Health
Irregular sleep could impact your heart health
It's not just lack of sleep and poor sleep that can put the heart at risk—getting to bed on time may also matter, new research suggests.
Mar 8, 2019
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Congestive Heart Failure
Medications
Study: Life-saving antibiotic receives new use guidelines from researchers around world
An international panel of the foremost researchers on infectious disease and antimicrobials has formed new guidelines on the use of polymyxins, a class of antibiotics employed as a last resort to treat deadly, drug-resistant ...
Mar 8, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Readmission for patients with sepsis common and costly
(HealthDay)—Readmission after sepsis hospitalization is common and is associated with considerable costs, according to a study published in the March issue of CHEST.
Mar 4, 2019
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Health
Diabetes tops common conditions for frequent geriatric emergency patients
Older adults go to the emergency department more often than other age groups, stay longer, and typically require more resources and medical interventions. The most common conditions among geriatric frequent users include ...
Jan 28, 2019
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Cardiology
Study uses AI to create inexpensive, widely available early detector of heart disease
A Mayo Clinic study finds that applying artificial intelligence (AI) to a widely available, inexpensive test—the electrocardiogram (EKG) - results in a simple, affordable early indicator of asymptomatic left ventricular ...
Jan 7, 2019
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Cardiology
Researchers invent medical device for early intervention of congestive heart failure
A research team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has invented a smart handheld medical device that could enable early intervention for patients with congestive ...
Nov 30, 2018
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Surgery
One in five readmitted after head, neck cancer reconstruction
(HealthDay)—Nearly one in five patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery reconstruction is readmitted within 30 days of surgery, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.
Nov 27, 2018
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Genetics
Urocortin 3 gene therapy increases systolic and diastolic function in heart failure
Mice with heart failure that were treated with AAV8-based gene therapy to deliver the protein urocortin 3 (UCn3) had increased blood levels of UCn3 over a 5-week period and improved heart function. The mice received a single ...
Nov 14, 2018
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Cardiology
Diabetes drug might also ease heart failure risks
(HealthDay)—The diabetes drug Farxiga might do double-duty for patients, helping to ward off another killer, heart failure, new research shows.
Nov 12, 2018
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Cardiology
Age, race are leading predictors of heart attacks in pregnant women
Heart attacks in pregnant women are rare, but the number is rising, particularly among older expectant mothers, according to a new study that looked at the most common factors behind the increase.
Nov 8, 2018
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