Health
Stroke risk in pregnant women 2.4 times higher
High blood pressure during pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide.
Jul 8, 2011
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News tagged with fluid in the lungs
Psychology & Psychiatry
PTSD symptoms common among ICU survivors
One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator showed substantial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that lasted for up to two years, according ...
Feb 26, 2013
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Cardiology
Home monitoring may help manage and reduce costs for heart failure
(Medical Xpress) -- Heart failure affects 5.8 million people in the U.S. alone and is responsible for nearly 1 million hospitalizations each year, most resulting from a build-up of body fluid in the lungs and other organs ...
Jan 3, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oxygenating system associated with lower risk of death for H1N1 patients with respiratory failure
Patients with severe 2009 H1N1 influenza who developed respiratory failure and were treated with a system that adds oxygen to the patient's blood had a lower rate of in-hospital death than similar patients who did not receive ...
Oct 5, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ultrasound to detect lung congestion in dialysis patients may help save lives
Asymptomatic lung congestion increases dialysis patients' risks of dying prematurely or experiencing heart attacks or other cardiac events, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American ...
Feb 28, 2013
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Medical research
Research finds new cause for common lung problem
New research has found that in cases of lung edema, or fluid in the lungs, not only do the lungs fail to keep water out as previously believed, but they are also allowing water to pump in.
May 6, 2013
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Neuroscience
High altitude climbers at risk for brain bleeds
New magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research shows that mountain climbers who experience a certain type of high altitude sickness have traces of bleeding in the brain years after the initial incident, according to a study ...
Nov 28, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Endurance athletes at risk of swimming-induced pulmonary oedema
Endurance athletes taking part in triathlons are at risk of the potentially life-threatening condition of swimming-induced pulmonary oedema. Cardiologists from Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, writing in the Journal of the ...
Oct 24, 2014
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