WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Patricia Guevara enjoys doing things with her 5-year-old daughter, Miranda, especially painting and drawing and taking an occasional walk in the park. After a promotora, or community health worker, stopped by their Pittsburgh-area home, their lives became more active. Guevara signedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — As a Japanese American girl growing up in Irvine, California, Marisa Hamamoto felt like an outsider in her predominantly white community. Her schoolmates picked on her because she looked different. She wasn’t one of them. But when she entered the danceContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Children need to get up off the sofa and move more, according to a new study that linked childhood sitting time with heart damage in young adulthood. That was true even when the adult’s blood pressure and weight were healthy, according to researchers.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve had a heart attack, your doctor likely told you to take a low-dose aspirin daily to stave off a second heart attack or stroke, but most people don’t follow through with this advice over the long-term. Those folks who don’t takeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People can help reduce their odds of developing atrial fibrillation or stroke through one piece of standard medical advice: stay fit. According to a new study in 15,000 people, physical fitness was found to have a lower likelihood of these conditions. The findingsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 patients face a markedly greater risk for developing persistently high blood pressure, even if they never had blood pressure concerns before, new research indicates. The rise in risk seen among otherwise heart-healthy patients also appeared to be notably greater among COVID patientsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When people suffering a stroke need a transfer to another hospital, time is of the essence. But a new study finds that most Americans in that situation face delays. The study, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked atContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Levan Singletary’s alarm buzzed at 5:15 a.m., telling him to move the car for street sweeping. It was dark when Singletary, who goes by “Van,” left the apartment he shares with his wife, Angela. They live in Aliso Viejo, California, nearContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Five days after giving birth to her second child, Lauren Lowrey woke up with a sharp pain in her upper back. She couldn’t draw in a deep breath. The TV news anchor, who was living in Indianapolis at the time, wasContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 out of every 10 patients who land in an ICU with a potentially deadly heart emergency test positive for recreational drug use, a new French study reports. About 11% of nearly 1,500 patients admitted to a French intensive cardiac careContinue Reading