Category Archives: Myocardial Infarction

A father-of-two with an "extremely generous nature" died in his kitchen a day after returning home from a night out in Liverpool. Continue reading →

Doctors operate on a hydatid disease patient at Lhasa People's Hospital in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 31, 2020. Continue reading →

At the end of this decade, there will be 25% of the Spanish and European population over the age of 65. The risk of social isolation increases with age due to important factors such as widowhood and retirement. Over the past ten years, people in our country in a state of unwanted loneliness have gone from 9% to about 12%., which means over-consumption of drugs or excessive absence from work. Continue reading →

For almost three years, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) stubbornly refused to admit that infection with Sars-CoV-2 provides robust immunity which is broader and more enduring than vaccine-acquired immunity, even though this had been demonstrated in numerous studies. It meant that people who had infection-acquired immunity often healthcare workers were still forced to get vaccinated or lose their jobs Continue reading →

Sydney researchers have raised concerns about the over-prescribing of asthma preventer medicine. More than seven out of 10 patients over the age of 12 are affected. Continue reading →

Wondering about the social effects of COVID-19 restrictions such as limiting gatherings, orders closing businesses, quarantines and social distancing? Feeling out of sorts when considering socializing? The social effects have been described by some as loneliness and social isolation. Continue reading →

In our study, we found that in Lombardyone of the most heavily areas hit by COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, probably on account of its elderly population and the fact that was the first area to be reached by COVID-19 outside Chinahospitalizations in older chronic patients have decreased by about 14% compared to the three previous years a consequence of the pressure the COVID-19 pandemic posed on health services. Such decreases were observed mainly for day-hospital hospitalizations and those involving surgical procedures. Continue reading →

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women worldwideand also the leading cause of cancer-related death in women, with an estimation of 2.3 million cases and 685,000 deaths in 2020; in terms of incidence and mortality, it stands first in the majority of developed countries with an approximation of 24.5% of all cancer cases and 15.5% of all cancer deaths [1]. Estrogens and androgens in the bloodstream are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer [2]. Continue reading →

A new study observes a higher incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during the late night time/early morning hours as compared with morning or daytime hours. Continue reading →

People that take antiplatelet and beta-response blocker medications to reduce the risk of a myocardial infarction (MI) may be at an increased risk during hot-weather events, according to a new study.1 The research was conducted using data from a registry of MI cases that took place in Augsburg, Germany from 2001 to 2014 during the region's warm season (May to September). Continue reading →