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A Hearty Life

August 11th, 2008

Stroke and tPA: The way and speed in which you present is life or death

This is of great importance. Realizing the signs and symptoms of a stroke can make the difference between life an death and between resolving symptoms and forever disabilities.
tPA is only administered if the symptoms are within a 3 hour window at most ER’s. What happens if you present saying your symptoms started yesterday? Well, first […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

April 26th, 2008

New 3-D ultrasound sees past skull

Duke University bioengineers can compensate for the thickness of the skull to see in real-time the arteries within the brain that most often clog up and cause strokes using new 3-D ultrasound technology they designed. This is believed to be the first of its kind- to see past the skull and actually view the major […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

November 9th, 2007

64 Slice CT Scan Proves To Be Effective In Detecting Heart Blockages That Would Otherwise Look To Heart Catheterizations

Very interesting considering I have been a cardiac nurse for near 10 years and have always been told and observed that a cardiac catheterization is the only “real” way to visualize blockages in the heart…
A study by an international team of cardiac imaging specialists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, concludes that sophisticated computed tomography […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

August 18th, 2007

Can HDL Raising Medication Actually Prove To Be Harmful?

Do you take medication to help raise your “good” cholesterol, better known as HDL? New research warns that this could actually be harmful to you. The Cleveland Clinic has concluded that raising HDL is actually not a matter of quantity but quality.
The authors concluded that while efforts to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

August 1st, 2007

Diesel Exhaust Can Trigger A Heart Attack

Scientists have long reported that deaths from lung diseases, heart attacks and strokes are significantly higher on days with high pollution levels, the newspaper said.
This was reported out of Los Angeles, imagine that. A US study has shown the exposure to diesel exhaust can cause heart disease in people with high cholesterol. Hmm… […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

May 4th, 2007

Death Among Heart Failure Patients Has Halved Over Last 6 Years

Thanks to more effective medicines and treatments, death among heart failure patients has halved over the last 6 years. Also, incidence of stroke and heart attack after discharge fell over the first half of this decade.
— The death rate for patients admitted with a severe heart attack, where the arteries are completely blocked, […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments