Category: Heart And Vascular
Getting expert help in avoiding a second heart attack may be as close as your mobile phone, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Should you have a monitor placed under your skin to monitor your heart if you’ve had a stroke? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Implantable recorders, which are placed under the skin and monitor someone’s heart for a prolonged period of time, may help identify a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation in those who’ve had a stroke, two recent studies find. Michele Johansen, …
Finding out why a stroke took place is key to preventing a second one, Elizabeth Tracey reports
What links plateauing deaths from heart disease and cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Deaths from heart disease declined a lot until the last decade, and then began to level off. Ditto for deaths from certain cancers, a recent study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says there …
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Black Women and Heart Disease
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Anchor lead: New research is trying to tease out why young black women in the US may experience higher rates of cardiovascular problems. Elizabeth Tracey reports. Black women experience higher rates of preeclampsia, a dangerous condition affecting blood pressure, while …
Who’s at Risk?
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Anchor lead: The pandemic brings to light health burdens that have been around for some time, Elizabeth Tracey reports Deaths from Covid-19 continue to rise, and people with existing cardiovascular disease remain in a heightened risk group. Garima Sharma, a …