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Women Dismiss Heart Disease Warning Signs More Than Men
Women are more likely than men to dismiss chest pain that signals heart problems and to delay seeking medical help, even though heart disease is a leading cause of death for both women and men, according to a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) expert. Studying patients with suspected coronary artery disease who were about to undergo their… Read More
Grad Student Invents Flying Ambulance Drone To Deliver Emergency Shocks
Drones have been used to kill people in war zones and to spy on people. Now a sharp young graduate student in the Netherlands has come up with an innovative new use for drones that could one day help save thousands of lives. The American Heart Association estimates that about 360,000 people in the US had a cardiac arrest last year. Less than 10… Read More
Screen All Infants, Children, and Teens to Help Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death Says CHOP Cardiology Expert
PHILADELPHIA, PA-- While sudden cardiac death is undeniably devastating to a patient's family, friends and often to whole communities, cardiology experts disagree on whether to screen all U.S. children for underlying heart problems that put them at risk for a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). A person suffering a SCA requires immediate interventions to… Read More
A Google Pill to Detect An Imminent Heart Attack?
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA--Google is attempting to develop a pill that would send microscopic particles into the bloodstream in an effort to identify cancers, imminent heart attacks, and other diseases. Andrew Conrad, the head of life sciences inside the company’s Google X research lab, revealed the project on Tuesday morning at a conference here… Read More
Retailers Do Not Have to Keep a Defibrillator On-Site, Says California Court
Decision called troubling by Judge Harry Pregerson. "Defibrillators are crucial to the survival of sudden cardiac-arrest victims,” were formerly sold by Target for $1,200, and, according to one study, can be used effectively by untrained sixth-graders. He said on-site defibrillators are particularly useful in big-box stores, because of the time… Read More
NIH and CDC Announce Grantees for the Sudden Death in the Young Registry
The NIH and CDC has announced awards to 10 grantees for the Sudden Death in the Young Registry. Six are current or former grantees from the Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Registry: Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Four are new grantees: Delaware, Tennessee, the city of San Francisco and the Tidewater… Read More
Alternate Approach to Traditional CPR Saves Lives
Use of ECMO during CPR improves outcomes A new study shows that survival and neurological outcomes for patients in cardiac arrest can be improved by adding extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The study abstract was released today in an online supplement of the journal CHEST and will be… Read More
Paul Zoll, MD: The Pioneer Whose Discoveries Prevent Sudden Death
A New Biography by Stafford Cohen MD Through carefully documented historical analysis, Dr. Stafford Cohen presents a panoramic view of Paul Zoll (1911-1999) and his discoveries that were the ancestors of life saving implements commonly used today. This biography positions Zoll as the leading pioneer in preventing and treating life-threatening… Read More
Heart Rate May Predict Survival and Brain Function in Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND--Researchers may have developed a way to potentially assist prognostication in the first 24 hours after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) when patients are still in a coma. Their findings are revealed today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2014 by Dr. Jakob Hartvig Thomsen from Copenhagen, Denmark. Acute Cardiovascular Care… Read More