AHA News: A Day Before His Cardiologist Appointment, 41-Year-Old Had a Stroke
Latest Heart News TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Patrick Wright was back home after ringing in the new year with family and friends at his grandmother’s house. Around 2:30 a.m., he woke up to go to the bathroom. He noticed he had no feeling in his left hand but figured […]
Post-Stroke Rehab: There’s a Sweet Spot in the Timing
Latest Heart News TUESDAY, Sept. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) After a stroke, the best time to work on regaining hand and arm use is 60 to 90 days later, according to a new clinical trial. Starting intensive rehab at less than 30 days can be helpful, too, but waiting until six months can […]
AHA News: Fitness Didn’t Keep Him From Heart Problems or COVID-19, But It Did Help Him Recover
Latest Heart News FRIDAY, Sept. 17, 2021 (American Heart Association News) About a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, LeCount Holmes saw on television that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was within a mile of his house for a big announcement. Because Prince George’s County was one of the areas hardest hit by the coronavirus, […]
AHA News: Since Her Stroke, Her Southern Drawl Turned Into a Foreign Accent
Latest Heart News MONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Most people Pamela Anderson Bowen meets wonder about her accent. Sometimes they try to guess the origin. Maybe Russia? What about Sweden? “I’m from here,” the North Carolina resident will answer. Then she waits for the inevitable follow-up question about where she […]
More Affordable Housing, Healthier Hearts?
Latest Heart News THURSDAY, Sept. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) One of the keys to good health could be in the hands of those who decide zoning policies for their communities. Inclusionary zoning policies that provide for affordable housing were associated with lower rates of heart disease for those who benefited from these dwellings, […]
AHA News: New York Woman Who Saved Husband’s Life Inspires Others to Learn CPR
Latest Heart News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 31, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Lisa Wiles was in the kitchen prepping dinner in April 2020 when she heard her husband, Dan, shout an expletive from the other room. She figured it was a reaction to the news. Still, she […]
How Does Anxiety Affect You Physically? Anxiety Symptoms
Physical signs of anxiety include rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, nausea, sweating, headache, and more Your body is wired to respond to situations that trigger fear and anxiety with a surge of a stress hormone called cortisol. This response, also called the fight-or-flight response, activates your sympathetic nervous system and is designed to help […]
Deadly Arrhythmias Less of a Risk for HF Patients on Dapagliflozin
An SGLT2 inhibitor seemed to offer protection from reduced ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure patients, according to a post hoc analysis of DAPA-HF. In that trial, the cohort randomized to dapagliflozin (Farxiga) had a reduced first occurrence of any ventricular arrhythmia, resuscitated cardiac arrest, or sudden death (5.9% vs 7.4% for placebo group; HR 0.79, […]
Can You Exercise Your A-fib Away?
Latest Heart News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) Millions of Americans live with a common abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (a-fib), but new research suggests that exercise might ease the severity of the condition. When folks with a-fib participated in a six-month exercise program, they […]
Heart Transplant: A Slightly More Level Playing Field Under New UNOS System
Recent changes to U.S. donor heart allocation were followed by a narrowing of racial disparities in listing and transplant, though much more work remains to eliminate inequality, researchers warned. Black patients listed for cardiac transplantation in 2011-2020 were less likely than white peers to die while waiting (adjusted HR 0.88, 95% CI 0.78-0.98). However, they […]