Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have reported evidence for a link between Alzheimer’s diseases and chronic heart failure, stemming from studies in animals and humans. The team of scientists (more specifically biochemists and cardiologists) from the U.S., Canada, and Italty were led by the researchers from Johns Hopkins in a study that found three changes [...]
What is a Physician? A physician or surgeon is a medical professional whose job it is to diagnose patients of illnesses and prescribe medication or administer treatment for said illnesses. Also known as a doctor, physicians use diagnostic tests and examine medical histories and symptoms to come to a diagnosis. The two types of physicians: [...]
People have always known that vitamins and proper nutrients can contribute to a more healthy heart. A new study by researchers at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City claims that Vitamin D, in particular, has strong correlations to healthy heart, and that a deficiency of Vitamin D may substantially increase [...]
A teenager from McAllen, Texas has made medical history in the field of heart medicine. Frank De Santiago has officially been the first patient to ever be medically discharged from a pediatric hospital with a mechanical heart assist device. The device, named the HeartMate II, is a mechanical heart pump that saved De Santiago’s life. [...]
What sets ACSM apart from other sports medicine schools or programs across the country? Our name can be a bit deceiving. We’re actually not a “college” in the traditional sense of the word, but rather the world’s largest professional sports medicine and exercise science organization. We also certify health and fitness professionals such as personal [...]
As many as 40 House Democrats have pledged to vote against a final version of the healthcare bill passed last weekend if the language regarding abortion in the bill is not amended to be stronger. House Democratic leaders, on their way to pushing the new plan to change the national health care system, will likely [...]
Washington – Saturday, all of America waited to learn the future of American health care. The House voted to approve the new sweeping health care bill. The final tally stood at 220-215, with 39 Democrats opposing and 1 Republican in favor of the new bill. The bill has been called the biggest expansion of health [...]
Despite feeling dizzy and under the weather, I sat down with President of the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), Roberta Wager, or Bobbi. Her passion for the AAKP as a patient organization for the service of kidney patients was inspiring, to say the least. I asked Bobbi about the AAKP, what the organization stands [...]
