THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — The coronavirus pandemic magnified health disparities among racial and ethnic groups. Some experts say using trusted community voices could help close gaps not only in vaccination rates but in overall health. Even before the pandemic, public health experts knew that peopleContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A person with advanced heart failure may often need a heart transplant or a mechanical heart pump to survive. But white patients are twice as likely as Black patients to get this critically important care, a new study finds, and racial bias mayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — On her first visit to the hospital to check on her newborn patient, the pediatrician detected a heart murmur. A few days later, at Cix Greene’s first office visit, the doctor didn’t hear it. It was almost eight years later, atContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As men and women enter their golden years, those who regularly fail to get a good night’s sleep face a higher risk for developing not one but two serious chronic illnesses at the same time, new research shows. Researchers from France, Finland andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While a common non-drug treatment called ablation exists for the heart rhythm disorder atrial fibrillation (a-fib), the procedure can be more problematic for women than for men. A-fib, a chaotic electrical pattern in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to 20%Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — It turns out that many of the lifestyle behaviors that help fight off breast cancer in women also can help them avoid heart disease. Think of it as a “double win,” said cardiologist Dr. Ana Barac, director of the cardio-oncology programContinue Reading
MARTES, 18 de octubre de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Resulta que muchos de los comportamientos relacionados con el estilo de vida que ayudan a luchar contra el cáncer de mama (seno) en las mujeres también pueden ayudarlas a evitar las enfermedades cardíacas. Considera esto como una “victoria doble”,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — MaryKay West was at work in Portland, Oregon, after a long weekend in Southern California. Her husband, Jeff, had a work assignment there and she and their daughter, Anna, had visited. They’d gone for walks, shared nice meals and done aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Taking that often-cited 10,000 steps a day — or even slightly fewer — may indeed be enough to improve your health, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among 6,000 middle-aged and older adults, those who got at least 8,000 to 9,000 stepsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Having COVID-19 could cause further trouble for patients being treated for physical trauma — even if they have no symptoms of the virus. Researchers studying cases of trauma patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and those who were negative found those with theContinue Reading