An increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) is a dangerous condition that can be caused by brain bleeds, a brain tumor, cerebral edema, traumatic brain injury, and hydrocephalus. ICP monitoring is thus a key aspect of patient ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Eyes may be your window to good health.
Oct 18, 2022
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A clinical study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center has found that for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant's brain was ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Seeking to clarify connections between pre-existing heart disease and COVID-19, a study of critically ill patients has found their risk of dying from COVID-19 may stem not directly from heart disease, but from the factors ...
Oct 4, 2022
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You may be surprised to learn that the medication sildenafil—better known by its brand name Viagra—has other medical purposes aside from treating male erectile dysfunction. It can also be used to treat lung diseases that ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Sleep isn't just a way to pass the time. It's essential to health, right through to your heart.
Sep 27, 2022
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Cardiovascular experts at UVA Health have found a new way to track peripheral artery disease (PAD), a serious medical condition involving atherosclerosis in the leg arteries that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. ...
Sep 26, 2022
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Peripheral artery disease affects 8–10 million people in the U.S., most over age 65. But it also affects younger people who have additional risk factors, such as diabetes, smoking, obesity and high blood pressure. Also, ...
Sep 8, 2022
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In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via an increase in body fat, a paper published in Frontiers ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common form of heart disease, accounting for about 20% of local deaths. Recent studies by NHCS looked into data that are unique to the Asian population and discovered two distinct ...
Aug 31, 2022
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