by Bruce Brown | December 19, 2018 | Medical
Heart disease and stroke rank among the top five causes of death in the United States, according to the latest figures from the CDC. Heart disease is in the unenviable first position on the list and stroke is number five. We have written about a variety of wearable...
by Bruce Brown | November 14, 2018 | General News, Medical
Among heart failure patients discharged from hospitals, on average 23% are readmitted each year, according to a 2016 report in Progressive Cardiovascular Disease. Early detection of changing symptoms to prevent readmission is the Holy Grail for the costly problem....
by Bruce Brown | August 8, 2018 | General News, Health
Childhood cancer survivors are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the disease occurs on average eight years earlier than the general population. There are approximately a half million childhood cancer survivors in the U.S. Even though the link...
by Alfred Poor | March 26, 2018 | General News, Medical
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common chronic heart condition characterized by an irregular heartbeat. According to CDC, about six million people in the U.S. have AFib; one in three will experience a stroke and one in four will have heart failure. Early diagnosis and...
by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2018 | General News, Health
On average, 23% of heart failure patients are readmitted to a hospital every year, according to a study published in 2016 in Progressive Cardiovascular Disease. About 5.7 million American adults live with heart failure (HF), a sizable number projected to increase to 8...
