Woman who thought she had pinkeye was actually suffering a 'functional' STROKE
Nicole Lamoureux, 51, a TikTok business influencer, thought she was having an allergic reaction when her eyelid swelled up and turned pink last week. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda
Growing up, Olivia Dreizen Howell, 39, “lived on” diet soda. So did her family. At a family reunion in 1996, everyone sported T-shirts with their shared surname in Diet Coke-can font. “We drank Diet Coke, Diet ginger ale, and Diet Sprite like water—there was no difference in our household,” she says.
Like many, Howell believed that sugar-free soda was a benign choice. But the latest research casts doubt on that assumption, linking diet drinks to mood disorders, fatty liver development, autoimmune diseases, and cancer, to name a few.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perri Ormont Blumberg Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Suffering Shouldn ’ t Be a Normal Part of Womanhood
One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee.
At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
PrevMed Health to Host Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Summit In Dallas Shaping the Future of Preventive Medicine
Unlock the Secrets to Heart Health: Join PrevMed Health's Three-Day Summit April 18-20. DALLAS, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PrevMed Health, a pioneering force in preventive medicine, is thrilled to announce its upcoming conference in Dallas. The Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TDS Source Type: news
Medicare Can Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs for Heart Disease -- But at What Cost?
(MedPage Today) -- On March 8, 2024, FDA approved Wegovy (semaglutide) to treat cardiovascular disease risks -- heart attack, stroke, and death -- for obese or overweight adults with a history of cardiovascular disease, making it the first... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Chelation Flops for Cardio Health After Heart Attack
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Chelation to remove lead and other heavy metals didn't improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients after myocardial infarction (MI), the TACT2 trial showed.
Cumulative incidence of time to first event (MI, stroke... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Roche and Alnylam present positive results from the Phase II KARDIA-2 study of zilebesiran added to standard of care antihypertensives in patients with inadequately controlled hypertension
The KARDIA-2 study met its primary endpoint demonstrating additive, placebo-adjusted systolic blood pressure reductions of up to 12.1 mmHgat month three. These results were statistically significant and clinically meaningfulZilebesiran demonstrated an encouraging safety and tolerability profile when added to standard of care antihypertensives Basel, 7 April 2024 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Alnylam today released detailed results from the Phase II KARDIA-2 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of a single subcutaneous dose of zilebesiran when added to one of three standard of care (SOC) antihypertensives. T...
Source: Roche Investor Update - April 7, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
COVID-19 ‘Radically’ Changed the Leading Causes of Death
COVID-19 became the second leading cause of death globally in the year after it was declared a pandemic, according to a study published in the Lancet.
While heart disease remained the top killer, COVID “radically altered” the main five causes of death for the first time in 30 years, displacing stroke, the publication said. In 2021, 94 in every 100,000 people died from COVID, on an age-standardized basis.
Since 1990, global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years, mainly due to reductions in death from diarrhea and lower respiratory infections and better outcomes for people suffering from a stroke or ischem...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alex Tanzi/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men
Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to the coverage of women’s issues around the world.
Katherine Fitzgerald had just arrived at the party. Before she could even get a drink, she threw up and broke out in a sweat. “I was dizzy. I couldn’t breathe. I had heart pain,” Fitzgerald says.
She knew she was having a heart attack.
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What she didn’t know then was that the heart attack could have been prevented. Fitzgerald, a health-conscious, exercise-loving lawyer, should have been taking statin drugs to s...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maggie Fox Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Nontraditional Risk Factors Key in Young Adult Stroke Risk Nontraditional Risk Factors Key in Young Adult Stroke Risk
Clinicians need to pay more attention to nontraditional stroke risk factors, especially in adults under 35 years, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news
The 5 Biggest Early Warning Signs Of A 'Mini Stroke'
Nearly 1 in 5 people who experience a suspected mini stroke will have a full-blown stroke within 90 days. Here are the symptoms to keep an eye on. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
French-led team unveils 11.7 tesla MRI scans of human brain
A research group based in Saclay, near Paris, has taken the wraps off what it claims are the world's first MRI scans of the human brain in vivo taken at a field strength of 11.7 tesla. President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated the researchers on social media.
"The first images surpassed our expectations, giving after just four minutes, mind-blowing brain images without any artifacts, with superb tissue contrast and resolution, which represents a volume equivalent to a few thousand neurons," Denis Le Bihan, PhD, founding director of the NeuroSpin research facility and founder of Iseult Project of the French Alternative E...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Philip Ward Tags: MRI Source Type: news
Hormonal Birth Control Doesn ’ t Deserve Its Bad Reputation
Almost two-thirds of U.S. women of reproductive age use some kind of contraception, according to the latest federal data. And millions of them use methods that contain hormones, including birth control pills, intrauterine devices (IUDs), rings, implants, injections, and patches.
Although the specifics vary from method to method, hormonal birth control generally works by halting ovulation and/or changing conditions in the uterus or cervix to prevent pregnancy. And it works well: efficacy rates approach 100% when these methods are used correctly.
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Source: TIME: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen Explainer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
After our dog died I had to continue paying premiums to Perfect Pet
We recently had our beloved springer spaniel put to sleep. He was 14, so a good age, and there was no other option after he suffered a stroke. I phoned to cancel our pet insurance with Perfect Pet, only to be told we must continue paying until it ends in November. It said this was because we had…#perfectpet #pearsonham #guardian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surgeon reveals sign of silent killer that can appear on the head
If you notice this sign on your head you could be at greater risk for a heart attack or stroke. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
