Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Researcher cautions against relying too much on smartwatches
More and more heart rate monitors, fitness trackers and smartwatches are coming onto the market. But can you trust what they tell you?
Oct 12, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study indicates home monitoring effectively detects potentially fatal fetal heart issues
As reported in the Journal of Perinatology, researchers from Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) recently confirmed that it is feasible for at-risk pregnant women to use commercially-available Doppler fetal ...
Oct 25, 2017
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Medical research
Fetal heart rate research uses big data to reduce childbirth risks
Giving birth to a child can be described as a sacred, spiritual and life-changing experience. It can also be fraught with pain, fear, complications and injury to both child and mother. For Dr. Steve Corns, associate professor ...
Mar 6, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Prioritize cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients
Overall, heart failure is an uncommon complication of breast cancer treatment; however, the risk is higher in patients treated with certain types of chemotherapy and lower in younger patients, according to a study in a special ...
Aug 6, 2018
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Health
Study finds being near greened vacant lots lowers heart rates
Greening vacant lots may be associated with biologic reductions in stress, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Residents who walked near newly greened vacant lots ...
Mar 19, 2015
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Cardiology
US diabetic heart attacks, strokes falling, study says
In the midst of the U.S. diabetes epidemic, a glimmer of good news: Heart attacks, strokes and other complications from the disease are plummeting.
Apr 16, 2014
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Cardiology
Study shows coronary CT angiography useful for triaging patients with chest pain
(Medical Xpress)—A study of two sets of 894 matched Emergency Department (ED) patients presenting with chest pain revealed that the use of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) led to fewer hospital admissions ...
Aug 1, 2013
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Cardiology
Woman's frozen face, garbled speech during Zoom call were signs of a stroke
At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Dorothy Farris organized "Cocktails and Conversation," a weekly hourlong Zoom session with a group of old friends. Thursdays from 5-6 p.m. quickly became a cherished part of their ...
May 25, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stable asthma patients and satisfied parents thanks to the Puffer app
Around 1,000 children with asthma are being treated at the Medisch Spectrum Twente. Young asthma patients visit the hospital for their check-ups three times a year on average. But that is a thing of the past at MST. Boony ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
STAN as an adjunct to intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring did not improve perinatal outcomes
In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral plenary session at 8 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Diego, researchers will report that use of the ST segment ...
Feb 2, 2015
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