Cardiac surgeons discover microplastics in their patients’ hearts
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Top Health Prize 2023: The Bus for women’s hearts
In France, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death for women (26% ahead of cancer 25%) with 76,000 deaths ...
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Declared dead, he came back to life: what is the Lazarus phenomenon?
At the end of March, a sexagenarian was declared dead by the Samu after suffering from a heart attack. But ...
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Atrial fibrillation: what are the real dangers?
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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What happens during an attack of atrial fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Marie-Ange, 55, managed to control her atrial fibrillation: “I lost weight and my treatments became effective”
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Roland, 70 years old: “The attacks of atrial fibrillation, it was like a pounding in my chest”
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Screening for atrial fibrillation: the revolution of connected objects
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Gilles, 75, suffering from atrial fibrillation: “the electric shock has improved my life”
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Shortness of breath, palpitations: what if it was atrial fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Frédéric, 71, operated on for atrial fibrillation: “I don’t even pay attention to my heart anymore!”
Atrial fibrillation would affect more than 750,000 people in France. As part of the 2021 Week of Action concerning this ...
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Red meat: for the heart, it is best to cook it with olive oil
To limit the risk of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) linked to the consumption of red meat, it is preferable to cook ...
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Alcohol: the French drink too much, public health alert France
Nearly a quarter of the adult French population consumes too much alcohol according to Public Health France. THE ESSENTIAL The ...
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Seniors: a year of regular physical exercise relieves the heart
A year of vigorous and assiduous physical activity in midlife can increase the elasticity of the heart muscle, limiting the ...
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The reflection of oneself in the mirror would depend on intestinal and cardiac signals
How the brain processes gut and heart signals could influence self-perception. THE ESSENTIAL The way the brain analyzes internal signals ...
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Coffee: three cups a day would protect the heart
In people without a diagnosis of heart disease, regular coffee consumption up to 3 cups a day would decrease the ...
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For your heart, choose wine over beer
To minimize the risk of developing atrial fibrillation, drinking a little wine is more effective than drinking a little beer, ...
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Auscultated for a cough, she discovers that her heart is … on the right
During a hospitalization for a cough that wouldn't go away, a 19-year-old American girl discovered that her heart was right ...
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Waiting for heart surgery: a transient pacemaker that harmlessly dissolves in the body
The world's first wireless, batteryless, fully implantable pacemaker that naturally disappears into the body after use has just been developed. ...
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Euro football: supporters, spare your heart!
During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a spike in heart attack hospitalizations was recorded in Germany. THE ESSENTIAL During the ...
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Footballer Christian Eriksen will be equipped with it: the cardiac defibrillator, instructions for use
The 29-year-old Danish player, Christian Eriksen, will be implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator after having a heart attack last Saturday ...
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Diabetes, heart, weight loss: is the glycemic index a good marker?
The glycemic index, which aims to measure the impact of a food on glycemia, therefore the blood sugar level, is ...
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A drink of alcohol increases the immediate risk of atrial fibrillation
Alcohol would have an almost immediate effect on the heart rate, doubling the risk of occurrence of an episode of ...
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Dialysis: cycling against cardiac effects
“Intra-dialytic cycling”, i.e. cycling during dialysis, would allow patients with renal insufficiency to better fight against the cardiac consequences of ...
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How space travel reshapes the heart
In the long term, weightlessness changes the structure of the heart, causing shrinkage and atrophy that low-intensity physical exercise is ...
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Covid-19: a heart drug effective against cell infection
A drug used to treat angina has been shown to be effective in preventing SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells to ...
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A healthy heart can prevent or delay dementia
Targeting arterial stiffening, which can cause atherosclerosis and atheromatosis in particular, early in life, could provide cognitive benefits later in ...
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Heart attack: 9 misconceptions about women’s hearts
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Bariatric surgery is good for teen hearts
© iStockPhotosWhile one in three obese adolescents (33% to be precise) has at least three cardiovascular risk factors before undergoing ...
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Pessimists need to watch their hearts
© iStockPhotosPessimism can it be considered as a risk factor in case of coronary disease ? In any case, this ...
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