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Heart Attacks Are More Deadly For Women Than For Men

February 16, 2016 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

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Women are more likely than men to die within a year of having their first heart attack.

Recent statistics show that heart attacks are more deadly for women than for men. More precisely, women are more likely than men to die within a year of having their first heart attack.

When we think of heart attack, too often people think of it as something that primarily affects men. The truth is women are just as likely to suffer a heart attack as men are. And, many times the signs are so subtle women might not even know they’re having one. Warning signs of a heart attack can actually be quite different for women.

While both men and women experience chest pain, women are somewhat more likely to experience other common symptoms, including shortness of breath; pain or discomfort in one or both arms, neck, back, jaw or stomach; nausea; light-headedness; or cold sweat. Because of the subtleness of the symptoms, women will often attribute them to something else like the flu or acid reflux or just ignore them all together.

The sobering fact comes from a first-ever scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association on women and heart disease. The report documents differences in symptoms and causes of heart attacks experienced by males and females that may contribute to women’s higher death rate. 26% of women die within a year of having their first heart attack, compared to 19% of men.

Another result of the study is that the treatment after a heart attack differs for men and women. Women are less likely to be prescribed medications known to prevent future heart attacks, the AHA declared. They’re also less likely than men to receive a recommendation for cardiac rehabilitation.

While the statistics are sobering, there is some good news. Many of the risk factors that lead to heart attack and heart disease can be controlled. Making healthy lifestyle changes is the perfect place to start. Quitting smoking, staying active and losing weight are immediate ways to reduce this threatening risk.

While people cannot control their family history, knowing there is such a risk should make them more vigilant about their heart health, especially if they are not feeling well.

However, there are signs that the gap is closing, researchers affirmed, noting that in recent years, heart-disease-related deaths for women have declined significantly. The experts’ final conclusion is that both medical communities and the general public need more education and awareness about heart disease risks for women.

Women definitely need to be aware of their symptoms and risks.

declared Laxmi Mehta, M.D., lead author of the AHA’s statement.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: AHA, health, heart attacks, heart problems, how to prevent heart attack, Laxmi Mehta, scientific statement, statistics, symptoms, the American Heart Association, women heart attack, Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program

CDC Report: Chlamydia Disease Cases Dropped After Three Decades

December 21, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

STD Patient

The yearly report of  U.S Centers for Disease Control Prevention reveals that the rate of STD falls in the United States.  The proportion of most common sexual disease dropped after a long time period of three decades.

The Health authorities notify that Chlamydia cases cut down around 1.5 percent in 2013.  The report shows that every year approximately 1.4 million cases of Chlamydia emerged in the US.  The proportion is relatively bigger as compared to the other sexually transmitted disease.

Chlamydia is a commonly transmitted sexual disease. A bacterium known as Chlamydia trachomtis is responsible for this deadly disease. Generally, Chlamydia does not show any symptoms because of which it is known as silent disease. It directly infects the reproductive system of the women.  It can be cured through strong antibiotics.

Moreover, the report unveils that proportion of the most transmittable kind of syphilis increase up to 10 percent. Last year, around 17,375 cases of major and minor syphilis reported.

The U.S Center for Disease Control and Prevention also found that gonorrhea cases decreased 1 percent. However, the cases of drug resistant gonorrhea increased to a great extent.

The government health agency reported that initial screening and diagnosis is necessary to avert the transmission and complication of STDs. Therefore, sexually active bisexual and gay men should go through complete STD screening every year.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: annual STD screning, Chlamydia, STD, symptoms, syphilis, transmission, U.S Center of Disease Control and Prevention, women

New Biotech Firm All Set To Find Treatment of Alzheimer, Parkinson and ALS

December 16, 2014 By Deborah Nielsen Leave a Comment

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Yumanity therapeutics declared to work on neurodegenerative disease. Currently, there are almost 50 million people in this world who suffers from multiple kind of neurodegenerative disease.

