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Cardiac Arrest? Someday, Drones May Come to Save You

Cardiac Arrest? Someday, Drones May Come to Save YouMONDAY, Aug 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A good Samaritan can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest if a portable defibrillator is nearby. Now, a pilot study suggests a new way to get the devices into bystanders' hands: drones.The study, done in Sweden, found that drone delivery was a feasible way to get automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of a cardiac arrest. In fact, the drones typically beat ambulances by a couple of minutes.Since those minutes can mean the difference between life and death, the early findings are encouraging, researchers said.However, drone-delivered AEDs are far from prime time."This points to a non-traditional route for addressing a problem we've had for a long time," said Dr. Jennifer Silva, a member of the American College of Cardiology's...

High Demand for At-Home COVID Tests Could Hamper Supply,...

30 August 2021
High Demand for At-Home COVID Tests Could Hamper Supply, Abbott SaysMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Demand for Abbott Laboratories' at-home COVID-19 tests has reached "unprecedented" levels and supply may be limited in the coming weeks, the company says.Sales have skyrocketed due to the surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, CNN reported."We're seeing unprecedented demand as case rates rise -- and we've been scaling up manufacturing since Delta became the dominant strain and new CDC guidance called for a reprioritization of testing," Abbott spokesperson John Koval told CNN."Today, there are tens of millions of BinaxNOW tests in various settings and supply chains. We're working with our customers to ensure tests get to where they're most needed and we're ramping back up, as we did last year," Koval said. "There will...

AHA News: How Your Job Can Affect Your Heart Health

30 August 2021
AHA News: How Your Job Can Affect Your Heart HealthMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Is your job good for your health?From the factory floor to the phone bank, from the boardroom to the emergency room, it's a complicated question to consider as we pursue paychecks and navigate careers."Health isn't just what we eat and how physically active we are," said Yvonne Michael, professor of epidemiology at Drexel University's School of Public Health in Philadelphia. "It's also what's happening at work that may allow us either to be more healthy or keep us from being healthy."Sometimes the answer isn't a surprise.A 2016 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compared seven cardiovascular health metrics – smoking, physical activity, blood pressure, blood sugar, body weight, cholesterol and healthy...

Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000

30 August 2021
Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In another grim reminder of the toll that the pandemic continues to take on Americans, the daily average for hospitalized COVID-19 patients is now higher than any previous case surge except last winter.As that daily average topped 100,000, coronavirus deaths have also risen to an average of more than 1,000 a day for the first time since March, The New York Times reported.In the past two months, hospitalizations nationwide have increased by nearly 500 percent, fueled by the rapid spread of the highly infectious Delta variant and a large pool of unvaccinated Americans. Things are particularly dire across Southern states, which have some of the country's lowest vaccination rates and widespread opposition to mask mandates.In Florida, 16,457 people...

Unvaccinated Teacher Infected Half of Students in Classroom: CDC Study

30 August 2021
Unvaccinated Teacher Infected Half of Students in Classroom: CDC StudyMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (Healthday News) -- A case study from California may fuel further debate about vaccine mandates in schools as students return to classrooms.It occurred in Marin County, Calif., in May and involved an unvaccinated elementary school teacher infected with the highly contagious Delta variant who then infected half of the students in a classroom, triggering an outbreak that affected a total of 26 people, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.The teacher first experienced symptoms on May 19, but worked for two days before getting tested. During this time, the teacher read aloud without a mask to a class of 24 students, despite rules requiring both teachers and students to wear masks indoors, the report stated.All the students were too young for...

Leaving Work to Care for Special Needs Child Takes Big Financial Toll

30 August 2021
Leaving Work to Care for Special Needs Child Takes Big Financial TollMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Having a special needs child can mean medical emergencies and doctors' visits where parents have to take time off from work, and now a new study shows that can bring a bit financial hit to a family.Researchers analyzed U.S. government data from more than 14,000 families in that situation and found they lost an average of $18,000 a year in household income in 2016-2017."We found a strong association between increasing hours of family-provided medical care and forgone family employment, likely because the more daily health care a child needs, the more likely their parents are to leave the workforce or reduce work hours," said study author Dr. Carolyn Foster, a pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.Lost wages were...

Change in the Kitchen Could Help Men in the Bedroom

30 August 2021
Change in the Kitchen Could Help Men in the BedroomMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Mediterranean diet can bring many benefits for the human body, including a healthier heart and a sharper brain.But there's another benefit that might be of particular interest to men.Following a Mediterranean diet can lower a man's future risk of erectile dysfunction, according to research presented online on Friday at the European Society of Cardiology's annual meeting. Researchers found that the diet improves blood vessel health throughout the entire body -- including the penis.Men following the Mediterranean diet had higher levels of testosterone, better erectile performance and more flexible arteries, results showed."It seems plausible that this dietary pattern may improve fitness and erectile performance by enhancing function of the...

Monoclonal Antibody Combo Keeps High-Risk COVID Patients Out of Hospital

30 August 2021
Monoclonal Antibody Combo Keeps High-Risk COVID Patients Out of HospitalMONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with two monoclonal antibodies lowers the odds of hospitalization for high-risk COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate illness, according to a new study."Our conclusion overall at this point is that monoclonal antibodies are an important option in treatment to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in high-risk patients," said senior author Dr. Raymund Razonable, an infectious diseases specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.The combination of casirivimab and imdevimab has emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The study included 696 COVID-19 patients treated with the combo at the Mayo Clinic between December 2020 and early April 2021, and an equal number of patients who didn't receive it.The patients...

Greener Neighborhoods Bring Healthier Hearts, Study Shows

MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The greener your neighborhood, the lower your risk of heart disease.That's the takeaway from a new study, which reported that adding to a neighborhood's...

Soothing Sound: Mom's Voice Eases Preemies' Pain

MONDAY, Aug. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers are known for drying their little ones' tears, sometimes with a hug, a song or a kiss on a scraped knee. So, perhaps it isn't a surprise that new...
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