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Best Blood Pressure Monitors For Apple Health
In conclusion, Apple Health and compatible blood pressure monitors represent the synergy between technology and healthcare, redefining health management’s future. This amalgamation fosters a detailed and proactive perspective toward personal health, emphasizing the need for maintaining awareness and making educated health choices. As technological advancements persist, our capacity to control and comprehend our health will likewise expand, heralding a new age of customized healthcare. Reference Central-acting agents – Drugs.com. (n.d.). Retrieved July 24, 2023, from https://www.drugs.com/mca/central-ac...
Source: The EMT Spot - August 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Monitors Source Type: blogs

Blood Pressure Meds vs Blood Thinners: What ’ s The Difference?
Conclusion In conclusion, while blood pressure medicines and blood thinners are both crucial to heart health, their roles and mechanisms of action are notably distinct. Blood pressure medication works primarily on the vascular system, aiding in reducing blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels or altering the heart’s function. On the other hand, blood thinners target the blood itself, working to prevent the formation of potentially dangerous blood clots. Throughout this article, one thing becomes undeniably clear: the importance of regular consultations with your healthcare provider. When it comes to managing m...
Source: The EMT Spot - July 20, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs

Can You Practice Tai Chi With Hypertension?
Conclusions To sum up, there’s compelling evidence and substantial anecdotal support suggesting that Tai Chi can be a beneficial and safe practice for people with hypertension. However, always remember to consult with your healthcare provider before starting any new exercise regimen. Tai Chi embodies a perfect blend of gentle physical movement, mental focus, and calming breathwork. While it may not replace traditional hypertension treatments, it can certainly be a serene, therapeutic addition to an overall health strategy. Read also: Impact of Increased Exercise (Or No Exercise) On Blood Pressure ...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs

Can You Take Sleep Aids With Hypertension?
Conclusion To encapsulate, using sleep aids when you have hypertension isn’t a straightforward ‘yes’ or ‘no’. It’s a decision that should involve thorough discussion with your healthcare provider, considering factors like the type of sleep aid, dosage, and your overall health. Sleep aids can be an invaluable tool for those struggling with sleep issues. But in the context of hypertension, it’s vital to tread carefully. After all, in the journey towards better health, every step counts. Read also: Sleepless Nights Could Be Putting Your Heart At Risk, Study Finds ...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs

Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring – Not for the Faint-of-Heart (Pun Intended)
This article will summarize these challenges and also provide optimism for the refreshingly near future. Namely, while the progress towards FDA-cleared cuffless BP monitoring may feel protracted, significant technological advances, regulatory modernization, and clinical use case validation are rapidly advancing and aligning.  Key Challenges Confronting OTC Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring Scientific Risks At the most fundamental level, the jury’s still out on whether sufficiently accurate noninvasive, cuffless, calibration-free blood pressure monitoring is physically realizable at all. Namely, “Do the laws of nature...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AliveCor Blood Pressure Blood Pressure Cuffs Blood Pressure Monitoring BP Calibration-Free Bloo Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 20th 2023
This study also provides the potential for de novo generation of complex organs in vivo. T Cells May Play a Role in the Brain Inflammation Characteristic of Neurodegenerative Conditions https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/03/t-cells-may-play-a-role-in-the-brain-inflammation-characteristic-of-neurodegenerative-conditions/ Alzheimer's disease, and other forms of neurodegenerative condition, are characterized by chronic inflammation in brain tissue. Unresolved inflammatory signaling is disruptive of tissue structure and function. Here, researchers provide evidence for T cells to become involved in this...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 19, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Take a break from cardiology : How to debate a complex topic in a forum ?
Pardon ,this video is nothing to do with cardiology. It is from the archives of the United nations library .This can teach some important lessons in art of communication , sharing to all folks, especially medical students. It was recorded in 1959 in Newyork, UN head quarters.Four 17 year old school girls & boys were invited for a debate on a complex topic. Does God exist ? How do you pray ? and what is the purpose of different religions ? I keep wondering , how these youngsters accumulated so much wisdom and express it in such a polite manner too. Mind you, this was recorded , when learning happened with ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - January 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized evidence based cardiology medical education religion and god medical profession Source Type: blogs

One family ’s disastrous experience with a growth-driven long-term care company
by “E-PATIENT” DAVE DEBRONKART Continuing THCB’s occasional series on actual experiences with the health care system. This is the first in a short series about a patient and family experience from one of America’s leading ePatients. I’ve been blogging recently about what happens in American healthcare when predatory investor-driven companies start moving into care industries because the money’s good and enforcement is lax. The first two posts were about recent articles in The New Yorker on companies that are more interested in sales and growth than caring. I now have permission ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care ePatient Dave Patient Experience Respite care Source Type: blogs

