TUESDAY, Aug. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fatal heart disease in the United States dropped about 4% a year between 1990 and 2019, but Americans need to quit smoking, drinking and overeating or those gains could be wiped out, according to new research. The declining rates of fatal heart diseaseContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 7, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Rekha Desai planned to play Legos and blocks with her 2-year-old grandson, Kaveh, as she watched him in his Atlanta home. But Rekha never arrived. Instead, the 73-year-old lay in a gurney thousands of feet in the air after having aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Covered in menacing needlelike spines, the prickly pear cactus demands to be treated with care. In return, it will reward you with a juicy neon fruit and fleshy green pads that have nourished people for millennia. While the spines that protectContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Since she was a child, Yanela Vickers has loved babies and the medical field. She dreamed of going into obstetrics and gynecology. Instead, Yanela got a close look at the profession as a patient. She was 18 and five months pregnantContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Elderly adults who start on a statin may see an even bigger drop in their “bad” cholesterol levels than their younger counterparts do, a new study suggests. The study, of nearly 84,000 Danish patients, found that those age 75 and up typically showedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 1, 2023 (American Heart Association News) –They say home is where the heart is. But can a person’s home also play a role in how healthy that heart is? A large body of research suggests it can. Experts say housing – where homes are located and if aContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Whether knocking back a little alcohol or a lot, daily drinking is tied to higher blood pressure, a new research review warns. Compared with not drinking, just one alcoholic drink a drink a day is associated with higher blood pressure over time, evenContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Hal Harbuck was walking from the dock to his family’s lake cabin when he felt a severe pain in his chest. Having recently been water skiing, he wondered if he’d pulled a muscle. Then again, it also felt like the worstContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sleep apnea may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke as erratic breathing causes oxygen levels to drop, new research shows. “These findings will help better characterize high-risk versions of obstructive sleep apnea,” said co-author Ali Azarbarzin, director of the Sleep ApneaContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black people tend to be more vulnerable to suffering severe strokes, but scientists have long struggled to figure out why. Until now: New research suggests it may boil down to having a particular version of a gene involved in clotting. “This could potentiallyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Venting – the release of negative, pent-up emotions – can feel good. But is it actually good for you? Or does it do more harm than good to dwell on negative thoughts and feelings? Experts say that depends on a numberContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For years, older adults took a baby aspirin a day to help ward off a first-time heart attack or stroke. Now yet another study is showing the risks are not worth it for most. Specifically, researchers found the risk of brain bleeding whileContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Late one evening, Dawn Berry took a call from her grandmother’s nursing home. Her grandmother had been found unresponsive in bed. What should they do? Dawn, who was then 43, had worked in the medical field for more than 20 yearsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – – Asian adults in the United States who suffer cardiac arrest are less likely to survive than white adults, even when given bystander CPR, a new study finds. Asian adults have similar rates of bystander CPR after a cardiac arrest, but are 8%Continue Reading