MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Getting heart failure patients into cardiac rehabilitation sooner rather than later after a hospitalization is tied to a better prognosis, new research shows. “Typically, cardiac rehabilitation programs require patients to be stable for six weeks after a hospitalization,” explained cardiologist Dr. Benjamin Hirsh,Continue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A simple surgery may help lower the risk for strokes by more than a third in patients with atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat, a new trial finds. The reduction in stroke risk is achieved by blocking the left atrial appendage, an unused,Continue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Though obesity by itself can drive up heart disease risk, new research suggests diabetes and heart disease risk is especially high when combined with a tendency to stay up late at night. The finding stems from a comparison of sleep patterns and diseaseContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) — When Carol Coulther’s husband, Rich, had a stroke, her teacher instincts kicked in immediately. She began writing down everything his doctors said to make sense of what happened and what he would need in his recovery. Coulther’s instinct to document everythingContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In new evidence that illustrates that health issues rarely exist in a vacuum, a new study finds a link between heart health and brain function. Existing evidence suggests that having heart disease raises one’s risk of dementia, and vice versa, but a teamContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans felt relief and joy at the announcement last week that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks at many indoor and outdoor locations. But don’t be surprised if those good feelings come tinged with stress or worry: Mental healthContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline announced Monday that their coronavirus vaccine candidate produced powerful responses in a preliminary trial that followed an earlier setback in the vaccine’s development. In selected data that has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, the vaccine “triggered strongContinue Reading
Most Japanese Want Olympic Games Delayed or Canceled: Poll More than 8 in 10 people in Japan don’t want their country to host the Olympics this summer, according to a poll conducted on the weekend as the nation combats a fourth COVID-19 wave. The Tokyo Games are scheduled to beginContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Just as some elderly drivers need to give up their car keys, older gun owners may eventually face “firearm retirement.” And a preliminary study suggests they are open to the idea. In focus-group interviews with older gun owners, researchers found that many hadContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Boys who weigh less than 2 pounds at birth don’t age as well as their normal-weight peers, a long-term study finds. Canadian researchers have followed a group of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) babies and their normal-weight counterparts since 1977. When participants wereContinue Reading