Does air pollution affect your heart? Acute exposure to air pollution was found to be associated with an increased risk of arrythmia—irregular heartbeat—in a large study of 322 Chinese cities published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
May 1, 2023
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Doctors are zapping the heart with radiation normally reserved for cancer, a bid to better treat people with life-threatening irregular heartbeats who've exhausted other options.
Apr 27, 2023
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Commotio cordis is an extremely rare and highly unusual cardiac event, yet it is vitally important for everyone to be aware of and recognize how to take action quickly in any type of cardiac emergency. According to the American ...
Apr 18, 2023
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People who have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation that is treated with a procedure called catheter ablation may have a reduced risk of dementia compared to those who are treated with medication alone. The ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Daytime naps longer than a half-hour appear to nearly double a person's risk of developing an irregular heartbeat, a new study reports.
Apr 13, 2023
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Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted people, shows a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Jagiellonian University in Poland. The study indicates that blindness leads ...
Mar 24, 2023
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A study aiming to develop and test a machine learning model to predict cardiovascular disease using indicators of oral infections was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the AADOCR, held in conjunction with ...
Mar 17, 2023
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A recent study by academics at Royal Holloway, published in Current Biology, shows how our heartbeats can lead to distortions in our perception of time.
Mar 13, 2023
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How long is the present? The answer, Cornell researchers suggest in a new study, depends on your heart.
Mar 6, 2023
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Research on spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, has exploded in the last decade, says Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and a leading expert on this rare heart condition.
Feb 24, 2023
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