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Six pregnancy-related complications—high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, preterm delivery, small-for-gestational-age delivery, pregnancy loss or placental abruption—increase a woman’s risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association’s flagship journal Circulation. The statement calls for vigorous prevention of these risk […]
TUESDAY, Nov. 17, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — People with obesity – regardless of age – are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and have higher risks for complications and death, according to new research. The study, presented Tuesday at the American Heart Association’s virtual Scientific Sessions, sought to shed new light “on […]
Gillian Wright’s character Jean Slater has been mired in misfortune since she first arrived on Albert Square back in 2004. Jean’s initial storyline followed her long-suffering battle with bipolar disorder and a later plot saw the hapless character diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The line between truth and fiction can sometimes become blurry, and this is […]
Something to celebrate! Shawn Johnson and her husband, Andrew East, revealed that their baby-to-be is healthy after initially experiencing some pregnancy complications. The Olympian gymnast, 27, and the professional football player, also 27, had genetic testing done and shared an email from their doctor in a Saturday, July 20, YouTube video. “Hi Shawn, I wanted […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that between 2.7 and 6.1 million people currently have A-fib. Age is a key risk factor for developing the disorder. According to the CDC, 9 percent of people over the age of 65 years have A-fib in the U.S., but only two percent under 65 years […]
Nicole Arnold had posted on Facebook that the flu had spread through their house shortly after their three children returned to school. (GoFundMe) A 46-year-old mother of three died earlier this week after suffering from complications of pneumonia and the flu. Nicole Arnold, whose pastor husband Scott had asked his Facebook friends for prayers on Sunday, […]
Researchers set out to investigate how safe it is for patients with type 2 diabetes to switch from taking metformin, which is a standard “first-line” antidiabetic drug, to taking sulfonylureas, often prescribed to control blood sugar levels when metformin alone fails. They were led by Prof. Samy Suissa, from McGill University in Quebec, Canada. As […]