Pulmonary Hypertension

Among individuals who did not have heart failure (HF) at study enrollment, having residence in a rural location in the Southeast region of the United States has been linked to a higher risk of developing HF, even after adjusting for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and socioeconomic status (SES). This outcome was seen primarily among women and Black men, with the findings published online today in JAMA Cardiology . The prospective cohort study, a subanalysis of date from the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS), compared potential outcomes between Black (n = 18,647) and White (n = 8468) participants for HF risk, considering contributions from CVD and SES. All participants received care from CMS and were enrolled in the SCCS between 2002 and 2009 from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Self-reported data on face, demographics, SES, health behaviors, and medical history ...

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Psychosocial stress, loss of control associated with a higher risk Psychosocial stress, loss of control associated with a higher risk ...

Professionals deal with work stress in many different ways, from morning walks to motivational mantras. But many people don't know that breathing exercises can also help regulate stress, release anger and reduce anxiety. And according to Zee Clarke, author of Black People Breathe and mindfulness & breathwork expert for BIPOC communities, they can also help professionals mitigate workplace burnout. Three out of 10 U.S. employees say they're burned out "very often" or "always," according to a recent report from Gallup. What's more, employees who felt discrimination were more than twice as likely to report high levels of burnout, showing that access to DEI programs is essential to workplace well-being. By practicing breathwork, burnout can be directly addressed through relaxation responses in the body that help strengthen the body and mind, according to a 2017 study from Frontiers in Psychology.  Here are three breathing exercises Clarke re...

A 16-year-old girl was rushed to the emergency department with difficulty breathing. Her symptoms had started suddenly 45 minutes earlier during a soccer game. Soccer was her sport — she lived and breathed soccer since she was 5 years old. Recently, she had started having trouble breathing during some games and practices. Her primary care pediatrician prescribed an albuterol inhaler to use 10 minutes before playing. The inhaler helped sometimes, but not that day. In the emergency department, the triage nurse determined that the teen was experiencing significant respiratory distress: gasping for air and coughing. She didn't have a fever and her blood oxygen level was normal, but her respiratory and heart rates were elevated. She complained that her throat and chest felt tight and that she could not take a deep breath. Her voice sounded hoarse. The triage nurse passed her to the treatment team to start medicine for an asthma attack — continuous inhaled albuterol and a dose of oral st...

Ganna Dmytrivna Radchenko, Yurii Anatoliiovych Botsiuk, Yuriy Mykolaiyovich Sirenko State Institution "National Scientific Center "The M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology, Clinical and Regenerative Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine", Kyiv, Ukraine Correspondence: Ganna Dmytrivna Radchenko, State Institution National Scientific Center "The M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology, Clinical and Regenerative Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine", 5, Svyatoslava Khorobroho str., Kyiv, 03151, Ukraine, Tel +38-0667128405, Email [email protected] Abstarct: Aim: This study aims to evaluate the left ventricle (LV) systolic and diastolic function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and its correlation with systemic arterial stiffness assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI). Patient and methods: We included 37 patients with IPAH and 20 healthy people matched by age....

Data The present study utilized data collected under the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019–2021, available in the public domain for legitimate research purposes. It can be obtained through https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm. The survey covered a range of health-related issues, including non-communication diseases. NFHS-5 is the second nationwide community-based survey after NFHS-4 in India to provide estimates of blood glucose levels and blood pressure in the general population. Specifically, among women aged 15–49 years and men aged 15–54 years for all the Indian States and Union Territories (UTs), and districts. Survey data consists of 724,115 women samples. After dropping 28,408 pregnant women observations, the final analysis used information on the remaining 695,707 women samples. Women generally modify their dietary and lifestyle behaviours during pregnancy; therefore, including pregnant women in the study might affec...