TOPLINE: A home-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program has shown similar improvements in fitness, functional capacity, and quality of life as center-based programs in optimally treated patients with heart failure (HF), with both groups demonstrating comparable exercise adherence. This supports home-based rehab as an effective alternative. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a noninferiority trial from 2019 to 2022
Tufts University, Kaiser Permanente and other healthcare organizations have launched the National Food is Medicine Network of Excellence to share best practices and measure the health outcomes and costs of produce prescription programs…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Women who have experienced pregnancy complications have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the European Heart Journal shows that sisters of women with complicated pregnancies are also at higher risk, even if they had uncomplicated pregnancies. The findings suggest that genes and
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease. An intervention, which involves electrical stimulation of the sensory spinal nerves, can gradually reawaken functionally silent motor neurons in the spinal cord and improve leg muscle
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Anemia during pregnancy is a common occurrence and often due to iron deficiency. It is a global public health problem, affecting an estimated 37% of pregnant individuals, according to the World Health Organization. Iron deficiency anemia is associated with increased rates of pregnancy-related problems, such as going into labor prematurely, hemorrhaging
Results of six recent trials of endovascular treatment (EVT) for patients with large-core ischemic stroke (LCIS) provide strong evidence for the benefit of this intervention compared with medical management (MM), a new Science Advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA) has concluded. “These trials provide new data to suggest that selected patients with ischemic stroke
MedPage Today) — An online intervention targeting modifiable dementia risk factors improved cognition over 3 years, a randomized controlled trial of 6,100 older adults in Australia showed. The primary outcome of change in global cognitive composite…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the medical community, research has traditionally focused on how to prevent and treat the leading medical causes of maternal mortality, which include bleeding, infection, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. However, new research reveals deaths by homicide and suicide are the leading causes of maternal death in the United States. In a
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