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New Urban Health ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Transform Cardiovascular Population Health Globally
ihadmin2May 22, 2023May 22, 2023GenevaThe CARDIO4Cities Accelerator by Novartis Foundation and IntraHealth International aims to replicate the successful CARDIO4Cities approach in 30 major cities within three years to transform cardiovascular population health and equity globally.Results of initial programs in S ão Paulo, Dakar and Ulaanbaatar show the cost-effective approach averted up to 13% of strokes and 12% of heart attacks during implementation.Experts say public-private partnerships are key to address the growing burden of cardiovascular disease, the world ’s leading cause of death,according to the World Health O...
Source: IntraHealth International - May 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: ihadmin2 Source Type: news

Cost-effectiveness of a photopethysmographic procedure for screening for atrial fibrillation in 6 European countries
ConclusionThe model results showed a strong dependence of the results on the country-specific costs for stroke treatment. The use of the investigated screening method is close to cost-neutral or cost-reducing in the Western European countries and Greece. In countries with low price levels, higher cost increases due to AF screening are to be expected. Lower costs of anticoagulation, which are expected due to the upcoming patent expiry of direct anticoagulants, have a positive effect on the cost result.
Source: Health Economics Review - February 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Sleep-wake disturbances can predict recurrent events in stroke survivors
(Spink Health) The study, conducted in Switzerland, found that having multiple sleep-wake disturbances such as sleep-disordered breathing, extreme long or short sleep duration, insomnia and restless leg syndrome independently and significantly increased the risk of a new cardio-cerebrovascular event in the two years following a stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Reducing the risk of blood clots in artificial heart valves
(University of Bern) People with mechanical heart valves need blood thinners on a daily basis, because they have a higher risk of blood clots and stroke. Researchers at the ARTORG Center of the University of Bern, Switzerland, now identified the root cause of blood turbulence leading to clotting. Design optimization could greatly reduce the risk of clotting and enable these patients to live without life-long medication.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Neurorestore: A Swiss initiative aimed at restoring lost neurological function
(Ecole Polytechnique F é d é rale de Lausanne) The Defitech Foundation has teamed up with EPFL, CHUV and UNIL to widen access to the groundbreaking neurotechnology developed under the 2018 STIMO study, which allowed paraplegic patients to walk again. Their aim is also to develop new neurosurgical treatments for people suffering from Parkinson's disease or from neurological disorders following a head injury or stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Four out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage
(European Society of Cardiology) Four out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation but no history of stroke or transient ischemic attack have previously unknown brain damage, according to the first results of the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF) presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Budget Impact of Post-Stroke Dysphagia: Database Analyses of Hospital Discharges In France And Switzerland
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is prevalent in hospitalized post-stroke patients and is associated with increased mortality and comorbidities. The aim of our analysis was to evaluate the impact of dysphagia on Length of Hospital Stay (LOS) and costs. The hospital perspective was used to assess costs.
Source: Value in Health - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: N Muehlemann, L de L éotoing, B Jouaneton, J Fernandes, M Arnold, G Kägi Source Type: research