AHA News: New Genetic Tech Can Fight Inherited Heart Disease – And Families Can, Too
Latest Heart News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Understanding your risk of heart disease can be as cutting-edge as the latest advances in genetic science – or as down-to-earth as a conversation with grandma. For inherited heart disease specialists, those factors overlap. Families can share a risk for several forms […]
AHA News: Son’s Scary Heart Defect Led Couple to Help Other Parents
Latest Heart News TUESDAY, Aug. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Linda and Clint Pilkinton had a healthy toddler when Linda got pregnant with their second child. They were eager to give Charlie a baby brother. The first trimester of her pregnancy proceeded much like it did with Charlie. Then came the standard […]
Rebrand of Nurse Anesthetists Met With Criticism From Physician Group
The professional group representing nurse anesthetists announced that it will be known as the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) going forward. But the name change wasn’t met with approval from all sectors of the medical community. The AANA — which represents nearly 60,000 certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and student registered nurse anesthetists — […]
Medicine Doesn’t Stop at the Bedside
In June 2021, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) issued a statement recommending the prohibition of neck restraints in law enforcement. Around the same time, the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement denouncing the pseudoscientific and racist concept of “excited delirium” and categorized racism as a threat to public health. In 2018, the American […]
AHA News: Wildfires Can Cause Mental Health Damage That Smolders Years After the Flames Go Out
Latest Mental Health News WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Melissa Geissinger didn’t believe she was in danger. But when the cat at the foot of her bed lifted its head to sniff the air, she felt her first stab of worry. She stepped outside her home in Santa Rosa, California, […]
Flu-Like Symptoms Actually Were Signs of a Heart Attack – Her First of Two
Latest Heart News TUESDAY, Aug. 10, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Between her nausea, chills and profuse sweating, Liz Johnson thought she was coming down with the flu. The seventh-grade math teacher struggled through the rest of her 90-minute teaching block before heading to her home in North Lima, Ohio. Her husband, Steve, […]
Schizotypal Personality Disorder Treatment, Symptoms & Causes
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Treatment Revision. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Anglin, D.M., C.M. Corcoran, A.S. Brown, et al. “Early cannabis use and schizotypal personality disorder […]
‘It Was Complete Chaos’: What We Heard This Week
“It was complete chaos.” — Wajiha Jurdi Kheir, MD, an ophthalmologist at American University of Beirut Medical Center, describing her experience treating patients after last year’s blast at the nearby Port of Beirut in Lebanon. “We’ve had this flat ‘there’s no evidence boosters are indicated’ message. The messaging should be, ‘yes, we’re going to need […]
Schizotypal Personality Disorder Treatment, Symptoms & Causes
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2013. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Treatment Revision. Arlington, Virginia: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Anglin, D.M., C.M. Corcoran, A.S. Brown, et al. “Early cannabis use and schizotypal personality disorder […]
An overactive sweet tooth may spell trouble for our cellular powerplants
The average American eats roughly 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day — more than three times the recommended amount for women and more than double the recommended amount for men. Although this overconsumption is known to contribute to Type 2 diabetes and other disorders, the exact ways in which eating too much sugar sets […]