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Back from the dead, thanks to ice packs
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | about 7 hours ago
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Dr. Larry Ebbert likes to say that he just happened to be changing planes in Minneapolis when he dropped dead in June. That is why he lived to tell the tale. "I guess I'm one of the luckier people on the planet," he said this week. "If I had not been...
Tags: Dr. Larry Ebbert, cardiac arrest, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, Health Medical Pharma, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Death, Medical emergencies, Therapeutic hypothermia, Paramedic, Cardiovascular diseases, First aid
S. Jordan paramedics get hypothermia tool for heart patients
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | about 9 hours ago
Credibility South Jordan » Paramedics here have added a tool to better help cardiac arrest patients before they get to the hospital. They can now induce hypothermia to prevent brain damage and increase chances of survival. Many hospitals along the Wasatch Front already...
Tags: South Jordan Fire Department, fire departments, cardiac arrest, Salt Lake City, Health Medical Pharma, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Medical emergencies, Emergency medical responders, Therapeutic hypothermia, Paramedic, Cardiovascular diseases, Emergency medicine
Medsafe 'aware of risks' with weight-loss drug (NZPA)
Wellington :: New Zealand | about 11 hours ago
Credibility New Zealand medicines regulator Medsafe says it is aware of international concerns about weight-loss drug Reductil and is reviewing the risks. Group manager Stewart Jessamine said Medsafe would take into account study data referred to the United States...
Tags: Medsafe, loss drug, New Zealand, Wellington, Health Medical Pharma, Sibutramine, Phenethylamines, Obesity, Stimulants, Anti-obesity medication, Heart failure, Aging-associated diseases, Cardiovascular diseases
Novel computer model to pave way for safer stents
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed new computer models to predict physiologically realistic drug delivery patterns from stents in branched arterial vessels...Cabot Professor of Health Science and Technology (HST),...
Tags: computational models, drug distribution, Elazer R. Edelman, India, Mumbai, Health Medical Pharma, Implants, Stent, Drug-eluting stent, Cardiovascular diseases, Radiology, Cardiology, Coronary stent, Myocardial infarction
No improvement in surviving heart attack at home
Thiruvananthapuram :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility It's a dismal trend considering enormous spending on heart research, new emergency care protocols, and the advent of new drugs and devices...Although half of cardiac arrests are witnessed by a bystander, according to the study, only 32 percent, or about...
Tags: cardiac arrests, hospital cardiac, CPR, UMHS, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Health Medical Pharma, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Medical emergencies, Cardiac arrest, Cardiovascular diseases, Emergency medicine, First aid, Myocardial infarction, Emergency medical services
Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives. More than three-quarters of people suffering major heart attacks are getting their blocked arteries reopened within 90 minutes of arriving in the...
Tags: heart attack, Seattle, Health Medical Pharma, Angioplasty, Cardiovascular diseases, Emergency medicine, Emergency department, Radiology, Cardiology, Myocardial infarction, Door-to-balloon
Doctors Have Heart-To-Heart With CrownPointe Residents
Greensburg :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Every 45 seconds, someone dies of a heart attack, and in most cases, it could have been avoided...Potter, of the Adkins Medical Group, to guests and residents of CrownPointe Assisted Living at a special seminar on Tuesday...The technology for the treatment...
Tags: EECP, Gregory Dupuis, Arthur S. Potter, heart attack, Greensburg, Health Medical Pharma, Aging-associated diseases, Surgery, Enhanced external counterpulsation, Cardiovascular diseases, Cardiology, Invasiveness of surgical procedures, Myocardial infarction
Joining forces to save lives
Zionsville :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility On Wednesday, Nov. 25, ZFD and WHS presented 20 automated external defibrillators — AEDs — to the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Ken Campbell said the donation will put an AED in all of his duty vehicles. Early CPR and defibrillation are keys to saving lives,”...
Tags: Sheriff Ken Campbell, Campbell ZFD, Zionsville Fire Department, heart attack, saving lives, attack victim, cardiac arrest, Chris Burcham, Zionsville, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Zionsville Indiana, Automated external defibrillator, Medical emergencies, Cardiovascular diseases, Cardiac electrophysiology, Defibrillation, Myocardial infarction
For some women, trans fats could be deadly
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new study suggests. Trans fats, found largely in commercially prepared baked and fried foods, have become notorious...
Tags: trans fat, heart disease, cardiac death, coronary heart, sudden cardiac, fat intake, cardiac arrest, daily calories, risk factors, United Kingdom, London, Health Medical Pharma, Nurses' Health Study, Saturated fat, Lipids, Carboxylic acids, Cardiovascular diseases, Nutrition, Cardiology
Stem cells can repair damaged hearts
Tehrān :: Iran | 1 day ago
Credibility Previous studies had reported that the injection of stem cells extracted from the patient directly into the heart can treat heart attack patients. The new study, however, benefited from the intravenous infusion of a stem cell product known as Prochymal...
Tags: stem cells, Iran, Tehrān, Health Medical Pharma, Stem cell, Biotechnology, Cardiac arrhythmia, Mesenchymal stem cell, Aging-associated diseases, Medical emergencies, Cloning, Developmental biology, Myocardial infarction, Cell biology, Adult stem cell, Cardiovascular diseases
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