early a year ago, I had the honor of delivering the Democratic radio address to a national audience. It was a tremendous privilege to step up to the microphone and speak to Americans about our national health care crisis.
I’m not an elected leader. I’m a child care provider and the mom of a family that [...]
NEW YORK (AP) � You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life.In a major change, the American Heart Association said Monday that hands-only CPR � rapid, deep presses on the victim�s chest until help arrives � works just as well as standard CPR for sudden cardiac arrest [...]
“You only have to do two things. Call 911 and push hard and fast on the middle of the person’s chest,” said Dr. Michael Sayre, an emergency medicine professor at Ohio State University who headed the committee that made the recommendation.Even people without CPR training can save the life of an adult whose heart [...]
Deanna Dudley was a blue baby, born with two holes in her heart. Doctors told her parents she had only a 50-per-cent chance of living more than 24 hours.
She spent most of her early years in the hospital, but when she was 10, a surgeon repaired the defects. Ms. Dudley, now [...]
“I was really scared when I heard that something was wrong with his liver,” she said through a Spanish interpreter. “The doctor said Andy’s liver got fatty like someone who drinks a lot.”Andy was just 8 at the time.With an epidemic of obesity affecting American children and adolescents, doctors say a growing number are being [...]
Lack of desire is typically women’s most common sexual complaint, and drug companies have been racing to offer a medical solution. The issue was a central topic at the meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, which ended Sunday.
The discussion comes even as critics say a better answer for dissatisfied [...]
DALLAS - Kids who load up on salty meals and snacks get thirsty, and too often they turn to calorie-filled sodas. So maybe cutting back on the salt is a good way to cut the calories. That’s the idea coming from a British study published Wednesday in an American Heart Association journal.
Salt is “a hidden [...]
February is American Heart Month. To learn more about the subject I spoke with Dr. Donna Wilcox of Anu Medical Spa in Voorhees, NJ. We discussed some diet and fitness tips, and some of the warning signs that people sometimes ignore, and the steps a person should take to ensure a healthy heart at any [...]
DeRosa, who has experienced irregular heartbeats in the past, was alert and sitting upright when he left. “He has had this before and he has been able to modify it with breathing exercises,” Piniella said. “But today it didn’t go away. … [...]
WASHINGTON - Shares of Adolor Corp. soared Friday after government reviewers said the company’s drug appears effective at treating severe constipation that follows surgery.
The Food and Drug Administration posted its review of Entereg, which Adolor developed with GlaxoSmithKline, ahead of a meeting to review the drug next week. A panel of outside experts is expected [...]
