S'porean startup behind wearable system for stroke rehab gets $5M Series A funding
It looks to onboard new commercial partners and further validate its products. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - March 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
What's lurking in your body? Mayo probes health risks of tiny plastic particles
Similar to natural elements like iron and copper, people can ingest, absorb or even inhale microplastics and nanoplastics and their chemical additives. A landmark study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine links microplastics and nanoplastics found in plaques of human blood vessels to a potential increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death. Building on previous discoveries and these recent findings, the exposome research of Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D., and his team at… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 20, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Readmission Up With PTSD in African American Veterans With Stroke
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 -- For African American veterans with stroke, preexisting posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with an increased risk for hospital readmission, according to a study published online March 14 in Stroke.Chen Lin,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mental Health Conditions Up for Partners, Children of Stroke Survivors
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 -- The risks for mental health conditions are higher for partners and adult children of stroke survivors, according to a study published online March 14 in JAMA Network Open.
Nils Skajaa, Ph.D., from Aarhus University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
'I'm a dietician - these are the 7 red list foods to avoid if you have high cholesterol'
EXCLUSIVE: Eating these foods could raise your risk for life-threatening emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Air Quality Is Bad Pretty Much Everywhere, New World Pollution Report Finds
The rules of survival are simple: humans can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without air. Air is the most vital resource to human life, and yet what most of the world breathes in every day is dirty.
According to the 2023 World Air Quality Report published on Tuesday by IQAir, a Swiss firm that monitors real-time air quality around the world and has published an annual assessment since 2018, only 10 countries or territories last year had air quality that met the World Health Organization’s standard for clean air.
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IQAir used as its primar...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chad de Guzman Tags: Uncategorized News Desk overnight Source Type: news
Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study
(MedPage Today) -- Investigation of an early signal for stroke associated with COVID-19 bivalent vaccines turned into suspicion of high-dose or adjuvanted flu shots instead, based on a large U.S. population-based study.
When researchers inspected... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 19, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Alberta health minister says 'proper procedures' were followed for patient taken to hotel instead of care home
Minister Adriana LaGrange said she was 'very concerned' when asked about an exclusive CBC News story that detailed how Blair Canniff, 62, was taken to a hotel south of Edmonton after spending months in the Royal Alexandra Hospital, as he recovered from a stroke. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
Podcast: Are current radiology AI offerings addressing practice needs?
AuntMinnie.com · Keeping Up With The Radiologists - Episode 3: AI in radiology, build, buy, neither
In this episode of the "Keeping Up With the Radiologists" podcast series brought to you by AuntMinnie.com in collaboration with Penn Radiology, Saurabh (Harry) Jha, MD; Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD; Tessa Cook, MD, PhD; and Chuck Kahn, MD, address the shortcomings of AI in radiology in a spirited discussion.
Prashant Warier, PhD, co-founder and CEO of AI software developer QureAI, fields the brunt of the radiologists' constructive criticisms. The temperature rises a little in this episode. Like other medical imaging AI compa...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Imaging Informatics Practice Management Artificial Intelligence Podcasts Source Type: news
Dr. Dre says he had three strokes when hospitalized for brain aneurysm
Dr. Dre said he had three strokes after his 2021 hospitalization for a brain aneurysm: 'It's just something that you can't control.' (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nardine Saad Source Type: news
New Study Finds No Brain Injuries Among ‘ Havana Syndrome ’ Patients
WASHINGTON — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers reported Monday.
The National Institutes of Health’s nearly five-year study offers no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking and sleep that were first reported in Cuba in 2016 and later by hundreds of American personnel in multiple countries.
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Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauran Neergaard/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Argatroban Combo Improves Functional Recovery in Stroke Argatroban Combo Improves Functional Recovery in Stroke
A meta-analysis assessed the potential advantages of combining argatroban with antiplatelet therapy or alteplase for the treatment of patients with acute stroke.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news
Hearing loss, gait and balance impairments and falls among individuals with sub-acute stroke: a comparative cross-sectional study - Ademoyegun AB, Ogundiran O, Kayode AJ, Olaosun AO, Awotidebe TO, Mbada CE.
This study aimed to compare hearing loss in patients with sub-acute stroke with healthy controls and evaluate its association with gait and balance impairments and falls. METHODS: T... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Can a Stroke Be Caused by Cervical Manipulation? Can a Stroke Be Caused by Cervical Manipulation?
Doctors should be alert to the risks of carotid dissections and vertebral artery injuries from cervical manipulations.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Who are the Jan. 6 ‘hostages’ Trump promises to free?
On Jan. 6, 2021, Julian Khater used a can of bear spray to attack Capitol Police officers who were trying to hold the line against attackers. One of the officers Khater sprayed was Brian Sicknick, who died the next day after suffering a stroke. Last year, Khater pleaded guilty to two counts of…#juliankhater #capitol #briansicknick #donaldtrump #border #drill #baby #trump #brianchristophermock #fbi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
