Not everyone is lucky enough to love their job. For some, the work just isn’t stimulating or interesting. In other cases, it may be that the chosen career or company you’re at isn’t a particularly good fit. Or maybe the job itself is fine, but the boss or co-workers are the problem. More specifically, perhaps… Read More »
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring are a threat to cardiac function in both men and women. But in women, the heart seems more affected by the conditions, putting women at greater risk of worsened cardiac function, suggest new findings presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), reports RSNA. Sleep… Read More »
Thousands of women ‘are dying from heart attacks needlessly because they get worse care than men’, claims study Poor treatment contributed to deaths of more than 8,200 women over ten years Women diagnosed with heart attack treated slower than men and not given tests Female patients twice as likely as men to die within a month… Read More »
Heart disease runs in Mackenzie Ames’s family. Her grandfather had a fatal heart attack at age 30 while dancing with her grandmother at the Elks Lodge in Bath, N.Y. Her mother had a quadruple bypass when she was 42. When Ms. Ames was just 9 years old, her LDL cholesterol level (the bad kind) was… Read More »
Heart issues bring about many different types of surgeries and needing a surgery is very hard to accept. The good news is the medical field has come a long way in the ability to effectively compete an open heart surgery with hospital time being only a week in some instances. The surgeon will assess you… Read More »
One of the most widely used painkillers may pose a threat to cardiovascular health. This is the main takeaway of new research, recently published in The BMJ. Common painkillers may hide major risks, says a new study. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used to alleviate pain. In fact, according to the National Institutes of… Read More »