More Readmissions Seen in Younger Women Than Men After Acute MI
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among younger adults, the hospital readmission rate after a heart attack is higher for women than for men, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.Mina Madan, M.D….
Learn MoreAHA News: How Job Burnout Can Hurt Your Health – And What to Do About It
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Too many times, the realization comes too late.”When people have a major medical event like a heart attack or stroke, they retrospectively go back and say, ‘Oh, I was really stressed, maybe…
Learn MoreYour E-Bike Is No Match for Real Biking: Study
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — That e-bike might make hilly rides a lot more fun, but it’s not improving your fitness the way a good old-fashioned bicycle would, a new study shows.People riding e-bikes are 44% less likely to reach weekly…
Learn MoreWhen Stroke Harms One Side of a Newborn’s Brain, Other Side Takes Over
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many language skills are “left brain,” but a new study shows that when a newborn suffers a stroke in that region, the brain is able to shift those language duties to the right.The researchers said the finding…
Learn MoreAHA News: Clearing Up Questions on Whether Tofu Is Healthy
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Let’s talk tofu.It seemed like such a simple, honest food when it caught your eye in the grocery store. But later, after you checked it out online, you began to worry that a long-term relatio…
Learn MoreFunctional Stroke Recovery Varies by Age, Sex, and Stroke Type
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Following stroke, long-term recovery patterns in multifaceted functional domains differ by patient age, stroke severity, and stroke type, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in JAMA Network Open.Se…
Learn MoreCould Video Games Trigger Dangerous Heart Rhythms in Kids?
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Playing video games may seem sedentary, but it can be enough to trigger life-threatening heart arrhythmias in certain vulnerable children, a new report finds.Researchers in Australia pulled together reports o…
Learn MoreWhen Is a Fracture Potentially Deadly for an Older Adult?
TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers studying fractures in older adults found a higher death rate when those fractures were closer to the center of the body and also when patients had particular underlying health issues. This informa…
Learn MoreRetirement Means Sleeping More, Exercising Less: Study
FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Retirees, it’s time to get up out of your easy chair and get moving.That’s the message from a Finnish study that used a wrist-based device to determine just how much retired adults were moving every day.“Based …
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