The term neurodegenerative are used for several medical conditions that can affect the performance and structure of nerves.  Such sort of continuous loss of structure and function lead to numerous other diseases such as Alzheimer, Huntington, ALS and Parkinson.

Unfortunately, scientists have failed to find a proper cure or treatment which can slow down the speed of neurodegenerative. The doctors merely prescribe drugs to patients which can treat the symptoms of neurodegenerative. They are still unaware of the method through which they can cut the root cause of these diseases. Hence, it makes treatment more complex task for patients. Patients have to spend a large amount of money only to decelerate the symptoms. As per the recent report, the yearly cost for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease is around $650

The chief aim of Yumanity Therapeutics is to battles with the unbearable ailments. The firm joined with a team of experts who are considered as specialists of this disease.

Tony Coles, the CEO of the company said that he love to work on big challenges.  The appropriate treatment for this disease is usually considered as an impossible task.

The researchers inform that the first step is to carefully analyze the protein misfolding. Everyone knows that these neurodegenerative diseases emerge due to the cellular misfolding of proteins.  Therefore, the scientists intend to closely examine the strands which are needed for the correct folding of protein.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: ALS, alzheimer, cure, Huntington, neurodegenerative disease, Parkinson, symptoms, treatment

Researchers Claim: A Simple Metal Blood Test Could Identify Breast Cancer.

December 10, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

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A group of researchers formed a new method that can detect the breast cancer through blood test.

Scientists of Oxford University collaborated with experts of the Natural History Museum and Imperial College London for this research.  They examined the metal isotopes with the help of conventional techniques utilized in planetary formation studies and climatology research.

Later on, they discovered that breast tumor generally absorb the “light” zinc. It is considered as a particular isotopic composition of zinc. Therefore, heavy zinc can work as a biomarker in the blood.

The researchers carried out a test in order to confirm the result of the study. They selected ten blood and tissue samples. Five of them were breast cancer patients and five were taken from the normal human beings. The new method immediately detects the difference between the two blood samples.  It sense how certain cells reacts with the metal.

Researchers claim that the simple blood test would discover the disease even before the development of the tumor in the body.  The new method can also be utilized in the national screening program.  The detection of breast cancer at an early age will certainly save numerous lives.

Dr. Fiona Larner, the main author of the report stated that researchers were aware of the fact that breast cancer tissues contain high zinc concentration. However, the specific molecular process was a big mystery.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: blood test, breast cancer, Natural History Museum, Oxford University, symptoms, Zinc concentration

Flu Patients Double up this Week in Dallas County

December 9, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

Flu attack in Dallas

Flu is spreading with considerable speed in the Dallas County.  As per the report of the US Health Department, approximately 26 percent of flu test turned out positive in the last week of November.

The ratio indicates that 758 patients of the county suffered from flu.  The figures are almost the double the patients diagnosed with flu in the beginning of November.  Most of the flu patients are children and infants. 565 children are severely ill due to the flu attack. Currently, all the emergency rooms and hospitals are packed with flu patients.

It shows that the predictions of UN health department were true. The majority of the flu patients are infected with H3N2 which is considered as the mutated strain of flu. Thus far, there is no appropriate medication or cure of the flu.

A few weeks ago, the Center of Disease Control and Prevention warned that this year the flu season would be extremely dangerous.  The strain of flu, which generally attacks pigs and birds, might send numerous people to hospital in this winter season.

Tara Bealor, Director of Adams County Health department informed that the symptoms of H3N2 are quite similar to the ordinary flu virus. It begins with conditions such as sore throat, cough, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, body pain, high fever and chills. It directly damages the respiratory system of the patients.

Randy Sachs, a spokesman for Children’s Medical Center Dallas stated that it is just the start of the most dangerous flu season.  Surprisingly, this time the flu season begins two or three weeks before it usually start. Unfortunately, researchers failed to find any proper cure or treatment for this particular strain of flu. Precautions like flu shots are the only way to save you from flu.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Adams County, Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Children's Medical Center Dallas, cure, Dallas County, strain of Flu, symptoms, treatment

CDC Reports: Severe Flu Season Expected, Get Your Flu Shot Immediately

December 6, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee 2 Comments

Flu Bacteria and CDC report

Flu shot is essential for the health of people especially this winter season. Recently, Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned people about the flu bacteria.  The national public health institute said that people should immediately get vaccination in order to protect themselves from severe flu.

