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Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health Apparently stopping death or irreparable damage from a heart attack could be as simple as inflating a blood pressure cuff. This according to a recent Danish (The Country) study. How does it work and why does no one seem to know about this? Well, it is thought that a brief stoppage [...] Source: BBC Health; Karolinska Institute (Sweeden) Admittedly it was a small, focused study of 36 newborns, 17 of whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. It is, however, alarming and instructive. Babies that had been exposed to cigarette smoke in utero (While in Mommy’s belly) demonstrated abnormal heart rates and blood pressures. But that’s not all. . .rather than [...] Source: BBC News Arti-arteries. Nanotechnology (yeah, I don’t know what it means either) is being used to produce artery-like materials from polymers (they’re not just plastic anymore). While no one knows how any of it actually works (sarcasm) the implications are amazing. Scientists are actually constructing materials to use as bypass grafts which actually mimic human blood [...] Source: The New England Journal of Medicine; BBC Health Yes, that’s right. Scientists have now found another “bad” cholesterol which contributes to the development of heart disease. (Somebody please, stop them!) We already know of LDL, the other “bad” cholesterol which is not to be confused with HDL, the “good” cholesterol. The latest to join the [...] Source: BBC Health; British Heart Foundation I’m not being ageist, but how else do I refer to patients aged 80 and over, other than elderly? I’ll take your suggestions. Cardiac (that’s in relation to the heart) guidelines in both the US and the UK are similar in their recommendations for blood pressure medications at age 80 and [...] Source: American Physiological Society (APS) Podcast Ho! Ho! Aaaacckkk… Kidding! Well, sort of. Cardiac deaths rise 33% from November to January with peaks on Christmas and New Year’s Day. This according to medical researchers in Los Angeles, so it’s not the stress of cold temperatures on the heart. So what is it then? Stress. According to [...] Source: BBC Health; Stress Research Institute, Stockholm 2,755 working men in Stockholm (the city, not the syndrome) were studied between 1992 and 1995. 47 of those in the study died from a heart attack or complications of heart disease. While the study considered the traditional factors, over age 41, high BP, high BMI, smoking, drinking and [...] Source: The Beeb Okay, it’s not the mediterranean but most of you in North America won’t know the difference. A medical study was carried out in conjunction with Cairo’s (in Egypt) Museum of Antiquities on mummies of all people. 22 of them and the results are interesting. 16 of the 22 mummies were preserved sufficiently to identify [...] Source: Canadian Cardiovascular Conference The latest research presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Conference (that odd area between the Continental US and Alaska) suggests that there are no gender differences in symptoms of myocardial infarction (MI or Heart Attack). The classic signs, so called Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) are: chest pain; throat, jaw and neck pain; shortness of [...] Source: British Medical Journal How’s that for a teaser? Well a team of Danish researchers has followed Danes for 10 years to arrive at the conclusion that those with small thighs (below 55 cm or 21.65 inches for we non-metric types) had twice the risk for cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes. Before you get too [...] |
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