January 31, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Alexander P Cole, Julian Hanske, Wei Jiang, Nicollette K. Kwon, Stuart R Lipsitz, Martin N Kathrins, Peter A Learn, Maxine Sun, Adil H Haider, Shehzad S Basaria, Quoc ‐Dien Trinh Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Impact of testosterone replacement therapy on thromboembolism, heart disease and obstructive sleep apnoea in men
ConclusionsThis study adds to growing evidence that the cardiovascular risk associated with TRT may be lower than once feared. The elevated risk of OSA in men using TRT is noteworthy.
Source: BJU International - February 27, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Alexander P. Cole, Julian Hanske, Wei Jiang, Nicollette K. Kwon, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Martin Kathrins, Peter A. Learn, Maxine Sun, Adil H. Haider, Shehzad Basaria, Quoc ‐Dien Trinh Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