A few days ago, the government health institute stated that ordinary flu vaccine would not be able to fight with the flu this year. The seasonal bacteria which are generally known as H3N2 would be very dangerous this year.

The CDC informed that this winter flu will cause more damage to people’s health as compared to the last year. Even most of the vacancies utilized earlier would not be able to fight with the bacteria.  Undoubtedly, vaccine may fail to protect you from the lethal bacteria but it does not mean that it is completely useless.

Dr. Ed Belongia, a member of CDC’s Advisory Committee stated that shortly after the publication of this report people will certainly think that vaccines are ineffective. However, this is not the case here.

Furthermore, CDC reported that children under 5 would be the desired target of the flu virus. As far as adults are concerned, people above the age of 65 especially pregnant women should take additional measures to avoid the flu.

However, people with sensitive immune system or patients suffering from chronic like diabetes, heart disease; lung disease and asthma are at the high risk.

Some of the flu symptoms are cough, sore throat, runny nose, high fever, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Center of Disease Control and Prevention, diseases, flu, flu shot, Government Health institue, immune system, symptoms, vaccacine

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Leads to Brain Abnormalities

October 29, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

Chronic Fatigue Patients

A study reveals that people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is at a risk of structural brain abnormalities.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disorder that is characterized by profound fatigue which is impossible to improve with ordinary rest or sleep. This kind of exhaustion or tiredness can  last  six months or several years. Generally, it gives birth to some serious psychological and physical ailments in the patient.

Every year the disorder affects nearly 1 million people in the United States. The large number of people also includes children which signify that CFS can even begin at a very early age. Unfortunately, researchers are unable to find any proper treatment for CFS.

Center of Disease Control and Prevention reported that it is certainly very difficult to diagnose this ailment.  Thus far, researchers have failed to create a special test for the examination of CFS in  human beings. However, some of the major symptoms of the disease are insomnia, extreme kind of fatigue, joint pain and numerous others. These symptoms are pretty similar to other disease which makes it harder for researchers to diagnose CFS.

Dr. Zeineh along with Stanford CFS and infectious disease expert closely examined 15 CFS patients. They performed a special magnetic resonance imaging of all these patients.

The test unveils that some abnormal material in the brain of CFS patients. CFS patients had relatively less white matter in the brain as compared to ordinary human being. The white matter is present in the right hemisphere of the brain.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Center of Disease Control and Prevention, CFS patients, insomnia, joint pain, Journal Radiology, right hemisphere, structural brain abnormalities, symptoms, test, white matter

Google Testing Doctor Patient Video Chats

October 13, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

Google doctor

Google is always busy  in finding out new methods or techniques that can solve the daily life problems of its users. Lately, the company launched a new feature that connects the patients to a virtual doctor.

From now onwards Google will also give the option of “talk with the doctor” whenever a person writes any symptom on the Google search.

Currently, this new and helpful feature is at trial stage, therefore the company is not charging anything from the users. However, People are still unaware what will be the cost of this feature when the trial period ends. This feature would comparatively of lower cost than a real visit to a doctor.

It is a pretty common thing for users to surf the web in order to find out the cure for their ailments. This feature will certainly assist a lot people who look for treatment on the internet.

Undoubtedly, this Health Care feature would not give a feeling similar to an actual doctor’s appointment, but still it would save your precious time.

For the time being this feature are based on telemedicine such as Teladoc and Doctor on Demand. The company would soon launch it as new

 

Filed Under: Health, Tech & Science Tagged With: cost, Doctor, feature, google, Health Care, patient, symptoms, Teladoc, telemedicine, trial, video chats

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