Choosing to Be Me: Redefining My Life with Rheumatic Heart Disease
My diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease came on suddenly. I remember being 12, sitting at the doctor’s office, and was told that I have a heart murmur. At the time,…
My diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease came on suddenly. I remember being 12, sitting at the doctor’s office, and was told that I have a heart murmur. At the time,…
A recent study highlighted by World Pharma News reveals that maintaining a healthy diet can significantly slow the progression of chronic diseases among older adults. Chronic diseases—such as diabetes, heart…
The study, published in the journal The Lancet Neurology and reported by MedicalXpress.com, is the first to demonstrate the urgency of extending imaging that includes the heart. This must be accomplished within…
Instead of transplanting a heart that has been cooled and stopped, the new technique, at times referred to as “heart in a box”, creates a scenario where the heart that…
At Japan’s Fujita University, researchers reported to Inside Precision Medicine that a new risk measurement may add a layer of accuracy in predicting sudden cardiac death. The measure, called estimated…
According to an article published in Medscape, guidelines for the treatment of valvular heart disease have changed. The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with the American Heart Association (AHA),…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published the results of studies based on a controversy that has remained unresolved for decades. The ISCHEMIA study is not only the…