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14Feb
2022

AHA News: Susan Lucci's New Stent and Renewed Mission For Women's Heart Health

AHA News: Susan Lucci`s New Stent and Renewed Mission For Women`s Heart HealthMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- After years of advocating for women's heart health, Susan Lucci wasn't taking her own advice.One night in January, discomfort was radiating around her rib cage. She was short of breath. Something definitely wasn't right.But it was late in the evening, and she didn't want to bother her doctor. At first, she didn't even tell her husband. She went to bed."I was just going to let it all go," Lucci said. "Then I felt a sharp pain in the left side of my jaw. I had read that can be a symptom for women having a heart event as well. It really kind of woke me up."Urged by her husband, she finally called her cardiologist at home. He didn't hesitate."He said, 'I'll meet you at the ER. Call me when you're close,'" she said.By morning, the...

Kids' Poisonings Rise as More Parents Bring Pot Edibles Home

14 February 2022
Kids` Poisonings Rise as More Parents Bring Pot Edibles HomeMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Edibles. In adults, they can be used recreationally or to help manage pain, nausea and anxiety. But these THC-loaded products, often sold as gummies, cookies and brownies, have fueled a four-year increase in the number of emergency calls for young children who mistakenly think they're yummy treats.In 2021 alone, the New Jersey Poison Control Center assisted in the medical treatment of more than 150 children who ate cannabis edibles. Of these, nearly 100 were aged 5 or younger.Nationally, there were 187 exposures to marijuana edibles among kids aged 12 and under in the United States in 2016, according to data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers. By 2020, that number had risen to more than 3,100 -- with a majority of the...

Breakup, Then Breakdown: Men Can Crumble Mentally When...

14 February 2022
Breakup, Then Breakdown: Men Can Crumble Mentally When Romance EndsMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There's some bad news for lovelorn men this Valentine's Day.A new study has found that men are at an increased risk of mental illness after the breakdown of any romantic relationship. And, it found, stereotypes of masculinity may be partially to blame.Researchers sought to understand the types of mental health challenges men face after a breakup with an eye to preventing or blunting them, according to lead author John Oliffe, founder and chief investigator of the men’s health research program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.For the study, he and his team interviewed 47 men from Australia and Canada who were recovering from a recent breakup. They asked the men to recount the timeline of their relationship --...

Feel Dizzy When You Stand Up? Two Simple Steps Might...

14 February 2022
Feel Dizzy When You Stand Up? Two Simple Steps Might Ease ThatMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Almost everyone has had a dizzy spell after standing up too quickly, but some people suffer them regularly. Now, a new study suggests two do-it-yourself ways to help.The study focused on what's called initial orthostatic hypotension (IOH), where a person's blood pressure drops sharply within 30 seconds of standing up from sitting or lying down.The problem is short-lived, and the body rights itself within about a minute. But the symptoms — including dizziness, blurred vision and nausea — can be troubling and sometimes lead to falls.In the new study, researchers tested two simple maneuvers for thwarting those symptoms: activating the lower-body muscles right before or right after standing.It turned out that both approaches helped, at least...

A Non-Opioid Way to Pain Relief After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries

14 February 2022
A Non-Opioid Way to Pain Relief After Knee, Shoulder SurgeriesMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies on pain relief suggest there is a safer alternative to addictive opioid painkillers after knee and shoulder surgery.The findings dovetail with changes to voluntary federal guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers proposed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week. The proposal urges doctors to prescribe non-opioid therapies whenever possible."These studies demonstrated that an alternative non-opioid pain regimen was just as effective in managing postoperative pain following ACL and rotator cuff surgery compared with traditional opioid medication," said Dr. Kelechi Okoroha, lead author of both studies. He's an orthopedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic’s orthopedics and sports medicine facility in...

Bob Saget Died From Severe Head Injuries, Autopsy Shows

14 February 2022
Bob Saget Died From Severe Head Injuries, Autopsy ShowsMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Comedian Bob Saget died after a severe blow to his head fractured his skull in several spots and caused bleeding across both sides of his brain, an autopsy report shows.“It is most probable that the decedent suffered an unwitnessed fall backwards and struck the posterior aspect of his head,” the report by the chief medical examiner of Orange and Osceola counties in Florida stated.But questions remain about how exactly Saget, 65, was so badly hurt. He was found dead in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lake, on Jan. 9 during a weekend of stand-up comedy performances. His family said this week that the authorities determined that he had hit his head, “thought nothing of it and went to sleep.”If the actor struck his head...

Apps Can Help Keep Older Folks Healthy — But Most Don't Use Them

14 February 2022
Apps Can Help Keep Older Folks Healthy — But Most Don`t Use ThemMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Mobile health apps can help older Americans but only about four in 10 use them, and those most likely to benefit are least likely to take advantage of them, a new survey reveals.Health apps monitor everything from calories and exercise to blood pressure and blood sugar to help users manage chronic conditions or achieve health goals."Now that most older adults have at least one mobile device, health-related apps can provide an opportunity to support their health-related behaviors, manage their conditions and improve health outcomes," said Dr. Pearl Lee, a geriatrician at Michigan Medicine-University of Michigan who worked on the poll report.But this phone poll of more than 2,100 Americans between 50 and 80 years of age found that only 44% had...

Big Spike in Alcoholic Liver Disease Early in Pandemic

14 February 2022
Big Spike in Alcoholic Liver Disease Early in PandemicMONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic brought a big jump in hospitalizations for life-threatening alcoholic hepatitis at a Detroit health system, new research shows.Alcoholic hepatitis is a liver disease caused by heavy drinking, and these findings add to mounting evidence that many Americans turned to alcohol in an attempt to deal with pandemic stress. U.S. alcohol sales rose 54% in the pandemic's first week alone."This is an eye opener for how much the increase in alcohol use has affected us as a community," said lead author Dr. Humberto Gonzalez, a transplant hepatologist with the Henry Ford Health System. For the new study, his team compared alcoholic hepatitis admissions to the Henry Ford Health System between May and September 2020,...

Hints That Viagra-Like Drugs Might Help Prevent Dementia

MONDAY, Feb. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Viagra-like drugs might do more than rejuvenate sex lives: A new study suggests that medications for erectile dysfunction may also help treat vascular...

Winter Weather Can Bring Dry, Cracked Heels. Expert...

SUNDAY, Feb. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dry, cracked heels are common in the winter, but there are several ways to prevent and treat the problem, a skin specialist says."Cold, dry weather,...
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