Cardiology
Watch your heart rate, but don't obsess about it
Keeping track of your heart rate is probably a good thing. Obsessing about it probably isn't.
Feb 10, 2021
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News tagged with carotid
Cardiology
USPSTF advises against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (CAS) in the general population. These recommendations form the basis of a final recommendation ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An explanation for the lack of blood oxygenation detected in many COVID-19 patients
One of the physiopathological characteristics of COVID-19 that has most baffled the scientific and medical community is what is known as "silent hypoxemia," or "happy hypoxia." Patients suffering this phenomenon, the causes ...
Dec 29, 2020
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Cardiology
Oral radiography can reveal chronic coronary artery disease
The calcification of the carotid artery is a sign of advanced arteriosclerosis, which may be associated with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) and can lead to death. Such calcification can be seen in regular oral panoramic ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Cardiology
U.S. task force still advises against carotid artery stenosis screening
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening the general adult population for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. This recommendation forms the basis of a draft recommendation ...
Aug 4, 2020
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Neuroscience
Women smokers four times as likely as non-smokers to harbour brain aneurysm
Women smokers are four times as likely as their non-smoking peers to harbour an unruptured aneurysm—a weakened bulging artery—in the brain, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Jul 27, 2020
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Health
How to take your pulse
Your pulse is your heart rate, or the number of times your heart beats in one minute. You can take your pulse using the radial artery in your wrist or the carotid artery in your neck.
Mar 26, 2020
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Cardiology
Leg pain medication may prevent re-blockage of neck arteries after a stent
Adding cilostazol—an antiplatelet medication used to treat leg pain—tended to prevent re-blockage of carotid artery stents within two years, according to late breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association's ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Cardiology
Examining secondhand smoke and cardiovascular risks in children
New research from the University of Minnesota examines how secondhand smoke might impact children and adolescent cardiovascular health.
Dec 11, 2019
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Medical research
Treatment to ward off stroke less effective in women
Women are at higher risk for stroke and have different stroke symptoms than men. New research suggests another difference: less benefit from a surgery used to treat carotid artery disease, a key risk factor for stroke.
Nov 15, 2019
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