Category Archives: Coronary Heart Diseases

One of the most inspirational people Ive encountered in recent years is an American woman who is, I believe, the oldest stewardess in the world. Aged 84, Bette Nash has been flying for more than six decades: these days she serves customers on the American Airlines shuttle between Boston and Washington DC. She seemed surprised when I asked her for her secret. Continue reading →

Human health and biomedical science have been transformed in tandem over the past two centuries. From around 1850 to 1920, better nutrition and prevention of epidemic infections were the main contributors to massive improvements in life expectancy and reductions in infant and maternal mortality. Continue reading →

JANELL LEWIS During the month of February, we recognize American Heart Health Month by bringing awareness to the dangers of heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United Stated for both men and women. In Beaufort County, the cerebrovascular death rate is 44.7 per 100,000, which is greater than the North Carolina rate of 43.1. Continue reading →

CLEVELAND February is American Heart Month, dedicated to raising awareness about the illnesses and diseases that impact so many of us. Heart attacks can happen to anyone who happens to have a heart which is all of us, said Devi Snively Continue reading →

Cardiologists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are the first in the United States to test a new type of ablation technology for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation, a common type of irregular heartbeat. The team isparticipating in a global clinical trial to assess pulsed field ablation (PFA) technology to treat patients with atrial fibrillation. Developed by Medtronic, the PulseSelect PFA System uses pulsed electric fields to interrupt pathways and atrial fibrillation triggers in the heart Continue reading →

Meeting the spiritual needs of patients with cardiovascular diseases has a significant effect on their speed of recovery and spiritual health, especially in coronary care units (CCUs). The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of spiritual care based on the sound heart model on the spiritual health of patients with acutemyocardial infarction(AMI) admitted to the CCU of Chamran Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, in 2016. This clinical trial was conducted on 92 patients with AMI selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned to the intervention (n=46) and control (n=46) groups Continue reading →

Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, a Cellular Pathologist and Lifestyle Wellness Consultant on Thursday urged all Ghanaians to practice good lifestyles and better eating habits to enhance their lives and wellbeing. Ghanaians have allowed themselves to be imbibed by Western lifestyles and are now struggling with Western diseases, which the health services of the country cannot control, he said. Prof Continue reading →

Cardiac Imaging Software Market: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the major heart-related problems which have resulted into several deaths across the globe and are continuously growing by the passing years. Cardiac imaging software helps in identifying the issues with equipment to provide early detection and better result. Continue reading →

The latest headlines in your inbox Expanding the ultra-low emission zone to the suburbs and curbing diesel taxis and lorries will reduce the number of long-term diseases linked to toxic air by a third, experts claimed today. Continue reading →

Dont drive yourself to the hospital if you think youre having a heart attack. Thats really the only thing Memphian Peter Baker (not his real name) did wrong when he noticed persistent pains in his shoulder, of all places, after his exercise regimen one morning in December. Baker had long maintained a healthy and active lifestyle Continue reading →