TUESDAY, July 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Many more U.S. hospital patients suffer cardiac arrest than previously thought, a new study reveals. Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating. It differs from a heart attack, in which blood flow to the heart is blocked. This new analysis concluded thatContinue Reading

SATURDAY, May 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A fainting-related fall that caused nerve damage in his right hand could explain why Leonardo da Vinci’s painting skills declined later in life, a new paper suggests. The report, published as the world marks the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death, contradicts theContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Injuries, heart attacks, lung infections, strokes and other medical emergencies caused about half of the world’s 28 million deaths in 2015, a new study reports. Such deaths are on the rise, and rates are much higher in poor countries than wealthy ones, theContinue Reading

MONDAY, April 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Despair runs rampant through Generation X as these Americans struggle through middle age, a new study reports. So-called indicators of despair — depression, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse — are rising among those in their late 30s and early 40s, and it’s occurringContinue Reading