Health

Higher cardiac deaths found in combined day-night heat waves

Cardiac deaths increase significantly during compound heat waves—heat waves where temperatures are elevated both during the day and overnight—according to a new study in Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...

Cardiology

Bilateral ovary removal increases heart failure risk

Women of childbearing age who had both ovaries removed in a procedure called bilateral oophorectomy were more likely to develop heart failure later in life, according to a study being presented at the American College of ...

Cardiology

How using cigars, pipes or smokeless tobacco can harm your heart

The data on the health effects from smoking cigarettes has been clear for decades. Today, tobacco use causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the U.S. While many of these deaths are cancer-related, researchers have found ...

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In medicine, infarction refers to tissue death (necrosis) caused by a local lack of oxygen due to obstruction of the tissue's blood supply. The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct, (from the Latin infarctus (stuffed into).

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