Heart:
Heart Failure, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Human Heart, Open Heart Surgery.
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Oct 8th, 2009
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States. Each year, 350,000 Americans die suddenly and unexpectedly due to cardiac arrhythmias. Almost 4,000 of them are young people under the age of 35, and this has increased 10% in recent years. Deaths among young women from SCA have increased 30%, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Oct 7th, 2009
Because magnets inside portable headphones may cause malfunction, patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) or pacemakers should avoid placing the headphones from digital music players too close to their chests.
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Oct 7th, 2009
Twitter is the source that Dame Elizabeth Taylor, 77, used to let the world know she is undergoing heart surgery. Yesterday she tweeted, “It's very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better.”
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Sep 30th, 2009
Missouri health officials will host a series of public meetings over the next two weeks to discuss a cutting-edge plan for emergency treatment of heart attack and stroke.
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Sep 21st, 2009
Black patients have lower rates of successful resuscitation and are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest compared to white patients.
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Sep 15th, 2009
A study in the Sept. 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports black patients are less likely to survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Sep 10th, 2009
Health Canada is warning Canadians that the use of stable cesium compounds (non-radioactive form of cesium salts, primarily cesium chloride) may pose the risk of life-threatening heart problems.
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Sep 8th, 2009
A compound commonly associated with broccoli, cauliflower, and other related vegetables may protect the arteries against damage that leads to heart disease, according to a study just released by researchers from Imperial College London. The compound, sulforaphane, appears to boost the activity of a natural protein that protects the arteries against inflammation.
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Sep 2nd, 2009
Non-ranked hospitals may be just as likely to provide quality care for heart failure patients as those ranked as the best in heart and heart surgery by the U. S. News & World Report.
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Sep 1st, 2009
Levels of ambient carbon monoxide (CO) in the air well below accepted environmental standards are associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for heart problems among the elderly.
