Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery Feature Articles
Do you know if you're at risk of sudden cardiac arrest? Would you know what to do?
Here's some of the more common risk factors and things to look out for.
Using blood pressure monitors at home is an easy way to not only understand more about what those two little numbers mean to our health, they can also give us better control over ...
Dr Sara Nikravan "Lung ultrasound" short-lecture series. In part 1 Dr Nikravan introduces point of care lung ultrasound, reviews relevant artifacts and lung sliding.
The more you see, the more you can do | Learn why POC echo is valuable in the care of patients.
Making sure you do, and knowing where the nearest AED is just might save a life.
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times—regular exercise helps reduce high blood pressure. But beyond the general definition of exercise, what exactly does that ...
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down (metaphorically speaking), but what about a spoonful of apple cider vinegar?
St. Luke's University Health Network has experienced unprecedented growth over the last few years. The non-profit health network, founded in 1872, has expanded following a series of ...
Eating a more alkaline-based pH diet can provide numerous benefits to your body.
High blood pressure (or hypertension) is often referred to as the “silent killer” because it can be symptomless, but it causes serious health issues.
“Clinical validation” is one you’ll frequently read on blood pressure monitor packaging. But “clinically validated” can mean a number of different things – and not all monitors are ...
In November of last year, the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology and nine other groups recently redefined high blood pressure.
Australia’s future health depends strongly on the whole population having affordable, equal access to nutritious food that is produced sustainably - the core focus of the Food Futures ...
If you are one of the thousands of physicians and nurses tipping the scales into unhealthy territory, you’re losing credibility with your patients.
This year’s DonateLife Week theme – Everyone is a potential donor. What are you waiting for? - is critical because we need many more registered organ and tissue donors.
Almost 60% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients do not receive bystander CPR despite its potential to more than double survival rates, according to new research by Monash ...
Researchers have shown a single blood test could identify which patients reporting to hospital with chest pain were at low risk of imminent heart attacks.
Women from low socioeconomic backgrounds are 25 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack than disadvantaged men, a major new study has found.
The AMA recently called on all Australian governments and other stakeholders to work together to eradicate Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD).
One-third of people presenting to NSW emergency departments have underlying drug and alcohol problems, yet only a small number get appropriate treatment, UNSW research has found.
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