Mumbai: An artificial intelligence-aided programme to detect and tackle heart attacks within the golden hour has taken off across 12 districts in Maharashtra. In the making since 2020, as part of a national plan to reduce cardiac deaths, it has helped diagnose nearly 2,200 heart attacks in little over a year. The ST Elevation Myocardial … Read more
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) — Blame it on the pandemic: For people struggling with drug addiction, 2020 has triggered a big rise in emergency room visits for cardiac arrest tied to drug overdoses, new research shows. The finding was based on data involving 80% of emergency medical … Read more
The drug is recommended to treat the patients suffering from chest infections. Heart attacks: In recent years, the increased frequency of heart attacks had been linked to a common antibiotic even as there was no conclusive research into this association. However, now, the UK-based University of Dundee has helped in explaining this association between increased … Read more
The patients also were 11 times more likely to suffer a stroke after their angioplasty, although the overall risk remained low, with about 0.3% of marijuana users suffering a stroke. “The odds are markedly increased. The absolute difference is small, but to the patient who suffers that excess stroke, that’s a devastating complication,” said … Read more
The most common ailment, blood pressure, which is the risk factor for getting strokes, heart attacks has been under neglect. By Dr. Parneesh Arora As we all know, we are in the midst of Covid-19 pandemic. The various travails are amply reported in the media. However, the other aspect where people with other chronic ailments … Read more