Metabolic Surgery Linked to Significantly Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease  HealthLeaders Media

Researchers have associated metabolic surgery with lower risk for all-cause mortality, coronary artery events, cerebrovascular events, heart failure, nephropathy ...

Cardiac Cases Related to Substance Use Rise in National Study  Psych Congress Network

Hospitalizations for a serious cardiac complication related to drug abuse increased substantially between 2002 and 2016, with the Midwest seeing the greatest ...

Big Heart Foundation donates equipment for cardiac and pulmonary rehab  Effingham Daily News

HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital recently received a donation of $5000 from the Andrew Gobczynski Big Heart Foundation (AGBHF) for the purchase of a ...

Testing and family screening lacking among young victims of sudden cardiac arres  European Society of Cardiology

Paris, France – 1 Sept 2019: Less than 4% of relatives of young cardiac arrest victims receive information on family screening that could prevent further deaths, ...

Heartening news for those aiming to minimise cardiac risk  The Irish Times

Recent research offers hope even to people who only ever manage small improvements.

He went into cardiac arrest with a 1 percent chance of surviving -- until a STAR flight nurse jogged by  austin360

Bruno Boelstler is a breakfast person.So around 7 a.m. one recent August morning he got up and drove to his neighborhood H-E-B at the corner of Slaughter ...

Intensive blood sugar control doesn't have lasting cardiovascular benefits for those with diabetes - Harvard Health Blog  Harvard Health

A recent 15-year follow-up to the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial found that short-term intensive blood sugar control did not lead to significant reduction of risk of ...

Peanut butter and cardiac arrest: Diabetic inmate at Holding Center dies  Buffalo News

Records obtained by The Buffalo News show medical missteps in the Erie County Holding Center preceded the recent death of inmate Connell Burrell.

Tackling cardiovascular deaths requires urgent action in children  Medical Xpress

Encouraging activity and improving diet in children is crucial to cut deaths from cardiovascular disease—and is the focus of an innovative school project in São ...

Decline in sports-related sudden cardiac death linked with rise in bystander res  European Society of Cardiology

Paris, France – 2 Sept 2019: Fewer sports-related sudden cardiac arrest victims die nowadays, a trend linked with increased bystander cardiopulmonary ...

Optimized AED Placement May Improve Cardiac Arrest Outcomes  Medscape

A computer simulation shows that automated external defibrillator (AED) deployment can be optimized to increase accessibility and possibly survival after ...

Q&A: Network aims to boost underrepresented populations in cardiac surgery trials  Healio

The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California received a $4.5 million grant from the NIH and NHLBI to fund efforts in recruiting ...

Glenn Hoddle heaps praise on man who saved him from cardiac arrest  Mirror Online

EXCLUSIVE: Glenn Hoddle presents an award to TV sound engineer Simon Daniels, who saved the former England football manager's life last year.

Investigational new drug application accepted for treatment to prevent AKI after cardiac surgery  Healio

The FDA has accepted an investigational new drug application to evaluate the efficacy of Elysium Health's cellular health supplement in preventing acute kidney ...

Prevalence of cardiac comorbidities, and their underdetection and cont | COPD  Dove Medical Press

Prevalence of cardiac comorbidities, and their underdetection and contribution to exertional symptoms in COPD: results from the COSYCONET cohort.