Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) causes a massive loss of cardiomyocytes, leading to heart failure with fibrosis, stiffening of the heart and loss of function. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for AMI. ...
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People who are discharged after a hospitalization involving sepsis were at greater risk of cardiovascular events, rehospitalization for any cause or death during a maximum follow-up of 12 years compared to those hospitalized ...
Feb 1, 2023
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For patients suffering from sudden illnesses such as myocardial infarction and severe hypoglycemia, prompt administration of emergency medications is imperative, otherwise they may be at great risk of death. Actually, a large ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Controlling your food intake can be even more difficult than you think. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists show that visual food cues can affect your eating behavior even when you are not aware of them. Their findings ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Diagnostic accuracy is high in the emergency department, with about 5.7 percent of patients misdiagnosed, according to a report published Dec. 15 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Dec 29, 2022
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Myocardial infarction is an ischemic disease in which a coronary artery supplying blood to the heart muscle is stenotic or obstructed, resulting in cardiac tissue necrosis. Due to the irreversible loss of cardiomyocytes, ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Clearing sidewalks and driveways of snow may be essential to keep from being shut in, however, the American Heart Association, the world's leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, urges caution ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, who identified a novel mechanism for platelet activation in pathogenic blood clotting (thrombosis) are now turning their attention to sepsis.
Dec 12, 2022
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There seems to be no statistically significant association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published ...
Dec 2, 2022
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A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency.
Nov 1, 2022
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