All posts tagged "Cardiovasculardisorders"

Actor Ryan O’Neal’s cause of death has officially been revealed, roughly two weeks after he died at the age 82. The Academy Award-nominated “Love Story” star died of congestive heart failure, after years of suffering from cardiomyopathy, according to his death certificate obtained by The Blast. Cardiomyopathy is an overarching term for any disorder affecting the heart muscle, which causes it to lose the ability to effectively pump blood, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.). Potential causes of cardiomyopathy include alcohol abuse, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, viral infection......

A pair of studies have found that older adults who use marijuana have more risk of heart attack or stroke when hospitalized than non-users and are more likely to develop heart failure if they are a daily user. The two studies, which have not been published, were presented Monday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia. Both studies excluded cannabis users who also smoke tobacco to focus solely on the cardiovascular effects of marijuana consumption. The AHA recommends against smoking tobacco or marijuana because of the potential damaging effects on the heart, lungs......

Air pollution, especially its tiniest particles, has contributed to a 30% global rise in heart-related disabilities and death since 1990, a new study has found. The pollution connection affected men more than women, while poorer regions of the world were hit harder that wealthier areas, researchers said in the study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The most notable culprit, particulate matter pollution, shows up outside in dirt, dust, soot or smoke from coal- and gas-fueled power plants, vehicle emissions, agriculture, dust, pollen and wildfire smoke, while......

When David Mills of Vista, California, went into cardiac arrest on April 8, it took 70 minutes of CPR to restore his regular heartbeat. Now, telling his story after 11 weeks of recovery, the retired carpenter says he does not remember much about the time he spent unconscious, his heart locked in a seizure-like pattern called ventricular fibrillation that stopped the vital organ from pumping blood. The likelihood of his successful return to a full life — albeit with some lingering memory problems — was less than 1 percent. Living, after coming so close to death, is a delight, he said. "Each day......

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, stroke, and depression — common medical conditions that affect millions of Americans. His latest diagnosis may be his most common one yet: hearing loss. On March 31, when Fetterman was released from the hospital after being treated for depression, his office said he also had been diagnosed with "mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss" and was fitted for hearing aids. Hearing loss affects an estimated 50 million Americans, and sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form of it......

If you’re going to jog and essentially drop dead on the sidewalk, you’d want it to happen like it did for Jon Cook of Johnson County, Kansas — who’d still like to find the unknown “blonde with a dog” and other guardian angels who helped save his life. “We’ve tried hard. We’ve gone door to door. I’ve tried going on (the app) Nextdoor,” Cook, the global CEO of the marketing firm VMLY&R, said of the efforts he and his wife, Lisa, have made. So far Cook, who may be among the luckiest people to have his heart stop, has had no luck finding them to offer thanks. Cardiac arrests strike some 350,000 ad......