She added that some CCTA experts have told her that cardiac CT use has increased and it has becoming a higher priority since the guidelines were published. Some SCCT attendees she spoke with told her their hospitals were buying new CT scanners to keep up with the growing demand. Gulati said hospitals and cardiology practices […]
Key Takeaways A recent study found that having COVID-19 may be linked to high blood pressure in people who did not have it before. If you get COVID, you should discuss your blood pressure with a provider. You may need to monitor it at home after you recover. High blood pressure can have a negative […]
Key Takeaways Using the wrong cuff size when taking a blood pressure measurement can lead to inaccurate readings. The right cuff size—not too big and not too small—is based on the circumference of your mid-upper arm. Checking the fit of a blood pressure cuff isn’t just for the provider’s office—it matters if you’re using a […]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspections of nursing homes have dropped precipitously so far this year even as Covid hospitalizations tripled over the summer for health care facilities overall and infections among nursing home workers “quadrupled” – this is on top of surges in RSV and the flu. OSHA inspections registered an 84% drop, […]
Digital Brief: Sept. 20, 2023 (AM) Digital Brief: Sept. 20, 2023 (AM) 02:37 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Artificial intelligence is being used to help doctors better diagnose a number of health conditions. Now, it’s showing views of the heart like nothing they’ve seen before, providing doctors with the ability to predict if someone is going to […]
Continuous interval monitoring was performed during each study until valve deployment. A temporary pacemaker was used in cases of heart block, “per standard practice.” Overall, this practice was found to be both safe and feasible. All EP studies were successful. “Only one case required a temporary pacemaker for rapid pacing because of an inadequate threshold […]
Sibley, Iowa — Your next chance to bolster the northwest Iowa blood supply is this Thursday in Sibley. Community Blood Bank Executive Director Ken Ver Steeg tells us about this opportunity to give blood at the Osceola Regional Medical Center in Sibley.
Many organizations classify hypertension as a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher, though some say 130/80 mmHg. Joe Raedle / Getty Images The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first report on the dangers of hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, in which it calls the condition a “silent killer” and “one […]
She is the most beautiful Israeli you can imagine, all of the good and beautiful Land of Israel in one person. Raised in Maccabim by a pilot father and a psychologist mother, she is a combat helicopter pilot. She studied at Oxford and is a principal at Vintage Investment Partners. She headed the Bnei Zion […]
Combination sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy; Gilead) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda; Merck) showed promising early antitumor activity in patients with advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the first-line setting, according to findings from the phase 2 EVOKE-02 trial (NCT05186974) announced in a press release and presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung […]