Over consecutive flu seasons, patients with diabetes who were vaccinated had a significantly reduced risk of all-cause death, cardiovascular mortality, and death from heart attack or stroke.
The comprehensive exercise and lifestyle support found in cardiac rehab programs may be especially therapeutic when additional exercise is added.
Makeshift PPE widely reported in McKnight’s survey: COVID-19 hits 34% of nursing homes … Review of safe PPE use finds more questions than answers … Women receive fewer recommended drugs after a heart attack
Don’t forget older adults outside of nursing homes, coronavirus policymakers told … Secondary prevention efforts improve heart attack outcomes … App that encourages exercise self-management helps reduce osteoarthritis pain
Costs deter patients from taking their neurologic medications … Address patient complaints to lower risk of violence against nurses, say researchers … Hospital readmissions less likely when elders receive help with meds … Turning 80 reduces likelihood of bypass surgery after heart attack
Heart attack risk is high following the death of a close loved one. But preventive drug therapy may reduce the odds of suffering a “broken heart.”
Only one in four Medicare patients made use of cardiac rehabilitation after heart attack, acute heart events or surgery, say researchers.
Seniors with no history of heart disease are at high risk of dangerous cardiac events within 30 days of their first stroke, a study finds.
Protein therapy leads to improved heart function after heart attack, according to a preclinical Australian study.
Functional impairment measures can help accurately predict six-month mortality for older heart attack patients, say Yale researchers.
