FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For stroke survivors, the relative affluence of their neighborhood could be a factor in how well and how soon they recover, new research shows. Compared to Americans living in better-off locales, those living in areas plagued by high unemployment, lower levels of education,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Losing the use of an arm after a stroke can be devastating, but new research could offer survivors fresh hope. The study found that a combination of targeted brain stimulation therapy, along with intense physical rehabilitation, can restore control of an affected armContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A person’s odds for a dementia diagnosis nearly triple in the first year after a stroke, new research shows. This post-stroke spike in dementia risk does subside with time, but it never returns to pre-stroke levels, the same report found. “Our findings reinforceContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Radon, an invisible, naturally occurring radioactive gas, appears to raise a person’s risk of stroke, a new study suggests. Already known as the second leading cause of lung cancer, these new findings suggest exposure to radon can increase risk of stroke by asContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black American women have much higher rates of high blood pressure than white women, and it’s especially deadly if hypertension sets in before the age of 35, new research shows. Black women diagnosed with high blood pressure before the age of 35 hadContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Heart disease remains the United States’ top cause of death, but progress is being made and more lives are being saved, a new report finds. There were 931,578 heart-related deaths in 2021, an increase of less than 3,000 from the year before, theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Flu and COVID are sweeping across the country, posing a particular hazard to people at risk for heart disease. These respiratory infections can trigger heart complications from fever, dehydration and inflammation, experts from Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital say. Mount Sinai doctors areContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Depression affects half of the 6 million Americans who struggle with debilitating heart failure. Now, research shows that two leading modes of treatment — antidepressants and an approach called behavioral activation psychotherapy — work equally well to ease depression among these patients. BehavioralContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Taking nitrates for heart problems alongside erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra or Cialis could be a prescription for trouble, a new study warns. Men who combine the two types of medications have a higher risk of death or suffering a heart-related health emergency,Continue Reading
