From the monthly archives:
Salynn Boyles WebMD Health News July 29, 2010 — Millions of people who take calcium supplements in hopes of lowering their risk for bone fractures may actually be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, new research suggests. An analysis of close to a dozen clinical trials involving about 12,000 patients found calcium supplementation [...]
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I have been very much surprised by the lack of follow-up with every cardiologists and doctor I have seen. After I received my first stent and the shock of having severe heart disease, it would have helped tremendously if I had had weekly telephone calls to check in on how I was doing — medications, [...]
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For anyone who has lost heart function from a heart attack, the research and application of stem cell treatment cannot happen fast enough. Stem Cell Information The National Institutes of Health resource for stem cell research Heart attacks and congestive heart failure remain among the Nation’s most prominent health challenges despite many breakthroughs in cardiovascular [...]
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The Avandia story — science at the wounded heart of medicine By Kate Scannell 07/24/2010 THE TROUBLING story about the diabetes drug Avandia concerns everyone — not “just” the millions of diabetic patients who have taken it. It concerns everyone because it provides an instructive and cautionary tale about prescription drug evaluation and marketing in [...]
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Muscular Heart Failure Patients May Have a Better Chance at Survival, Study Suggests ScienceDaily July 21, 2010 University of Alberta research has discovered heart failure patients with more muscle have the potential to increase their length of life. Antigone Oreopoulos, a researcher from the U of A’s School of Public Health, studied 140 patients with [...]
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Physicians perform poorly when patients need special care e! Science News July 19, 2010 Patients often receive inappropriate care when their doctors fail to take into account their individual circumstances, according to a new study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the VA Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care. The study of [...]
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Medpage Today July 15, 2010 HONOLULU — Unlike heart disease, which can potentially be prevented with moderate exercise, it’s more intense physical activity that may stave off dementia, researchers said here. In an analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study, patients who reported moderate to heavy physical activity had a significant 45% lower risk [...]
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Andrew Weil Huffington Post July 2. 2010 Excerpt: The saturated fat lauded in this menu won’t kill you. It may even be the safest element of the meal. Saturated fat is made of fatty acid chains that cannot incorporate additional hydrogen atoms. It is often of animal origin, and is typically solid at room temperature. [...]
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Cardiac Science July 15, 2010 In the past four years, cardiac arrest survival rates have doubled in Copenhagen, Denmark’s capitol city, near where Cardiac Science has its international offices. Cardiac arrest survival rates have risen from 7.5 percent to 15 percent. In 2009, 130 people survived cardiac arrest in the Copenhagen area. The Copenhagen Post [...]
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From The Main Artery New research shows that providing robust health information online may be even more important than we thought. A Harris Interactive study conducted for iVillage shows that the Internet is often women’s first destination for answers to health questions. Many respondents prefer the anonymity of searching for information online: • 4 out [...]
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July 11, 2010 HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL ADVISER Question: I had some sharp pains in my chest last week. I’m OK now, but it got me wondering how to tell if I’m really having a heart attack. Answer: This is a question that millions of people — and their doctors — face each year. Although people [...]
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Prediction rule could help CAD chest pain diagnosis in primary care By Lauretta Ihonor 06 July 2010 MedWire News: A new prediction rule can help to exclude coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients presenting with chest pain in primary care, a German study reports. The clinical decision rule called the Primary Care CHD Score is [...]
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Anxiety ridden heart patients face higher death risk July 6, 2010 Sify News Does anxiety expose heart patients to higher risk of stroke, heart failure and death? The answer is yes, of course, but researchers in the Netherlands have now quantified the risk and found that anxiety affects 24 percent to 31 percent of such [...]
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