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A Selfie Sent 30 Minutes Before She Collapsed Held the Clues to a Rare Brainstem Stroke

A selfie a young woman sent her mother before collapsing showed drooping eyelids and helped doctors time treatment for a rare brainstem stroke.

Medical Daily · Oct 5

First Heart Valve That Expands as Children Grow Wins FDA Approval, Aiming to Cut Repeat Open-Heart Surgeries

The FDA approved the Autus valve, which doctors can widen with a balloon catheter as children grow. See trial results, reported risks, and what remains unknown.

Medical Daily · Oct 3

Can Heart Disease Increase Your Kidney Disease Risk?

We often think of the heart, lungs and kidneys as completely separate parts of the body. But your organs work as a connected system, and trouble in one area can sometimes affect another. Heart disease and kidney disease, for example, share several risk factors and can influence each other over…

MyLifeXP · Oct 3

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A Woman Had Two Heart Artery Tears Within Three Days, and Both Followed Gulping an Ice-Cold Drink

A 46-year-old had two coronary artery tears in three days, each after rapidly drinking an ice-cold beverage. Doctors say the link is a hypothesis.

Medical Daily · Oct 2

Feeling wired? The truth about ‘nervous system resets’

The internet is full of warnings about our ‘dysregulated’ nervous systems. But, experts say, you don’t need to reset yours – you might just need to make it more flexible. Here’s how (and no, you don’t need an acupressure mat)

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Chocolate Chips Hiding Pills at a Rave Left a 19-Year-Old With an Upside-Down Broken Heart and Artery Clots

A teen ate chocolate chips containing unidentified pills at a rave, then developed reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and dangerous artery clots.

Medical Daily · Oct 2

7 Shocking Ways Sitting All Day Hurts Your Heart

You may finish an eight-hour workday without feeling tired, but your heart may still be paying the price. Sitting at a desk, driving home, eating dinner and then relaxing on the sofa can turn most of your waking hours into sedentary time. The World Health Organization links higher amounts of…

MyLifeXP · Oct 2

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A Tiny Pacemaker Flipped Upside Down Inside a Man's Heart, and It Took Two Snares to Pull It Out

A replacement leadless pacemaker came loose and flipped into a man's ventricle. Doctors needed two snares to pull it out, then mapped a new site.

Medical Daily · Oct 1

Families of Children with Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome Get a First FDA-Approved Drug, but It Does Not Treat Brain Effects

The FDA approved Emcitate, the first drug for MCT8 deficiency. It lowers excess thyroid hormone but does not treat brain effects. What parents should know.

Medical Daily · Oct 1

Months of Seizure Drugs Couldn't Stop a Woman's Fainting, Because a Tapeworm Cyst Was Blocking Her Heart

A woman treated for seizures for months had a tapeworm cyst inside her heart wall that obstructed blood flow, especially when she exerted herself.

Medical Daily · Sep 30

A 'Lead Ghost' Left Behind in a Man's Heart Slipped Through a Hidden Hole, and a Stroke Followed

Tissue left behind after a heart device wire was pulled across a hidden hole in a man's heart. A stroke followed days later, doctors report.

Medical Daily · Sep 30

Online Therapy with Peer Support Eased Anxiety After Low-Risk Chest Pain ER Visits in a 375-Patient JAMA Trial

A JAMA trial of 375 ER patients with low-risk chest pain found that online CBT with peer support reduced anxiety. Heart causes still come first.

Medical Daily · Sep 30

How you eat fruit may affect your heart disease risk

The relationship between fruit juice and heart disease is highly complex, scientists say

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Her Arteries Looked Dangerously Blocked Until a Nitrate Injection Cleared Them, and Too Much Thyroid Medicine Was Implicated

Two severe-looking artery blockages vanished after a nitrate injection. Doctors blamed an artery spasm linked to too much thyroid medicine.

Medical Daily · Sep 29

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Medical Daily · Sep 29

A Crushed Finger and Thumb Put a 43-Year-Old on a Ventilator as Fat Reached His Lungs

Hours after surgery on a crushed finger and thumb, a man's lungs began failing. Doctors found fat droplets in fluid washed from his airways.

Medical Daily · Sep 29

His Heart Raced to 200 Beats Whenever He Lay Flat or on His Left Side, and Rolling Right Stopped It

A man's dangerous heart rhythm struck when he lay flat or on his left side and stopped when he rolled onto his right. Doctors traced it to the moderator band.

Medical Daily · Sep 29

A Good Stretch Can Knock a Rare Few People Out Cold, and the Blackouts Are Often Mistaken for Seizures

In stretch syncope, arching the neck and stretching the upper back triggers brief fainting. A new report says the rare reflex is underrecognized.

The Economic Times · Sep 29

Heart disease striking younger indians: Why heart problems are no longer just an old-age concern, even among the physically fit

Recent statistics indicate a worrying rise in heart disease among younger individuals in India. Unexpected incidents have occurred where seemingly healthy individuals present with alarming symptoms, necessitating immediate surgeries despite absence of common risk factors. Factors like uncontrolled diabetes are significant contributors to this alarming trend, emphasizing the urgent need…

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Times Life · Sep 29

What Your Brain Actually Does During a Near-Death Experience: The Biology Behind the Light

The Numbers Behind the PhenomenonA 2014 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recorded a dramatic surge of brain activity in rats within 30 seconds of cardiac arrest, high-frequency gamma waves, the same waves associated with conscious perception, spiking to levels higher than waking baseline. The…

The Economic Times · Sep 29

Young men are dying because they don't get pregnant; regular health checks around childbirth detect diseases in women early while many men don't check diabetes, BP until 40

Doctors in Tamil Nadu say a large part of why men die younger than women comes down to something simple, women get checked for health risks through pregnancy while men have no such checkpoint until they turn forty. New state data shows working age men are dying at far higher…

Medical Daily · Sep 29

Wegovy Users with Heart Disease May Get Protection Beyond Weight Loss, but Researchers Still Cannot Explain Why

A new SELECT analysis finds Wegovy's heart benefit is not fully explained by weight loss or other known risk factors. Here is what it means for patients.

Medical Daily · Sep 29

A Man on Daily Aspirin Vomited Blood Mid-Meal, and the Bleed Was Hiding Inside His Esophagus Wall

A 45-year-old man on aspirin vomited blood with chest pain while eating. Scans ruled out a torn aorta and found a bleed inside the wall of his esophagus.

Times Life · Sep 29

Why Home Blood Pressure Readings Are Wrong and How to Improve Measurement Accuracy

The gap between your reading and your real pressureA 2016 study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that nearly 70 percent of patients using home monitors were making at least one technique error significant enough to distort their readings. The errors were not rare or careless,…

Times Life · Sep 29

6 Smartwatch Health Numbers That Are Wrong and Which Fitness Readings You Can Trust

Heart Rate During Rest: Surprisingly ReliableResting heart rate is the one number most smartwatches get consistently right. The optical sensors on the underside of the band, which use green LED light to detect blood volume changes in your wrist, work well when your arm is still. A 2019 study published…

Latin Times · Sep 29

Why More Hispanic Adults Are Dying of Heart Disease Than Cancer — and What's Blocking Care

Heart disease has overtaken cancer as the top killer of U.S. Hispanic adults. Here's what's driving it — and where Houston and L.A. patients can get help.

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