heart-letter
People with obesity and uncontrolled diabetes who underwent weight loss surgery lost much more weight, had better blood sugar control, and used fewer diabetes medications than people treated with medications alone.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation can double or triple a person’s odds of surviving cardiac arrest. Doing CPR can keep blood circulating until emergency help arrives. The basic action is simple: push hard and fast in the center of the chest.
Married women may be slightly less likely to die from heart disease than women who live alone.
In people with heart failure, shortness of breath when bending over-dubbed “bendopnea”-may be a warning sign that the disease is more serious than presumed and requires additional treatment.
Abundant in leafy greens and other vegetables, vitamin K interacts with warfarin, a commonly used blood thinner.
Measuring blood pressure in both arms may reveal important information about a person’s cardiovascular risk.
Advanced lipoprotein testing, a more detailed version of a standard cholesterol test, measures the distribution, size, and number of different lipoproteins.
Sexual activity is a major quality-of-life issue for both men and women. Many of the symptoms of cardiovascular disease conspire to diminish sexual enjoyment.
Taking over-the-counter cold and flu remedies that contain phenylephrine plus acetaminophen may lead to high blood levels of phenylephrine.
Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by shortness of breath, fatigue, and fluid buildup in the right side of the heart.