Category: Health Topics

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Do you ever feel confused about cholesterol and triglyceride levels? LDL, HDL, VLDL- it’s a bit challenging to figure them out and what they might mean for heart disease risk. Now a recent study suggests that another blood marker, known …

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A blood pressure monitor, a smart watch, and a smartphone app called Corrie have helped many people avoid another hospitalization after a heart attack, a study by Seth Martin, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Martin says …

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Using a smartphone app called Corrie with an Apple watch and a blood pressure monitor helps people being discharged from the hospital feel they are more capable of participating in their own care. That’s according to Seth Martin, a cardiologist …

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Technologies are becoming ever more embedded in healthcare, now enabling people to participate as part of their own healthcare team following a heart attack, with deployment of a smartphone app called Corrie and additional devices. Seth Martin, a cardiologist at …

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Corrie can help you avoid rehospitalization after you’ve had a heart attack, a study led by Seth Martin, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Corrie is the name of a smartphone app that integrates all aspects of …

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Having to come back to the hospital shortly after you’ve been discharged is called rehospitalization, and for people who’ve had a heart attack that’s not an outcome anyone wants. Now an app developed by Seth Martin, a cardiologist at Johns …

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