It is not easy to discover developing cardiovascular disease, since vascular and heart illnesses have a tendency to continue for a lengthy time with inconspicuous signs and symptoms. The attending doctors told about this and gave an image of individuals uncomfortable manifestations that indicate heart disease. Oftentimes, cardiovascular illnesses remain undetected before the start of […]
Alcohol industry health campaigns miss the mark by a longshot, study finds
Alcohol industry social responsibility schemes strengthen their own commercial interests while failing to reduce harmful alcohol use, according to a new worldwide study led by the University of Connecticut. The study, published in The BMJ, examined industry actions on social responsibility and found that almost all of them — 97 percent — lacked scientific support, […]
Why women receive less CPR from bystanders
Concerns about inappropriate contact or causing injury may help explain why bystanders are less likely to perform CPR on women — even “virtual” women — than on men who collapse with cardiac arrest, according to two studies presented at the American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Science Symposium 2018, an international conference highlighting the best in cardiovascular […]
This sport can slow the aging process.
Sports are essential for the sake of your body. Cellular, replicative aging is connected with lack of cell capability to divide. To date, scientists know little about how exactly exercise can slow lower aging at your bodies cells. The mechanisms accountable for the positive aftereffect of the exercises have yet to be fully studied. It’s […]
Some heart patients ride roller coasters and other thrill-seeking activities despite warnings
Adults with an inherited thickening of the heart muscle, often don’t stop participating in thrill-seeking activities despite recommendations that they should. And while some experienced minor consequences, only a few suffered serious health effects as a result, according to preliminary research from an online survey to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association’s […]
Hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk
To be more transparent and to promote communication with patients after medical injuries, many hospitals have implemented a new approach called the communication-and-resolution program (CRP). Through these programs, hospitals openly communicate with patients after adverse events, investigating specifics, providing explanations, and, when necessary, taking responsibility and proactively offering compensation. Medical centers that have adopted this […]
AI doctor could boost chance of survival for sepsis patients
Scientists have created an artificial intelligence system that could help treat patients with sepsis. The technology, developed by researchers from Imperial College London, was found to predict the best treatment strategy for patients. The system ‘learnt’ the best treatment strategy for a patient by analysing the records of about 100,000 hospital patients in intensive care […]
US air pollution deaths nearly halved between 1990 and 2010
Air pollution in the U.S. has decreased since about 1990, and a new study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill now shows that this air quality improvement has brought substantial public health benefits. The study, published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, found that deaths related to air pollution were […]
Recognizing the uniqueness of different individuals with schizophrenia: Research reveals large differences between individual patients
Schizophrenia is an extremely variable psychiatric disorder which is diagnosed based on the presence of specific symptoms. Thomas Wolfers and André Marquand of Radboud university medical center investigated how much the brains of individual patients diagnosed with schizophrenia differ from the ‘average’ patient. For this purpose, they compared brain scans of 250 healthy individuals with […]
Gout drug may protect against chronic kidney disease
The drug allopurinol used to manage gout may offer protection against the development of kidney disease, according to a new study. Traditionally there has been concern from physicians that this medication may increase risk of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), despite a lack of clear data supporting this relationship. As such, many patients find themselves undertreated, […]