Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers led by the Trondheim University Hospital in Norway report that two hours of immediate skin-to-skin contact between mothers and very preterm infants after birth does not improve cognitive, motor, or language development by age 2 to 3 years. Infants receiving the intervention did show significantly improved breastfeeding outcomes. Very preterm
TOPLINE: In children with septic shock without known cardiac dysfunction, initial treatment with norepinephrine was associated with a lower 30-day mortality but similar rates of major adverse kidney events by 30 days (MAKE30) compared with epinephrine, a study reported. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 231 patient encounters (median age…
In 9 of 10 cases, a person in cardiac arrest will die because help doesn’t arrive quickly enough. With CPR and, possibly, a shock from an automated external defibrillator, survival odds double. But Americans lack confidence and know-how to handle these interventions…
A new study identifying 56 non-clinical risk factors associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), spanning lifestyle, physical measures, psychosocial factors, socioeconomic status, and the local environment, offers compelling evidence that improving these unfavorable profiles could prevent up to 63% of SCA cases…
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Five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease — high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and smoking — at age 50 can reduce life expectancy by more than 10 years. This is the conclusion of an international study led by German researchers and presented at the 2025 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session…
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Too often, young people in the U.S. just on the threshold of adulthood face cardiovascular challenges. By the time they’re 18, many teenagers will have heart disease risk factors such as obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes. Some will already have heart problems. The use of tobacco