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The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib Treatment

The Fitter Do Better After an A-Fib TreatmentMONDAY, Aug 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Physically fit patients with the irregular heartbeat atrial fibrillation (AF) are most likely to benefit from ablation, a new study finds. Patients who are less fit are hospitalized more often, continue to use anti-arrhythmic drugs longer and have higher death rates, researchers say. "AF does not occur in a vacuum but rather represents one manifestation of the impact of poor physical fitness and related risk factors including hypertension, obesity, diabetes and others," said researcher Dr. Wael Jaber, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. His team studied 591 patients who had cardiac ablation at Cleveland Clinic between 2012 and 2018. In ablation, small areas of the heart are scarred to help prevent movement of abnormal signals...

AHA News: This 'Actions-Speak-Louder-Than-Words' Student...

3 August 2020
AHA News: This `Actions-Speak-Louder-Than-Words` Student Puts Public Policy Studies to WorkMONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Alana Barr had just started college at Georgia Tech in Atlanta when health advocate Cornelia King came to her class. "After she started talking about health care disparities among minorities in Atlanta and all the adverse outcomes, like diabetes and high cholesterol, I knew I wanted to do something about it," Barr said. "I already knew about food insecurity issues and trying to get people to eat healthier, but I'd never seen the wider problem defined like that." As soon as the talk in her Scientific Foundations of Health class was over, Barr ran up to King, chairperson of the nonprofit Fulton County Healthy Heart Coalition, and asked how she could help. "I've always been one to get very involved," said Barr, 20, a rising...

Face Masks, Yes, But Don't Forget Hand-Washing Too

3 August 2020
Face Masks, Yes, But Don`t Forget Hand-Washing TooMONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For most people, wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 doesn't lead to a false sense of security that leads them to forgo other precautions like hand washing, a new study finds. Although it's not clear how protective face masks are, scientists and policymakers are urging people to use them. The World Health Organization, however, has been concerned that face masks could "create a false sense of security that can lead to neglecting other essential measures such as hand hygiene practices." But how often does that happen? To find out, a British team led by Dr. Theresa Marteau at the Behavior and Health Research Unit at the University of Cambridge, looked at the evidence to see if those concerns might be real. They looked at "risk...

Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline...

3 August 2020
Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline WorkersMONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- At the peak of the pandemic in the United States and United Kingdom, frontline health care workers, especially minorities, had much higher risks for COVID-19 than other individuals, a new study finds. Paramedics, who are often the first to see sick patients, are at far greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than others, the researchers said. That's especially true for frontline health care workers who are Black, Asian or from other minority ethnic backgrounds. For the study, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston reviewed data collected on a smartphone app from more than 2 million members of the general public and nearly 100,000 frontline health care workers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Between March 24...

Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood Pressure

3 August 2020
Nearly a Third of Young Black Americans Have High Blood PressureMONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is often seen as a condition of old age, but a new study finds that it's common among young Americans -- especially young Black adults. The study, of 18- to 44-year-olds in the United States, found that high blood pressure was prevalent across all racial groups: Among both white and Mexican American participants, 22% had the condition. But young Black adults were hardest-hit, with nearly one-third showing elevated blood pressure. Compounding the problem, only a minority of young people were getting treatment. And few -- no more than 15% -- had the condition under "optimal control." "People often associate high blood pressure with older people -- with their grandparents," said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, a volunteer expert with...

Coronavirus Pandemic Becoming Far More Widespread, Birx Says

3 August 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic Becoming Far More Widespread, Birx SaysMONDAY, Aug. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The White House coronavirus task force coordinator warned Americans on Sunday that the pandemic has entered a new stage where infections are far more widespread and face masks are crucial to curbing new COVID-19 cases. "What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread," Birx told CNN. "So everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune." She went so far as to advise people living in the growing number of places where cases are increasing to wear a face mask at home if they are living with someone who is vulnerable to severe COVID-19. "If you have an outbreak in your rural area or in your city, you need to really consider wearing a mask at home, assuming that you're positive if you have...

After Lockdown, Ease Back Into Exercise

2 August 2020
After Lockdown, Ease Back Into ExerciseSUNDAY, Aug. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- If you're getting back to a fitness program or gym after spending months in lockdown, be careful not to hurt yourself, a sports medicine expert urges. "One of the most common reasons people get injured is because they overexert themselves when their level of fitness is not where they want it to be," said Dr. Irvin Sulapas, a primary care sports medicine physician and assistant professor of family and community medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Here are some tips on how to prevent exercise injury: Warm up and cool down. Warming up and cooling down muscles can help reduce the risk of injury, Sulapas said. Use correct form. Many injuries happen because of poor form -- make sure you are doing the exercise correctly. ...

Guard Against Lyme Disease This Summer

1 August 2020
Guard Against Lyme Disease This SummerSATURDAY, Aug. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Summer means higher odds of getting Lyme disease, so know how to avoid it, health experts say. Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium carried by some ticks and, if left untreated, can cause severe health problems. Ticks can live anywhere, but they thrive in woods and damp, dark or overgrown places. "Mow your lawn," said Tara Simmons, a community health nurse at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. "And if your kids have a play set in the backyard that borders trees, create a barrier of wood chips. Ticks will have difficulty crossing a dry, sunny area." When walking in meadows and the woods, stay on the paths and wear light-colored clothing, which make it easier to see ticks. You should also treat clothing and hiking gear...

Kids 'Efficient' Transmitters as COVID-19 Raced Through...

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- With school reopenings just a few weeks away, a report on how the new coronavirus spread rapidly through a summer camp in Georgia suggests kids transmit...

How Streetlights Might Affect Your Colon Cancer Risk

FRIDAY, July 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Cities around the world are increasingly turning to streetlights emitting so-called "blue light," and it's also common in smartphones, laptops and...
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