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Volusia pulls outdated defibrillators
Daytona Beach :: FL :: USA | about 3 hours ago
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Don't have a heart attack in a county building because the machine that could save your life may not be there anymore. That's because Volusia County officials have been pulling many of their automatic external defibrillator machines out of service as...
Tags: Dave Byron, American Heart Association, Volusia County, John Calache, county officials, defibrillation machine, saving lives, Daytona Beach, Defibrillation, Cardiology, Automated external defibrillator, Cardiac arrest, Myocardial infarction, Cardiac electrophysiology, Medical emergencies, Cardiovascular diseases
Two Heart Surgeries Strain a Couple’s Finances, but Not Their Bond
Suffern :: NY :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Let me tell you, after open-heart surgery together, that’s it,” Ms. Ghansam, 53, said one autumn evening. “I never heard of a husband and wife having open-heart surgery together...I asked the doctor, ‘Can we get a two-for-one deal?’ ” She paused, waiting...
Tags: Ms. Ghansam, Mr. Ghansam, heart surgeries, Suffern, Cardiac surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cardiology, Surgery, Coronary catheterization
Exercise important in teens' blood pressure control
Montreal :: Canada | about 15 hours ago
Credibility blood pressure in check, regardless of their body weight, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among nearly 1,300 Canadian teenagers they followed for five years, declining exercise levels over time were linked to small increases in blood pressure....
Tags: blood pressure, heart disease, disease risk, risk factors, Canada, Montreal, Aging-associated diseases, Blood, Hypertension, Physical exercise, Nutrition, Cardiology, Diabetes, Health Medical Pharma
Loss or delay of speech can signal silent stroke'
Boise :: ID :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Jere Burch woke up one morning four years ago in a body so exhausted she barely could move and with a mouth that seemed to have a life of its own. "When I started speaking, it was like garbage coming out," Burch said. "It's like you're a puppet."
Tags: Jere Burch, heart attack, heart disease, Boise, Thrombolysis, Burch, Hypertension, Aging-associated diseases, Stroke, Cardiology, Health Medical Pharma
Heart disease predates the Whopper
Quebec :: Canada | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 9:01AM EST L ong before there was junk food and TV turned many of us into coach potatoes, the ancient Egyptians apparently suffered from heart disease, too. A team of Egyptian and American researchers put 20 mummies...
Tags: hearts disease, Dr. Thompson, blood vessels, American Heart Association, Canada, Quebec, Cardiology, Medical emergencies, Atherosclerosis, Miscarriage, Myocardial infarction, Obstetrics, Cardiovascular diseases, Aging-associated diseases, Health Medical Pharma
Ross Bielema column: Sudden exertion, stressful conditions can trigger heart-related medical conditions in deer hunters
Neenah :: WI :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Neenah, working out for an hour or more at a time. "I'm not a sedentary person," he said. "I can go like a young kid." He's not overweight, and although his cholesterol hovers just below the 200 mark, he never had a history of high blood pressure...But...
Tags: heart attack, Dr. Patrick O'Brien, blood pressure, Larry Oettel, hunt partners, Neenah Foundry, Neenah, Medical emergencies, Myocardial infarction, Aspirin, Coronary circulation, Hypertension, Cardiology, Cardiovascular diseases, Aging-associated diseases, Health Medical Pharma
Sleep apnea ups heart disease risk in kidney transplant patients
Budapest :: Hungary | 1 day ago
Credibility The researchers found that moderate-to-severe sleep apnea occurred in one of every four individuals. This rate was similar to that seen in a group of dialyzed kidney disease patients who were waiting for a transplant. In addition, kidney transplant patients...
Tags: sleep apnea, transplanted patients, kidney transplanted, heart disease, Hungary, Budapest, Cardiology, Cardiovascular diseases, Obstructive sleep apnea, Hypertension, Sleep disorders, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Health Medical Pharma
Bottling up negativity can lead to ill health
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Pelle investigated such patients with a so-called type D personality -- people who never express negative experiences for the fear of being rejected by others. The presence of D-type among cardiac patients is associated with anxiety and depression as...
Tags: Aline Pelle, ill health, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Cardiovascular diseases, Type D personality, Heart failure, Methadone, Major depressive disorder, Abnormal psychology, Aging-associated diseases, Cardiology, Health Medical Pharma
Cluster Headache Linked to Heart Defect
Genoa :: Italy | 1 day ago
Credibility New research suggests that cluster headache, a severe type of headache that usually begins around one eye, often occurs together with a heart defect called patent foramen ovale (PFO), in which blood can pass through a small hole from the right to the...
Tags: cluster headaches, PFO, foramen ovale, Italy, Genoa, Cardiology, Atrial septal defect, Cluster headache, Congenital heart defect, Congenital heart disease, Embryology, Diving medicine, Health Medical Pharma
Gene May Account for Range of Ills
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 1 day ago
Credibility A rare genetic mutation may help explain why some people get hit with a triple whammy of high blood pressure, cholesterol and a tendency to gain weight easily, U.S. researchers reported. The mutation is seen in one gene found in mitochondrial DNA -- handed...
Tags: Dr. Richard Lifton, blood pressure, mitochondrial dna, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, family member, Pakistan, Islamabad, Mitochondrial diseases, Cellular respiration, Mitochondrion, Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Cardiology, Mitochondrial genetics, Diabetes, Health Medical Pharma
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