Amsterdam, Netherlands – 25 Aug 2023: Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare but potentially deadly infections of the heart’s inner lining and valves, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on […]
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Amsterdam, Netherlands – 25 Aug 2023: Patients with type 2 diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their healthy peers. Advice to lower that risk is launched today in the 2023 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, published in […]
Sophia Antipolis, 25 August 2023: Competency-based cardiac imaging delivery is needed for effective and efficient patient care, according to a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) statement published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the ESC.1 All seven ESC subspeciality associations have endorsed the document, namely the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), Association […]
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Millions of middle-aged adults who are overweight with even slightly raised blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose levels are about a third more likely to die early, research suggests. They also face a 35% higher risk of heart attacks or strokes and will experience them two years earlier than their peers. The stark findings are being […]
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits, including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023. “Many people in their 40s and 50s have a bit of fat around the […]
Infection
Ayurveda and home remedies for eye flu: What works and what doesn’t for pink eye or conjunctivitis
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ByZarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi Aug 25, 2023 10:35 AM IST Share Via Copy Link Eye flu: Here are some Ayurveda-inspired home remedies to prevent and treat pink eye or conjunctivitis with ease Pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis, is a prevalent eye condition characterised by redness, itching, swelling and discharge from the eyes and this […]
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by Izaiah Cazares Fri, August 25th 2023, 11:25 AM UTC The Big Fresno Fair and the Central California Blood Center will hold their special launch event on Tuesday, Aug. 29, to officially kick off the 13th Annual “Pint for a Pass” Blood Drive that will run through Oct. 14.
Infection
Alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters help patients avoid infections and urethral trauma
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Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals, according to new recommendations. The model, “Disrupting the Lifecycle of the Urinary Catheter,” identifies alternatives to indwelling catheters, shows how to follow guidance for safely […]
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World War 1 resulted in the death of about 10 million soldiers. About half of them died not due to battle injuries, but from infections caused by wounds or injuries. During World War 2, things changed. If the death rate from bacterial pneumonia in WW1 was 18 per cent, in WW2 it was less than […]