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Former Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women ’s rights, dies
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night. She was 82. Schroeder’s former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Celebration, Florida, the city where she had been…#patschroeder #schroeders #andreacamp #celebration #florida #colorado #democrats #denver #nitalowey #schroeder
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here ’s an Alternative to Statins for Lowering Cholesterol
Statins have revolutionized heart disease by lowering cholesterol effectively—by up to 50% or more. But anywhere from 7% to 29% of people who take them may be more susceptible to its side effects, which include weakening of muscles and pain, and decide they can’t tolerate them. In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, for example, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported that more than 20% of patients seen at the hospital from 2000 to 2018 who were recommended to take statins refused to take them, and those who refused took three times as long to lower their LDL cholesterol to target ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news
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
Tom Sizemore Suffered Brain Aneurysm From Stroke, Remains in Coma With “No Further Hope,” Rep Says
Tom Sizemore’s family will make an end-of-life decision for the actor after he suffered a brain aneurysm from a stroke on Feb. 19, his rep says. The Saving Private Ryan actor has been in critical condition and a coma in the intensive care unit of St. Joseph’s Hospital Burbank since his…#tomsizemores #sizemores #charleslago #lago #hollywoodreporter
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tom Sizemore End Of Life Decision Looms After Doctors Say “No Further Hope” Following Stroke
Tom Sizemore’s manager Charles Lago has released new information about the prognosis for the actor who has been in a hospital intensive care since Feb. 18 in critical condition, in a coma. “Today, doctors informed his family that there is no further hope and have recommended end of life decision,”…#tomsizemores #charleslago #lago #blackhawkdown #impuratus #tomsizemore #paramedics
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The U.S. Still Doesn ’ t Have Good COVID-19 Data. Here ’ s Why That ’ s a Problem
Check the COVID-19 Data Tracker from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and you’ll get a rundown of the latest case numbers, hospitalizations, and deaths. Those categories might seem straightforward, but the data, say many experts, are telling us a lot less than we think they are.
That’s because it’s getting increasingly difficult to parse who is hospitalized or dies from COVID-19, and who is hospitalized or dies from another reason but with COVID-19. Across the U.S., “COVID-19 hospitalizations” represent all kinds of patients: those who need hospital-level care for sev...
Source: TIME: Health - January 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
FDA Experts Vote to Make All COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters Bivalent
In a unanimous decision, all 21 voting members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine committee recommended that the U.S. start using the same COVID-19 virus strain in all of the COVID-19 vaccines, including primary and booster doses.
That means the bivalent booster dose, which targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the Omicron BA.4/5 strains, would soon become the only type used for all primary shots and boosters.
The decision reflects a turning point in the pandemic. Until now, vaccine makers have tried to keep up with constantly evolving variants, but they’ve always been a few step...
Source: TIME: Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Guidelines for virtual home assessment tools
Virtual home assessments could reduce the need for in-person visits. New guidelines could help people develop and use the tools they need to carry out these assessments. Home assessments are for people who struggle to do everyday activities because of disabilities, for example, after having a stroke. These people may require handrails or other adjustments to their home. Researchers in Sheffield worked with service users and local healthcare professionals (including occupational therapists and social workers) to evaluate the pros and cons of virtual home assessments. The service users and allied health professionals gave fe...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The doctor won’t see you now: Covid winters are making long hospital waits the new normal
“I’m so sorry that you’re still in the emergency room,” one doctor told a stroke patient who was waiting for days.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - January 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase in Routine Clinical Practice Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase in Routine Clinical Practice
This paper details the results of a hospital network ' s transition from alteplase to tenecteplase as the standard of care for stroke thrombolysis. How did costs and clinical outcomes compare?Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Stroke victims 48 PER CENT more likely to make full recovery when diagnosed using AI technology
An AI being trialled at 22 NHS hospital trusts in England has helped tens of thousands of suspected stroke patients from suffering a permanent disability by speeding up critical diagnosis time.
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
E.R. Doctors Misdiagnose Patients With Unusual Symptoms
Doctors fail to recognize serious conditions like stroke and sepsis in tens of thousands of patients each year, according to a new study.
Source: NYT Health - December 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Reed Abelson Tags: Emergency Medical Treatment Doctors Hospitals Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality American College of Emergency Physicians Deaths (Fatalities) Medicine and Health Johns Hopkins University Source Type: news
What It ’s Like to Live With Stiff Person Syndrome
twIn an emotional social-media video posted Dec. 8, singer Celine Dion informed fans that she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disease called stiff person syndrome. A diagnosis wasn’t easy or straightforward. “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time…we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having,” said Dion, who is 54.
Here’s what to know about the condition and what it feels like.
What is stiff person syndrome?
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, stiff person syndrome has...
Source: TIME: Health - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
20MILLION Americans in 21 states still at risk of faulty healthcare after cyberattack
CommonSpirit Health - a system that runs 140 US hospitals, and more than 1,000 care sites including cancer clinics, surgery hubs and stroke centers- suffered a major IT breach on October 3.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How People With Diabetes Can Lower Stroke Risk
After spending nearly two decades trying to manage her Type 2 diabetes, Agnes Czuchlewski landed in the emergency room in 2015, with news that she’d just experienced a heart attack. She also learned that she had metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that includes diabetes but also brings higher risk of heart disease and stroke.
“Because I needed to lose quite a bit of weight when I was first diagnosed, I was focused on the number I saw on the scale, and then on my blood-sugar numbers,” recalls Czuchlewski, 68, who lives in New York City. “I didn’t realize other numbers came into play, li...
Source: TIME: Health - November 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
