AHA News: She Was Being Treated for Her Lungs, But the Problem Was Her Heart
Latest Heart News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 25, 2022 (American Heart Association News) New Year’s Eve 2018 was no party for Maria Philippon. The manager of a banking call center in Orange County, Calif., she finished work and headed for her car. She stopped three times to catch her breath. […]
Green tea extract promotes gut health, lowers blood sugar: Study shows potential to reduce risks of metabolic syndrome
New research in people with a cluster of heart disease risk factors has shown that consuming green tea extract for four weeks can reduce blood sugar levels and improve gut health by lowering inflammation and decreasing “leaky gut.” Researchers said this is the first study assessing whether the health risks linked to the condition known […]
AHA News: The Day Before a Checkup, His Heart Stopped
Latest Heart News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Scott Kern didn’t have much time to exercise. An executive at a chain of discount stores, he got to work early to get a head start on what often was a 12-hour workday. His incentive was getting […]
AHA News: Rethink What You Thought You Knew About COVID-19 Reinfection
Latest Coronavirus News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Forget what you thought you knew about catching COVID-19 more than once. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, keeps evolving – and so has information about your risk of being reinfected. “Two years ago, we thought if […]
Neighborhood Drop in Violent Crime May Also Boost Heart Health
Latest Heart News MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) Every town wants low crime rates. But a new finding may offer a whole new reason to advocate for the change: Falling crime rates may lower heart disease fatalities. An analysis of 2000-2014 data from Chicago illustrated a significant decline in violent crime. Across the city, […]
AHA News: This Lawyer-Musician Relearned How to Sing, Note by Note, After Stroke at 42
Latest Heart News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Whether presenting a closing argument to a jury as a lawyer or singing on stage as a professional musician, Valerie Giglio of Stoneham, Massachusetts, knows how to work a crowd. “You’re performing either way,” she said. When […]
Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
Latest Heart News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) Genetically altered pig hearts could soon become a viable transplantation alternative for people with life-threatening heart disease, new experiments show. A team at NYU Langone Health has successfully transplanted two such pig hearts into brain-dead humans on life support, making advances […]
AHA News: Substance Use Appears Higher in Recent Decades Among Young Adults Who Had Strokes
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Documented cocaine and marijuana use among young adults who had strokes rose substantially in recent decades, especially among white men and women, new research suggests. Overall, however, documented substance use among stroke patients was highest among young Black men. The authors of the […]
Grief Can Be Heartbreaking for People Battling Heart Failure
Latest Heart News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) Can someone really die of a broken heart? If that person has serious heart disease, new Swedish research suggests the answer may well be yes. After analyzing almost three decades worth of data on nearly half a million heart failure patients, […]
AHA News: Family’s Hereditary Heart Condition Discovered After Her Father and Two Sisters Died Young
Latest Heart News WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (American Heart Association News) DeAnn Bartram was 16 when her father felt like he had a virus he couldn’t shake. Doctors said he had cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle can thicken, interfering with normal blood flow. Make a will, they said. Then they recommended he get […]