AHA News: Monitoring Blood Pressure at Home Can Be Tricky. Here’s How to Do It Right.
MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Knowing your blood pressure is a basic part of good health. But monitoring it at home can get complicated.”It sounds easy – you buy a device, smack the cuff on your upper arm and push a button,…
Learn MoreAHA News: Monitorear la presión arterial en casa puede ser complicado. Aquí explicamos cómo hacerlo.
LUNES, 23 de mayo de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Conocer tu presión arterial es un componente básico de la buena salud. Pero monitorearla en casa puede ser complicado.”Suena fácil: compras un aparato, ajustas el brazalete en el brazo sup…
Learn MoreAHA News: She Was a Prime Candidate for a Heart Attack, If Only She’d Realized It
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Just a few days after Dottie Lewis and her husband, Wayne, returned from vacation to their home in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she started feeling poorly.This was 2019, a year before COVID-19 shut…
Learn MoreAHA News: Falls Can Be a Serious, Poorly Understood Threat to People With Heart Disease
THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Falls pose a major risk to people with heart problems, and health experts need to do more to understand and prevent the danger, a new report says.”Falls are very common,” said Dr. Sarah Goodl…
Learn MoreAHA News: Rate of High Blood Pressure Disorders in Pregnancy Doubled in 12 Years
WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — The rate of pregnancy-related high blood pressure disorders doubled in the U.S. between 2007 and 2019, according to new research that finds 1 in 5 births now results in such a disorder, a pr…
Learn MoreAHA News: At 23 Days Old, He Had Open-Heart Surgery
TUESDAY, May 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Six months after Rachel and Levi Strauss married on the coldest Valentine’s Day in Detroit history, they learned they were going to have a baby.At their home in Houston, Levi helped satisfy Ra…
Learn MoreAHA News: Stroke Hospitalizations Rising Among Younger Adults, But Deaths Falling
MONDAY, May 16, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Stroke hospitalizations for younger adults – along with the cardiovascular risk factors associated with them – have risen since 2007, preliminary new research shows. But the chances of people u…
Learn MoreAHA News: Improved Fitness Gave Man Chance to Walk Daughter Down the Aisle After Heart Attack
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Justin Ballard of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, stared at the photos in disbelief.”Do I really look that big?” he thought.The pictures came from a joyous occasion – Christmas Day 2019, when Kelsey, …
Learn MoreAHA News: Black, Hispanic Adults Less Likely to Receive CPR, Especially in Public
FRIDAY, May 13, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Black or Hispanic adults who experience a witnessed cardiac arrest outside the hospital are substantially less likely than their white peers to receive lifesaving care from a bystander, prelimi…
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