Acute Chest pain with LBBB. What is going on?
This history and ECG were texted to me from a far away ED on a Friday night:" Very elderly make with history of coronary disease on an angiogram 1 year prior presents with 2 hours of chest pain, sternal, pressure, and mild diaphoresis. "What do you think?There is sinus tachycardia with LBBB.  There is concordant ST depression (STD) in lead V2, and excessively proportionally discordant STD in all of leads V3-V6.  Thus, there is one lead (V2) that meets the Sgarbossa criteria and the Smith modified criteria, and 4 other leads (V3-V6) that meet the alternative Smith modified criteria (proportionally excessively disc...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - June 23, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

A man in his 40s with RUQ abdominal pain
Conclusion:In hemodynamically stable patients with chest pain, sinus tachycardia aids in the identification of patients unlikely to have type I MI, especially in those with HR greater than 120 bpm.===================================MY Comment by KEN GRAUER, MD (4/28/2020):===================================Insightful case presented by Drs. Goss and Meyers highlighting the importance of recognizing the ECG signs of acute PE. I focus my comments on further dissecting some of these " tell-tale " ECG features.The " theme " of today ' s case was "pattern recognition". Like the ECG diagnos...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 28, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs

Which Modified Sgarbossa Rule does this meet? And what is the Rhythm?
A reader sent this ECG and asked " Steve, can this be hyperK? "  He sent no clinical information.What do you think?My answer: " This is inferior OMI. "  There is LBBB and an with a false negative Modified Sgarbossa. "The rhythm is also interesting, but does not affect the diagnosis of OMI:there are also no P-waves before the QRS complex.  The wide complex suggests an idioventricular rhythm, in fact it is an accelerated junctional rhythm followed by Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB).  Idioventricular rhythm would have a slower QRS onset, similar to VT (and it can ' t be VT also because it is too slow).&nbs...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - July 13, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Will Trump, Congressional Infections Boost Innovations For Covid-19 Survivors?
By MICHAEL MILLENSON When powerful politicians confront a life-threatening diagnosis, it can change policy priorities.  In addition to President Trump and a slew of top aides, five U.S. senators and 15 members of the House of Representatives have now tested positive or been presumed positive in tests for Covid-19 as of Oct. 5, according to a running tally by National Public Radio (NPR). In that light, the recent burst of coronavirus infections could accelerate three significant innovations affecting every Covid-19 survivor. 1) Post-Covid Clinics Even seemingly mild encounters with the coronavirus can tr...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy OP-ED Politics Michael Millenson Source Type: blogs

Butterfly Releases iQ+ Mobile Ultrasound for Imaging Anywhere
Butterfly Network, a company out of Guilford, Connecticut, is releasing a new generation of its popular mobile ultrasound device. The new Butterfly iQ+ features better imaging capabilities, improved ergonomics, and longer battery life. Clinicians can...
Source: Medgadget - October 7, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Pediatrics Radiology Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs

Chest discomfort, Sinus Tachycardia, Q-waves, ST Elevation, and Intermittent Wide Complex Tachycardia. Activate the Cath Lab?
This ECG was texted to me with no other information:Computer Diagnosis:SINUS TACHYCARDIAINCOMPLETE RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK [90+ ms QRS DURATION,TERMINAL R IN V1/V2, 40+ ms S IN I/aVL/V4/V5/V6]LEFT ANTERIOR FASCICULAR BLOCK [QRS AXIS<= -45, QR IN I, RS IN II]ANTEROSEPTAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION , PROBABLY RECENT [40+ ms QWAVE IN V1-V4]***ACUTE MI***What do you think? Below is my response.There is sinus tach.  There is an incomplete RBBB and LAFB.  There are QR-waves in aVL and V2, and a QS-wave in V3.  There is ST elevation in V2 and V3, with upright T-waves in V2 and V3.  There is reciprocal ST depre...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - August 12, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

The Medical-Industrial Complex Pads Its Pockets As We Empty Ours
By MIKE MAGEE, MD A report this month published in the British Medical Journal found that 80% of 293 physician leaders and board members of 10 of the most influential medical associations in the United States (including the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, American Psychiatric Association, Infectious Disease Society of America, American College of Rheumatology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Endocrine Society, American Thoracic Society, and Orthopaedic Trauma Association) received financial payments of $130 million in total for “leadership” activities between 2017 and 2019....
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Economics Health Policy Medical Industrial Complex Mike Magee Source Type: blogs