FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The American Stroke Association is promoting the acronym R.Á.P.I.D.O. as a way to raise awareness among Hispanic Americans about stroke symptoms and the need for quick action. Every second counts when someone has had a stroke, the association (ASA) points out. Calling 911Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People have long talked about having near-death experiences in which they felt they were looking down on themselves while others tried to save them. Now, researchers have documented some of those experiences. In a study published online recently in the journal Resuscitation, investigatorsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Any head injury — even a mild one — raises a person’s risk of later having an ischemic stroke. Having multiple injuries increases that risk, even more so than the severity of a single traumatic brain injury (TBI), researchers report. “Our study foundContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s possible that the cause of spontaneous, recurring brain hemorrhages can be passed through blood transfusion, researchers say. The likelihood of this happening is very slim, however. Still, “blood transfusions are relatively common, which makes possible negative effects an important public health issue,”Continue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Millions of people who suffer from sleep apnea go to bed at night with a motorized device called a CPAP machine. Now, two new studies confirm the treatment has significant benefits not just on quality of sleep, but also for keeping people’s heartsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Winter months can be a challenge for those trying to keep their high blood pressure in check, new research suggests. In an analysis of more than 60,000 American adults being treated for high blood pressure at six health care centers in the SoutheastContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Obesity taxes many parts of the body, but new research suggests the heart might take the hardest hit of all. Between 1999 and 2020, deaths from heart disease linked to obesity tripled in the United States, and some groups were more vulnerable thanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Along with having to deal with the social stigma of having a parent who is incarcerated, young adults in that situation may be more likely to develop signs of heart trouble, a new study finds. The health impacts of having a parent whoContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Caregiving has been part of María Aranda’s life since she was a young girl, when her Puerto Rican grandmother and namesake lived with her family in the Los Angeles area. She remembers watching her mother and other family members care forContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Taking cholesterol-lowering statin medication after a bleeding stroke, or intracerebral hemorrhage, may lower the risk of a subsequent stroke caused by a blood clot, according to new research. “Previous research has had mixed results on the risk of stroke in people who areContinue Reading