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No Easy Answers on Best Heart Check-Up for Young Athletes
Screening aside, health authorities agree that defibrillators need to be within easy reach at sports practices and games and other public venues . WASHINGTON, DC--What kind of heart check-up do young athletes need to make the team? A large study of teenage soccer players in England found in-depth screening didn't detect signs of trouble in some… Read More
HeartBeat NOLA Launched to Help Save Lives in New Orleans
New Orleans area musician and sudden cardiac arrest survivor with his wife launch non-profit HeartBeat NOLA. REDMOND, WA--New Orleans area musician and sudden cardiac arrest survivor, Maurice Trosclair (“Miracle Meaux”), along with his wife Nancy Trosclair, have launched a new, life-saving initiative to benefit the Greater New Orleans Area.… Read More
Resuscitation Leaders Call for Paradigm Shift to CPR Competency to Save 50,000 Additional Lives Each Year by 2025
The American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical convene nation’s 30 largest health care systems to drive a new standard of patient care DALLAS, TX--The American Heart Association (Association), the world’s leading voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and Laerdal… Read More
New Study Says Taking a Vacation Could Improve Your Health
Have you been feeling unhealthy lately? A vacation could be the best medicine. Researchers say what many have long believed to be true: Some time away may actually reduce stress. The gold standard of long term health studies, the Framingham Heart Study, which tracked workers over 20 years, found vacations can be important for your physical… Read More
Using Epinephrine to Treat Cardiac Arrest: Minimal Benefit, Increased Risk of Brain Damage
WARWICK, UK--A clinical trial of the use of epinephrine (adrenaline) in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive - but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest. The research raises important questions about the future use of epinephrine in such cases and… Read More
iBeat Heart Watch Detecting Cardiac Arrest, Is Now Available
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--iBeat, a health tech company empowering people to live longer, today announced the release and shipping of its iBeat Heart Watch – a heart and blood flow monitoring smartwatch that will engage the user and can notify first responders for immediate medical aid if something appears to be wrong. The iBeat Heart Watch looks and… Read More
Long-Term Survival Worse for Black Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Study Highlights: Blacks who survived cardiac arrest while hospitalized have more than 10 percent lower rate of long-term survival after discharge than white survivors. This translates to lower one-year and five-year survival rates after discharge for black versus white survivors. Nearly a third of the racial difference in one-year survival… Read More
Key Discovery Made in Genetic Make-Up of Heart Condition Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death
A new study published in Circulation, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association and led by a cardiologist at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital has found evidence that only one of the 21 genes normally associated with Brugada Syndrome, a serious genetic heart condition associated with the risk of sudden… Read More
ICD Placements Not Meeting Medicare Coverage Criteria Decline After Investigation into Potential Overuse Announced
NCDR ICD Registry data show 16.1 percent decline in year after DOJ begins investigation Following the announcement of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into potential overuse of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) that did not meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage… Read More