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FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- As usual, Dr. Mike Knapic's workday was packed. By early afternoon, the orthopedic surgeon had completed three total knee replacements and was headed into surgery to repair a broken collarbone.Throughout the day, he'd felt a strange sensation. Every 10 minutes or so, he'd slur his speech for about 20 to 30 seconds and the right side of his tongue felt numb.Knapic felt a little sluggish, too, so he thought he might be getting a cold. He called a physician friend to look him over.At 48, Knapic's life was busy with his practice, his wife and three kids, volunteer work and playing bass in a local rock band. That left little time for him to prioritize his health, although the former college football player regularly lifted weights."I...

FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Though some think that vaping is a safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes, Canadian research suggests it could raise the risk of developing asthma or having asthma attacks for teens and adults."Emerging research really suggests that vaping may actually worsen preexisting health conditions such as asthma," said study author Teresa To, senior scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences program at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. "Recently, most research really focused on acute or immediate health effects from vaping. The knowledge on long-term health consequences of e-cigarette smoking, especially in young people, in adolescents, young adults, remains very limited and unknown," she said.The aim of the study was to...

FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- People with heart failure are 20% more likely than those with cancer to develop depression within five years of their diagnosis, a new study finds.Nearly 1 in 4 patients with heart failure are depressed or anxious, according to the German researchers."The treatment of mental illnesses in cancer patients -- psycho-oncology -- is long-established, but similar services for heart patients [psycho-cardiology] are still in their infancy," said study author Dr. Mark Luedde of the Cardiological Group Practice in Bremerhaven, Germany. "Our study suggests that heart failure patients could benefit from greater support with psychological problems."The research, published May 14 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, used a German disease database...

FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) – A good movie can be more than mere entertainment: It can also help you feel more prepared to tackle life's challenges and be a better person, a new study suggests.This may be why folks sometimes choose films with difficult subjects or those that make them sad, researchers say."Meaningful movies actually help people cope with difficulties in their own lives, and help them want to pursue more significant goals," said lead author Jared Ott, a graduate student in communication at Ohio State University in Columbus.Many studies have examined how people react to films or film clips in a lab setting, said co-author Michael Slater, a professor of communications. This one was designed to see how films affect people in the real world."We wanted to find...