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A smart-technology wearable wristband device may be able to automatically detect cardiac arrest, which could lead to faster medical assistance and increased survival odds when cardiac arrest occurs outside of a hospital, ...
May 19, 2026
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Perelman School of Medicine cardiologist Rajat Deo has been studying electrocardiographic (ECG) data and cardiac rhythms for nearly two decades at Penn. He says that every second, hospitals generate "enormous streams of ECG ...
Apr 29, 2026
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Daniel Moore was about 30 the first time it happened. At the end of a long, hot, stressful day, he chugged an ice-cold glass of milk.
Feb 10, 2026
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Many people who have suffered a heart attack subsequently develop life-threatening complications like ventricular fibrillation. Now an international research team from the University of Freiburg's Faculty of Medicine and ...
Jun 4, 2025
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A machine learning algorithm running on a smartwatch demonstrated the ability to detect sudden loss of pulse with high specificity (99.99%) and moderate sensitivity (67.23%), according to a study led by Google Research. Designed ...
Most cases of cardiac arrest during sport are likely to be preventable. In addition, the emergency response with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillators within the sports context can be improved. This has been ...
Nov 19, 2024
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It is well known that acting quickly in the event of a cardiac arrest is important, but what does a quick initial shock with a defibrillator mean exactly for patients' chances of survival? Researchers from Amsterdam UMC analyzed ...
Oct 28, 2024
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"Chroming," also known as "huffing" or "bagging," has become a notorious—and potentially fatal—trend. Chroming is a form of recreational drug use that involves inhaling cheap and accessible but highly dangerous substances ...
Sep 16, 2024
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A UCLA-led research team has found that a gene mutation that affects insulin signaling in the heart may raise the risk of deadly abnormal heart rhythms in a subset of patients with cancer and could have implications for those ...
Sep 12, 2024
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I first became aware of the notion of the "touch of death" as a teenager—after watching Uma Thurman as the Bride finally kill Bill using the five-point-palm exploding-heart technique. More recently, news has broken that the ...
Feb 27, 2024
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