AI might improve heart attack diagnosis to reduce pressure on emergency departments: Research – ET HealthWorld

AI might improve heart attack diagnosis to reduce pressure on emergency departments: Research – ET HealthWorld

Washington: According to new research from the University of Edinburgh, funded by the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and published today in Nature Medicine, an algorithm developed using artificial intelligence might soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with greater speed and accuracy than ever before. … Read more

Loneliness Can Be a Real Heartbreaker

Loneliness Can Be a Real Heartbreaker

By Sydney Murphy HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Social isolation and loneliness put people at a 30% higher risk of heart attack, stroke or death from either, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) warns. The statement also highlights the lack of data on interventions that could … Read more

Myocardial infarction: KK’s sudden demise puts focus on alarming heart ailment

Myocardial infarction: KK’s sudden demise puts focus on alarming heart ailment

Bollywood singer KK’s death, purportedly from a heart attack (myocardial infarction in medical terms) at 53 has shocked the nation. He had complained of uneasiness during a performance in Kolkata but still finished the show. A majority of Indians are unaware that they are hypertensive and prone to strokes. As a result, it is of … Read more

Could a Broken Heart Have Killed Husband of Slain Texas Teacher?

Could a Broken Heart Have Killed Husband of Slain Texas Teacher?

May 27, 2022 — In a seemingly endless stream of tragic news out of Uvalde, TX, the husband of a slain teacher died Thursday just after returning home from her memorial. Irma Garcia was one of two teachers gunned down, along with 19 students, at Robb Elementary School Tuesday. Family members said Thursday that her … Read more

Lower Incomes May Mean Lower Survival After Heart Attack

Lower Incomes May Mean Lower Survival After Heart Attack

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you’re poor and have a severe type of heart attack, the chance you’ll live through it is significantly lower than that of someone with more money, new research shows. The finding underscores the need to close a divide in health care that … Read more

Eating eggs can prevent stroke, heart attacks, Chinese researchers say

Eating eggs can prevent stroke, heart attacks, Chinese researchers say

Moderate egg consumption can increase heart-healthy metabolites in the blood and reduce the chances of a stroke or a heart attack, a new study has found. The findings, published in the eLife journal, suggest that eating one egg a day could help lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Eggs are rich in dietary cholesterol, but … Read more

Will You Have Cardiac Arrest? New Tech May Predict If and When

Will You Have Cardiac Arrest? New Tech May Predict If and When

April 26, 2022 – Deaths from COVID-19 may have caught more attention lately, but heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. More than 300,000 Americans will die this year of sudden cardiac arrest (also called sudden cardiac death, or SCD), when the heart abruptly stops working. These events happen suddenly and … Read more

‘Substantial’ Heart Risks Up to a Year After COVID-19

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Feb. 9, 2022 — People who have had COVID-19 have an increased risk of heart disease 12 months after infection, a danger that is substantial and spans an array of heart and vasculars disorders, a deep dive into federal data suggests. “I went into this thinking that this is most likely happening in people to … Read more