Category Archives: Heart Diseases

Now that adolescents are more likely to vape than smoke cigarettes, it might not be quite as easy for parents to spot (or smell) the warning signs that their teens are using nicotine. Continue reading →

Air pollution is a silent killer. Sometimes you can probably see it (the smog and something equally less appealing), but most times you cannot Continue reading →

(MENAFN - GetNews) Heart Scan Market Research Report Analysis By Types (Electron Beam Computed Tomography, Angiocardiography) Indication (Congenital Heart Disease, Coronary Arteries Blockage) End-User (Hospitals & Clinics, Diagnostic Centers) - Global Forecast till 2023 Heart Scan Market Highlights: Over the last few years, healthcare IT has gained a significant importance as the adoption of the software solutions and computer-aided diagnosis has increased the efficacy of the treatment. Continue reading →

Agriculture Published on November 2nd, 2019 | by Andrea Bertoli November 2nd, 2019 by Andrea Bertoli Every few years there is a new documentary focused on the personal and planetary benefits of eating a plant-based or vegan diet. The Game Changers is the newest on this list, and it has a very specific demographic in mind: MEN. Continue reading →

The Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana), also known as gubinge or billygoat plum, is a small fruit found in the Eucalypt open woodlands across Northern Australia. Its pale green with a stone in the center, over half an inch (1.52 cm) long, and weighs 0.10.2 ounces (25 grams) Continue reading →

Though Allison Longest had a normal pregnancy, soon after she gave birth to her son, Zachary, on December 16, 2013, she and her husband noticed that something was wrong. Continue reading →

A study finds the region stands to gain the most health benefits from a transition to clean power. More wind and solar generation will mean less lung and heart disease, and no region stands to benefit more on a per megawatt-hour basis than the Midwest Continue reading →

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute are launching one of the largest and most ambitious research initiatives ever undertaken in the state of Utah to test a new standard of care to better identify and treat people at risk of having a heart attack and to potentially stop it before they ever have one. Findings from the first-of-its-kind study, which will involve more than 90,000 people in Utah, could possibly change the way cardiovascular-related diseases are diagnosed in the future and potentially save thousands of lives due to more accurate screening and better diagnosis. Continue reading →

Facebook wants to start alerting its users when their next medical test is due as part of a push into preventive health that will also see it offer a range of health information resources. Beginning in the US, the social networks new Preventive Health tool will show people where to find affordable places to receive care, set reminders to schedule tests and even mark when they have been taken Continue reading →

MONTREAL An intervention involving trained firefighters and other nonphysicians identified and counseled people with hypertension in two disadvantaged Canadian communities, which led to reduced cardiovascular risk, in a small pilot study that was part of Heart Outcomes Prevention and Evaluation4 (HOPE4). Jon David Schwalm, MD, associate professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, presented these findings from the Canadian pilot study here at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2019, and the results were similar to those in the larger international part of HOPE4, he said. As previously reported, HOPE4 was a randomized controlled trial of more than 1000 patients in 30 communities in two middle-income countries: Columbia and Malaysia. Continue reading →