Clothing, Tattoos Could Be Used to Monitor Patient Health
A shirt that monitors your blood pressure or a pair of socks that can keep track of your cholesterol levels might be just a few years away from…
Social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic linked with high blood pressure
Lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among patients admitted to emergency. That’s the finding of a study presented at…
Acute exposure to higher ozone levels linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest
Exposure to higher ozone concentrations in the air is significantly associated with a higher risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), according to preliminary research to be presented at…
Abnormal blood pressure levels while sleeping increase risk of heart disease, stroke
Nighttime blood pressure levels that are higher than daytime levels, as well as a pattern of blood pressure rising at night (rather than decreasing slightly), were associated with…
Ten or more medications, often prescribed to older heart failure patients, raises concerns Source: American Heart Association
More than half of older patients hospitalized for heart failure are discharged from the hospital with prescriptions for 10 or more medications, according to new research published today…