Diets high in fibre, especially cereal fibre, may help heart attack survivors live longer People who survive heart attacks have a greater chance of living longer if they increase their dietary intake of fibre – with cereal fibres ...
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A health journal captures various snapshots of your health, which helps you and your doctor get a clear picture of your medical history. The American Academy of Family Physicians mentions these added benefits of keeping a health journal: ...
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Black men who were raised in single-parent households have higher blood pressure than those who spent at least part of their childhood in a two-parent home, according to a new study. This is the first study to link childhood family living ...
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The Micra device is billed as the world's smallest pacemaker Medtronic is moving forward with studies on its own leadless pacemaker, the horse pill-sized Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that is only one-tenth the size of a standard ...
The government and NHS will invest £1bn in technology over the next three years in a bid to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The move is part of ongoing efforts ...
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MobileHelp has started shipment of its new Cellular Base Station, which requires no landline phone and operates on AT&T’s nationwide cellular network. This easy to install system works as an integrated system with MobileHelp's ...
A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google co-founder Larry Page said Wednesday that people should be more open about their medical histories. "I just disclosed ...
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MobileHelp®, a leader in innovative M-PERS or Mobile-Personal Emergency Response System technology, is unveiling two new products — myHalo® wearable Auto Fall Detect Pendant and a Cellular Base Station — to its emergency ...
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT has published the final set of criteria that healthcare providers must meet in order to demonstrate that they have reached Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records ...
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MDLIVE has launched cloud-based Virtual Medical Office 3.0 software that will enable insurers to provide secure and seamless real-time communications through voice, video, email and new apps between patients and medical professionals. The ...