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Predictors of Hospitalization in Congestive Heart Failure Patients
congestive heart failure
Did you know heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in seniors over age 65? Heart failure affects nearly 6 million Americans annually. Each year congestive heart failure is associated with 1 million hospitalizations, of which the majority are “re-admissions” or re-hospitalizations.[read more]
Bacteria, Heart Disease, and Red Meat
There are more bacteria in your colon than people on planet earth. Without bacteria people couldn’t survive or thrive. Bacteria are responsible for us being able to get vitamins, they break down fiber into chemicals that protect us against colon cancer. Now, in a study recently published in Nature, proposing that red meat leads to heart disease through bacteria.[read more]
Mummies and Ancient Aleut People with Heart Disease? It Isn't Modern Diets That are the Problem?
The recent study that came out showing that ancient people had heart disease, including a group of Alaska Natives whose mummified remains revealed that the perfect paleolithic diet did not protect from heart disease. Funny thing, Alaska Natives have known this for years.[read more]
The Problem With Manual CPR
Learning CPR can come in handy in life threatening situations where a little medical aid administered at the right time can save a life. But did you know that approximately 460,000 individuals die every year from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (Source: OHCA)?[read more]
Mediterranean Diet: Truly Heart-Healthy?
Recently, news outlets were touting the article in The New England Journal of Medicine about how the Mediterranean Diet cut cardiovascular disease. The truth? There was no significant reduction in heart attacks and no reduction in death from heart disease.[read more]
Cardiac Rehab: Help After a Heart Attack
Surviving a heart attack is just the beginning of the journey back to wellness. Learning to relax and enjoy life again after a crisis can be a tough emotional and physical transition. That’s where cardiac rehabilitation comes in.[read more]
Heart Disease: What is Calcium Scoring?
“It is vital to take the proper steps to monitor heart health, before a problem develops,” explains Michael Pressel, M.D., a cardiologist at the Heart Center at Sinai in Baltimore, Maryland. “An effective way to do this is with a calcium scoring screening, a non-invasive, painless test that, along with other indicators, presents an overview of an individual’s heart health.”[read more]
Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive heart failure means that the heart muscle cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. CHF may develop over a long period of time, sometimes over years, or almost immediately.[read more]
Dr. Kevin Campbell Discusses Heart Health for Women
Dr Kevin Campbell discusses the importance of heart health for women.[read more]
Hip Replacement Increases Stroke Risk Fourfold
Individuals who underwent a total hip replacement had at least four times the risk of suffering a stroke in the weeks immediately following, a Dutch study reported.[read more]
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series: Dr. David Albert and AliveCor
Dr David Albert
Last week we heard Dr Akash Rajpal talk about Ekohealth and how it helps patients negotiate costs of medical procedures and medications. Today, I have David Albert, CEO and Founder of Alive Cor who will talk about and show us AliveCor's Heart Monitor for iPhone 4 and 4S.[read more]
Now Your iPhone Can Take Your Pulse
Introduced at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), this device is so simple to use that it will make anyone feel like a doctor. Simply plug the reader into any iPhone, iPod or iPad that has a 30-pin port (it won’t work with the iPhone 5 or latest edition iPads), connect the reader to the tip of your ring finger, and the device and its software do the rest.[read more]
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Barbara Ficarra Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA is an award-winning journalist, media broadcaster, health educator, speaker and consultant More »
David Harlow David Harlow is Prinicipal of the Harlow Group LLC, a healthcare law and consulting firm based in Boston, MA. More »
Stephen Schimpff Stephen C. Schimpff, MD is the retired CEO of the Univ. of MD Med. Center and the COO of the Univ of MD Medical System. More »
Andrew Schorr Andrew, a leukemia survivor and respected medical journalist is the founder of PatientPower, an excellent web resource. More »
John Sharp John Sharp has interests in social media in healthcare and clinical research informatics including secondary use of EMR More »
Christina Thielst Christina Thielst is a hospital administrator, consultant, educator and author with 30 years of healthcare experience. More »
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