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Flag lags on bystander CPR

New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Scott Harden called for help, and a dispatcher talked him through how to do chest compressions on his wife until an ambulance arrived 12 minutes later. Without Scott's help, it's unlikely paramedics would have been able to resuscitate Kathie.

Tags: chest compressions, Kathie Harden, fire station, hearts attack, New York City, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, First aid, Emergency medical services, Cardiac arrest, Paramedic, Medical emergencies, Emergency medicine, Cardiovascular diseases

A woman's heart

Dublin :: Ireland | 13 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

cardiovascular disease (including stroke) remains one of the major killers of women worldwide, accounting for more female deaths than all cancers, TB, HIV/Aids and malaria combined, according to the World Heart Federation. But despite the scale of the...

Tags: hearts attack, hearts disease, Dr Blaithnead Murtagh, Dermot Kenny, risk factors, Dr Kathleen McGarry, cardiovascular disease, Ireland, Dublin, Cardiology, Menopause, Menstrual cycle, Estrogen, World Heart Federation, Cardiovascular diseases, Endocrinology, Aging-associated diseases, Health Medical Pharma

Antioxidant enzyme-containing particles may help repair injured heart

Mumbai :: India | 13 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A new study has shown that microscopic polymer beads, developed by researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, can help deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into injured heart cells. The researchers found...

Tags: hearts attack, Michael Davis, containing particles, simulated hearts, antioxidant enzyme, India, Mumbai, PLGA, Microparticles, Antioxidants, Physiology, Superoxide dismutase, Health Medical Pharma

Anti-smoking laws reduce heart attacks, report finds

Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The report provides strong support for anti-smoking laws now in place in 21 states and the District of Columbia and is likely to bolster efforts to pass such laws elsewhere. "It's clear that smoking bans work," said Dr. Lynn R. Goldman of the Johns Hopkins...

Tags: smoke ban, hearts attack, secondhand smoke, hearts disease, U.S

Smoking ban cut heart attacks by one-third

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A meta-analysis found banning smoking in public places can reduce heart attack hospitalizations by up to 36 percent over time, U.S. researchers say. James Lightwood of the University of California in San Francisco and Stanton Glantz, director of the Center...

Tags: smoking ban, hearts attack, San Francisco

Heart attack deaths declining for VA patients

Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Deaths among people treated for heart attack at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals have fallen since 2003, mirroring worldwide trends, new research shows. The researchers also found that, from 2000 to 2005, death rate at 30 days after a heart attack declined...

Tags: black patients, cardiac arrest, hearts attack, suffer cardiac, Kansas City

Patch 'heals' broken heart

Jerusalem :: Israel | 3 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A NEW kind of "patch" that can mend a broken heart has been successfully tested by scientists. The tissue-engineering technique, which uses the body as a "bioreactor", may in future be used to repair damage caused by heart attacks.

Tags: hearts attack, broken hearts

Heart disease to cost economy $18b

Sydney :: Australia | 5 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Research shows the cost to the nation in lost productivity and treatment from a single heart attack was $281,000, while for chronic chest pain it was $74,000 per sufferer. "A healthy population that has a large proportion of people in employment, paying...

Tags: hearts attack, Access Economics, chronic chest, chest pain, lost productivity

Cops quizzed, order for 2nd post-mortem

London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The Metropolitan Police has denied that it had tried to give misleading information about death of Ian Tomlinson, who died during G-20 protests last week. Video footage of a policeman pushing Tomlinson to the ground emerged earlier this week.

Tags: Ian Tomlinson, police officer, American London, Mr Tomlinson, hearts attack, g20 protesters, g20 death, Independent Police Complaints Commission

Victoria Times-Colonist, Canada: Green tea may help keep gums healthy

Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

A cup of green tea per day may help keep gum disease at bay, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among middle-aged Japanese, the odds of having gum disease declined as the men's intake of green tea rose. For each daily cup they drank, the risk...

Tags: gum disease, green tea, generation household, hearts attack, Canada

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