News tagged with heart murmurs


Knowing Heart Murmurs

Hearts a flutter as exam includes audio portion for first time

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hearts will be racing faster this fall for every medical student in the country. That's because the three-part test every medical student and resident must pass will be delivered in a new way: by listening ...





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Sounding out heart problems automatically

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sounding the chest with a cold stethoscope is probably one of the most commonly used diagnostics in the medical room after peering down the back of the throat while the patient says, "Aaaah". But, research published in the ...


Doctors listening to iPod

iPods help docs improve stethoscope skills

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 26, 2007 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Patients rely on their physicians to recognize signs of trouble, yet for common heart murmurs, that ability is only fair at best. Fortunately, the solution is simple: listening repeatedly. In fact, intensive ...


Preventing The Sudden Death of Young Athletes From Hidden Heart Disorders

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Few things stun a community more than when a seemingly healthy high school or collegiate athlete suddenly dies during practice or in competition from a hidden heart disorder.


Yoga boosts heart health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...


Study: Heart failure drug guidelines often ignored

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, despite a program to get more doctors to follow treatment guidelines, a study suggests.


Heart disease effects perceived as more acute by people with PTSD

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study of 1,022 men and women with heart disease, those with post-traumatic stress disorder perceived the effects of their disease as more burdensome and disabling than did those without PTSD, even when ...


Canadian cardiology team clears the way for lifesaving breast cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of Canadian cardiologists, in collaboration with oncologists, are playing an important role in the war against breast cancer Dr. Michael McDonald told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart ...


1 in 4 hospitalized heart failure patients with Medicare back in hospital within a month

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Almost a quarter of heart failure patients with Medicare are back in the hospital within a month after discharge, researchers report in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association.


Protein may predict heart attack and early death, not stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with high levels of a protein called C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker for inflammation in the blood, may be at higher risk for heart attack and death but not stroke, according to a study published in the October ...


Angina in the legs? Time to alert patients and physicians

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower ...



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