Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency
FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A medical emergency can happen at any moment. Will you be prepared? Nearly half of American adults will not, according to a new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Morning Consult…
Learn MoreFracture Risk Up With Higher Levels of HDL-C in Healthy Seniors
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For older adults, higher levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with increased fracture risk, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in JAMA Cardiology.Sultana Monira Hu…
Learn MoreIs There a Best Diuretic Drug for Heart Failure?
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It doesn’t matter which water pill you’re prescribed to treat your heart failure, because new trial data shows that one works as well as the other.Two diuretics widely used to treat heart failure, furosemide…
Learn MoreAHA News: Simple or Moderate Congenital Heart Defects Might Not Impair Fertility
THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Women and men born with simple or moderate heart defects who choose to have children are no more likely than others to experience infertility as adults, a study in Denmark suggests.The resea…
Learn MoreFrequent Green Space Visits Linked to Lower Use of Certain Meds
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For individuals living in an urban environment, frequent green space visits are associated with less frequent use of psychotropic, antihypertensive, and asthma medications, according to a study published on…
Learn MoreUna TC rápida detecta una forma hormonal común de la hipertensión
MARTES, 17 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores británicos condujeron un nuevo estudio sobre una TC particular que podrían permitir una cura en personas con un tipo específico de hipertensión.En alrededor de un 5 a un 10 por ciento…
Learn MoreRooming-In Program Aids Infants With Critical Congenital Heart Disease
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nurses perceive that a novel rooming-in program for caregivers of infants with critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) may improve outcomes, according to a study published in the January issue of the America…
Learn MoreAHA News: Dr. Ralph Sacco – First Neurologist to Serve as AHA President – Dies at 65
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Between his first and second years of medical school, before he was certain about what he’d specialize in, Ralph Sacco landed a job alongside Dr. Philip Wolf.Sacco’s role included feeding pun…
Learn MoreRole of ECHO Emphasized in Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a report from the American Society of Echocardiography, published in the Jan. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, the authors emphasize the role of echocardiography in the m…
Learn MoreBone Scintigraphy Can Help ID Cardiac Amyloidosis
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For individuals undergoing bone scintigraphy, positive 99mTc-3,3- diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic-acid (99mTc-DPD), indicative of cardiac amyloidosis (CA), is associated with poor outcomes, according to a…
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