Category: Heart Attack

Kiwanis members hear: Take care of your heart

How to have a healthy heart was the topic for members of Kiwanis when Beverly Thompson spoke to the group recently. She is a survivor of heart disease and is now coordinator for Heart Health in Bakersfield, which is part of a national organization based in Washington, D.C., that promotes women’s health.

DIY bypass that can fix you after a heart attack

Why is it that some patients with heart disease are less likely to die from it than others? Scientists believe the answer may partly lie in a DIy repair mechanism that kicks in when blood flow to the heart is reduced. In response, the heart starts to grow small new blood vessels called collaterals.

Penn scientists discover clues that could lead novel therapies for preventing heart failure

Of the more than 700,000 Americans who suffer a heart attack each year, about a quarter go on to develop heart failure. Scientists don’t fully understand how one condition leads to the other, but researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have now discovered a significant clue – which ultimately could lead new therapies for preventing the condition.

Percutaneous Coronary Market 2017 Share, Trend, Segmentation and Forecast to 2020

PUNE, INDIA, February 7, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — MediPoint: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions – Global Analysis and Market Forecasts Summary Coronary stents, which include bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents , covered stents, and bioabsorbable stents GET SAMPLE REPORT @ De novo stenosis, acute myocardial infarction , bifurcation lesions, small vessel disease , saphenous vein grafts , left main coronary artery disease , and chronic total occlusions In the US and 5EU, coronary stents market value is expected to decline slowly, whereas it is expected to demonstrate steady growth in the APAC and South American regions Newer technologies, such as BASes and the third generation of DESes aim to address unmet needs of complex lesions and challenging … (more)

Trump’s Hair Growth Medicine: What Is Finasteride?

Donald Trump’s personal doctor recently revealed that the president takes a handful of medications, including a daily aspirin to lower heart attack risk, an antibiotic to treat the skin condition rosacea, a statin to lower cholesterol – and a hair-loss drug called finasteride. The physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein, credited finasteride with helping maintain Trump’s head of hair, as well as his own long locks.

Health Highlights: Feb. 2, 2017

… of the greatest minds from around the world to maintain the high quality of our biomedical research enterprise and health care services,” they wrote. “Limiting the exchange of ideas, practices, and data across cultures has the potential to …

Cell-Free Embryonic Stem Cell Extract-Mediated Derivation of…

The oocyte-independent source for the generation of pluripotent stem cells is among the ultimate goals in regenerative medicine. We report that on exposure to mouse embryonic stem cell extracts, reversibly permeabilized NIH3T3 cells undergo dedifferentiation followed by stimulus-induced redifferentiation into multiple lineage cell types.

Yes, It is Possible To Die From A Broken Heart

… syndrome in mind as a possibility. Your doctor will be able to do the evaluation to tell the difference.” In this ABC health and wellbeing piece Dr. Angela Kucia is quoted as saying that other stressful situations can cause this syndrome to occur. …

The Health Reporter Is In: Jan. 4, 2017

Broken heart syndrome is a real condition, and while nobody knows for sure if that’s what happened to Debbie Reynolds, it can sometimes be fatal – though, thankfully, it’s usually treatable. Most people recover in days or weeks.

Can you really die of a broken heart?

… in women – by people with a history of neurologic problems, such as seizures, and by people with a history of mental health problems. Though a stress-based theory is probably correct, the precise cause of the syndrome remains unknown, according to …

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… by women, by people with a history of neurologic problems, such as seizures, and by people with a history of mental health problems. “What is known from large studies of Takotsubo is that 90 percent of cases are in women,” Campbell said, adding that …

Top Hospital Medicine Stories of 2016

NEJM Journal Watch Hospital Medicine ‘s top 10 stories of 2016 include high-sensitivity troponin to rule out myocardial infarction in 1 hour, delayed discharge summaries and increased readmissions, the right amount of oxygen for critically ill patients, and pulmonary embolism in patients with syncope. See the full list at the link below.

George Michael’s Death: Newspapers Around the Globe Pay Tribute to the Pop Superstar

The news of George Michael’s untimely death dominated traditional and online news titles around the globe as many millions of people were still relaxing with family over the Christmas break. The pop superstar, who rose to prominence in the early ’80s as the frontman with English pop duo Wham! , passed away from a heart attack on Christmas Day, He was just 53. British newspaper The Independent led its Boxing Day front page with a black and white picture of Michael on stage, under the headline, “From Eighties Poster Boy to Tormented Pop Icon.”