This story is from Kaiser Health News. For more than a decade, the latest Apple products have been the annual must-have holiday gift for the tech-savvy. That raises the question: Is the newest Apple Watch on your list — either to give or receive — this year? At first glance, the watch appears to be an ideal present for Apple’s …
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – For women battling breast cancer, a lumpectomy is often the treatment of choice to preserve the breast. But that requires radiation to prevent cancer recurrence and can sometimes harm the heart. CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez reports that a new technique may help protect women’s hearts. Joyce McCain’s breast cancer was picked up in a routine mammogram …
The rate of heart attacks in men remains three times higher than in women, according to researchers at the University of Oxford. But the study identified that those three individual factors - smoking and high blood pressure -- are more likely to be linked to heart attacks in women, showing the need for more awareness efforts targeted at women on …
An elderly man from New York City thinks black licorice Twizzlers gave him heart problems, so he’s suing the Hershey Company via the Manhattan Supreme Court. According to a lawsuit obtained by the New York Post, David Goldberg is a “healthy individual who is not obese” and “has never had any heart conditions,” but now he’s living with atrial fibrillation, …
The federal government has cited Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston for not having working defibrillator paddles in the operating room during a January heart transplant. The transplant ultimately failed, and the patient died two months later. During a review this month, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that “there were not sufficient quantities of emergency …
The federal government has cited Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston for not having working defibrillator paddles in the operating room during a January heart transplant. The transplant ultimately failed, and the patient died two months later. During a review this month, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that “there were not sufficient quantities of emergency …
By Rashmi Ramesh It isn't just your heart that bears the brunt of you being overweight. Obesity impacts your body and mind in multiple ways. So, it is wise to be in the safe zone, writes Rashmi Ramesh. It’s time you looked beyond the cardiovascular risk of obesity. Being overweight can also lead to liver problems, obstructive sleep apnea and …
Crash dieting can actually result in more belly fat and less muscle  |  Photo Credit: Thinkstock New Delhi: Carrying excess weight, especially around the belly, increases your risk of diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, depression, etc. Perhaps, research has proven that added fats are more than a little extra cushion but they are actually ‘toxic factories’. Fortunately, there …
Heart problems that were “largely preventable” killed around 415,000 Americans in 2016, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says, highlighting the importance of proactive interventions. Under its new Million Hearts campaign, which aims to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes by 2022, the CDC looked at 2016 data and identified approximately 2.2 million hospitalizations …
A rare parasitic disease that can lead to heart failure or stroke may be more common in the United States than many medical providers realize, with an estimated 300,000 people affected. Chagas disease is spread by an insect known as the kissing bug. An estimated 8 million people in Central and South America are infected, but the disease has also …
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