Most College Athletes With Genetic Heart Trouble Can Safely Play Sports: Study
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research offers hope to elite athletes who have genetic heart conditions but still want to play sports.In the new study, after a follow-up of seven years, researchers found that 95% of athletes with a dia…
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Learn MoreStick-on Sensor Could Warn of Heart Failure Complications
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A stick-on sensor may help keep people with heart failure out of the hospital, new research suggests. Investigators found that when doctors had actionable information about patients’ conditions, delivered rem…
Learn MoreHighlighting Link Between Flu & Heart Trouble Can Nudge Folks to Get Vaccine
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Flu kills more than 500,000 people globally each year and leads to heart problems for many others. Publicizing those potential cardiac ills may spur folks to get their annual flu vaccine, researchers say.Dani…
Learn MoreArm in a Cast? Exercising the Other Arm Can Curb Muscle Loss
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — You can keep an arm in a cast from wasting away, researchers say, by working out your free arm.A small group of young men who performed eccentric contraction exercises with one arm — lowering a dumbbell in a …
Learn MoreAntidepressant Augmentation Examined in Seniors With Depression
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Augmentation of existing antidepressants with aripiprazole improves well-being among older adults with treatment-resistant depression, according to a study published online March 3 in the New England Journal o…
Learn MoreRisk for Interpersonal Violence Up for Pregnant People With Schizophrenia
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People with schizophrenia have an increased risk for an emergency department visit for interpersonal violence during the perinatal period, according to a study published online March 6 in CMAJ, the journal of …
Learn MoreHigh Cardiovascular Health Tied to Longer Life Expectancy Free of Disease
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A high level of cardiovascular health (CVH) is associated with longer life expectancy free of major chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in JAMA Int…
Learn MoreFDA Panel to Again Weigh Merit of Decongestant That Many Call Useless
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Consumers have been using the common over-the-counter oral decongestant phenylephrine for years, but that may not continue much longer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked a panel of its advisers t…
Learn MoreWalgreens Will Not Sell Abortion Pills in 20 Republican States
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — After receiving a warning letter from Republican attorneys general in 20 states, Walgreens said it does not plan to distribute abortion pills in those states — even in the ones where abortion is still legal. …
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