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CPR’s true survival rate is lower than many people think: Shots

sarah05/06/2023 25 Views

First-aider practicing chest compressions on a CPR training dummy.

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“Nurse refuses to perform CPR,” read the caption on an ABC newscast in California. “911 dispatchers please ignore.” Several days earlier, an elderly woman at a senior living facility had gone into cardiac arrest. The dispatcher instructed an employee to perform CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. But theemployees refused.

“Is there anybody there that’s willing to help this lady and not let her die?” the dispatcher said. It made the local news, which elucidated a national outcry and prompted a police investigation. But the woman was already dead — her heart had stopped.

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Congestive Heart Failure: Excessive Sodium Restriction is Dangerous

sarah02/06/2023 25 Views

June 1, 2023 · 7:00 AM

From DailyMail:

Salt has long been seen as enemy number one for people with heart problems, with doctors telling patients to cut down on the amount of sodium they consume.

But new research suggests that restricting salt too much may actually raise the risk of an early death in heart failure patients.

Their work builds upon a growing body of research that posits the benefits of cutting out salt to this subset of patients may be overblown.

And the findings could mean a more exciting diet for more than six million Americans with heart

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The debt ceiling agreement locks in Biden’s proposed defense budget

sarah29/05/2023 24 Views

WASHINGTON — The debt ceiling agreement negotiated between House Republican leaders and the White House would cap the defense budget topline at President Joe Biden’s $886 billion request for fiscal 2024, a 3.3% increase over this year.

It would also cut non-defense spending to $704 billion. The compromise legislation comes after weeks of negotiations between the Biden administration and House Republicans, who demanded non-defense spending cuts and several other concessions in order to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a US default.

“We cut spending year-over-year for the first time in over a decade while fully funding national defense and

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Management Options for Knee Osteoarthritis

sarah26/05/2023 29 Views

May 25, 2023 · 2:22 AM

Dr. Howard J. Luks is an orthopedist who published a reasonable and fairly comprehensive article on knee osteoarthritis management. Thankfully, knee replacement surgery is the last resort for this surgeon. He discusses exercise, tai chi, diet, yoga, knee injections, NSAIDs, ice, heat, etc.

Osteoarthritis of the knee is a prevalent health issue. Despite a diagnosis of arthritis of the knee, the majority of you can live an active, happy life. But you’ve heard awful phrases used to describe your Xrays– phrases like Bone on Bone, bone spurs, degeneration,

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Events promote mental health, understanding, awareness

sarah15/05/2023 25 Views

It seems as though we are hearing more and more about mental health in the news these days. There is a good reason for this — mental health concerns have been growing over the past few years. Two out of five adults in Virginia experienced symptoms of anxiety and depression during the pandemic, and the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health.

The good news is that with more people talking about mental health, whether in the news, with co-workers, or with family members, we are part of the solution. As a society,

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The 5 best supplements for healthy aging, according to a longevity expert

sarah22/04/2023 19 Views

If you’ve ever walked down the supplement aisle in a pharmacy, you’ve seen the overwhelming abundance of options available for your medicine cabinet. According to the 2022 Council on Responsible Nutrition Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, 75% of Americans use dietary supplements, most on a regular basis.

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Their fetus had a fatal condition, but they couldn’t leave Texas for an abortion : Shots

sarah13/04/2023 42 Views

Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana and had a baby last week who died shortly after birth. The fatal condition was diagnosed at 20 weeks of pregnancy. When Casiano asked her OB-GYN what her options were, she was told, “You don’t have any options. You have to go on with your pregnancy.”

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Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana and had a baby last week who died shortly after birth. The fatal condition was diagnosed at 20 weeks of pregnancy. When Casiano asked her OB-GYN what her options were, she was told, “You don’t have

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Sleep apnea causes cognitive problems even in healthy men, research finds

sarah11/04/2023 16 Views

Most people with untreated sleep apnea develop heart disease, and researchers have assumed that’s why they also have cognitive problems. But a small new study finds that obstructive sleep apnea itself is harming the brain, giving new urgency to recognizing and treating the disorder.

Otherwise healthy middle-age men newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea show poorer mental function in areas such as judgment, impulse control and recognizing other people’s feelings compared to men without the condition, according to research published Thursday in Frontiers in Sleep.

Obstructive sleep apnea, the most common form, occurs when the throat muscles relax and airways

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