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Ask the Doctors: Rheumatoid arthritis patients can have higher risk of mild cognitive impairment

Symptoms include stiffness, swelling and tenderness or pain in the joints, often on both sides of the body.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ambulance performance worst on record with some people waiting hours

One in 10 people waited at least three hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds for a response to a category two call.

The Independent UK

New statins guidance could make extra 15m people eligible in England

Guidance for NHS says extending cholesterol-lowering treatment could save thousands more lives

The Guardian - UK

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Walking 3 To 4 Miles A Day Reduces The Risk Of Heart Disease In Older People

Older adults who walk three to four miles per day 6,000 to 9,000 steps, are 40 to 50 per cent less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those who walk a mile (2,000 steps) per day. Read on for details:

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University Chaplain 'struggled alone for 16 hours' after suffering stroke caused by 'silent condition'

Mia Fox struggled alone for 16 hours, believing she was going to die, but was unaware she had had a stroke

Chronicle Live

New push to restrict abortions to be introduced in Nebraska

A Nebraska lawmaker who sponsored a failed abortion ban bill last year has announced she will introduce a new bill this week that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in a fetus, which is generally around the sixth week of pregnancy

The Independent UK

Wife begged for ambulance for two hours while watching husband die in front of her

Lesley Weekley, who works for the NHS, has told of her harrowing experience watching her husband die of a heart attack

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Saudi Surgeons Perform Heart Transplant for Youngest Newborn in Middle East

A team of pediatric cardiac surgeons at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) performed consecutive heart transplants on two children, one of them an eight-month-old, within 24 hours in Riyadh.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Firefighters more likely to die from cancer, research suggests

Scottish firefighters had a mortality rate for all cancers 1.6 times higher than the general population, a university study found.

The Independent UK

Heart attack symptoms for women are different from men's signs. For Jennifer, it was a near-fatal miss

Jennifer Tucker was 34, healthy and active when she began struggling to breathe. She was told she didn't need an angiogram, but subsequent testing showed otherwise.

ABC News

Baby spent the first four months of life in hospital after needing heart surgery

Little Noah Phelan was just six weeks old when he underwent open heart surgery

Wales Online

A 'medical cost-sharing' plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill

Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.

WEKU

Midwife's baby died in hospital after staff did not 'act urgently enough'

Gemma Bentley was left devastated when her son Luca died 17 hours after he was born at Burnley General Teaching Hospital in June 2020 after staff ''did not act urgently enough or escalate care appropriately'.

Daily Record

Sweeping social care reforms can wait – homes need money and workers right now

Hospitals can’t discharge patients because councils don’t have the funds to facilitate care afterwards. It’s a perfect storm of neglect, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Thai king's daughter remains unconscious weeks after collapsing

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha remained unconscious more than three weeks after collapsing due to a heart problem, a palace statement said in an update on the health of the the 44-year-old potential heir to the throne.

Manchester Evening News

Midwife's baby died after staff at her hospital 'did not act urgently enough or escalate care appropriately'

A coroner said he would have survived had her care been different

The Independent UK

Heart screening may not have prevented Hamlin's collapse

Quick on-the-field emergency care is widely credited with helping save Damar Hamlin’s life, but it's unclear if his cardiac arrest could have been prevented with screening

Manchester Evening News

Doctors failed to spot that man, 22, had heart failure despite tests revealing signs of a problem

The delay in detecting Johnny’s condition made a ‘huge difference’

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Daily Mirror

Dying student, 22, pleaded 'put me out of my misery' after weeks of mystery symptoms

Johnny Alfrey, a 22-year-old student from Littleborough, Greater Manchester, suffered a range of symptoms in the lead up to his death last year, including migraines, vomiting, fatigue and lack of appetite

Wales Online

Uni student with big plans for future complained about migraines weeks before death, inquest hears

'He was changing colour, he said a couple of times that he felt like he was going to die'

Dynamite News

Researchers Find Two Protein Pathways Downregulated In Postnatal Heart

Published on Thursday in Stem Cell Reports, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered two signalling pathways that are downregulated in human hearts after birth. Read on for details:

The Independent UK

Doctor saves life of man who almost died twice on board flight to India

Doctor battles to keep man alive for five hours while mid-air on flight to India

Tribune News Service

What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains

Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to…

Los Angeles Times

Damar Hamlin's collapse showed the need for CPR skills. Here's where to get them

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Mariell Jessup, chief science and medical officer of the American Heart Association, said she couldn't say for sure what caused Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's heart to stop during an NFL game Monday night. But she was sure of one thing: "Everyone needs to know how…

Wales Online

Mum of four had heart attack and died after waiting 11 hours for ambulance

Hannah left behind four children days before Christmas after being promised a 'blue light response'

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