Certain factors were associated with heart palpitations in menopause, according to findings of a scoping literature review in Women’s Health.
“We wanted to understand what research had been done and what research is still needed to help women with menopause palpitations,” Janet S. Carpenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, a distinguished professor and the Audrey Geisel Endowed Chair in Innovation at the Indiana University School of Nursing, told Healio. Read more in Healio.
The COVID-19 pandemic substantially impacted the daily lives of patients with chronic liver disease, a global cross-sectional study found.
Among 2,500 chronic liver disease patients, 11.3% reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their disease, which was mostly due to delays in follow-up care (73%), reported Zobair Younossi, MD, MPH, of Inova Medicine in Falls Church, Virginia, and colleagues, writing in Hepatology Communications. Read more in MedPage Today.
ORLANDO — Adequate sleep, exercise and stress management are critical for patients with autoimmune diseases, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Conference.
“On average, an individual needs 7 to 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep,” George E. Munoz, MD, medical director of American Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, and chief medical officer of the Oasis Institute, in Miami told attendees. He added that four REM cycles per night optimal. Read the full story in Healio.
Transplant nephrologist was perfect match for patient-turned-friend.
It’s rare that a transplant nephrologist becomes a kidney donor — but that’s exactly what happened to Dr. Aji Djamali last month.
Not long into his journey to becoming a nephrologist and surgeon, Djamali knew he wanted to donate his kidney. With the rare blood type B, he knew he could make an ideal match for a patient one day. Read or watch the story from ABC News here.
ORLANDO — Exercise can supplement the efficacy of several therapies used to treat osteoporosis, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.
“You get old, and if you don’t exercise, you break,” Jacqueline M. Fritz, RN, MSN, RN-BC, an infusion specialist at the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, in La Palma, California, told attendees. Read more in Healio.
Just over a year after receiving a double-lung transplant, a COVID-19 survivor is cycling 38-miles to raise funds for the nonprofit where he found support after his surgery.
Rick Bressler, Lock Haven, contracted the COVID-19 virus in March 2021, four days before he was scheduled to receive the vaccine. He was soon hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. Read the full story in NorthcentralPA.com.
Women with a history of premature menopause, defined as menopause before age 40 years, are more likely to develop HF or atrial fibrillation over 9 years of follow-up compared with women without premature menopause, data show.
In a Korean database analysis of more than 1.4 million women, researchers also found that premature menopause was significantly associated with CHD compared with all other categories of age at menopause. Read more in Healio.
Higher frequencies of adding salt to food were associated with premature mortality and lower life expectancy, according to study findings published in the European Heart Journal.
“The evidence in relation to sodium/salt intakes and mortality is still controversial,” Lu Qi, MD, PhD, FAHA, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and professor in the department of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, told Healio. “This study may motivate further investigations, which may provide evidence to affect the recommendation of adding salt.” Read more Healio.
Children receiving dialysis at a for-profit facility were less likely to be put on the waitlist for — and ultimately receive — a kidney transplant, according to a retrospective cohort study.
Among over 13,000 pediatric patients, those receiving dialysis at a profit center had a 21% lower chance of being put on the waitlist for a kidney versus those receiving care at nonprofit facilities (adjusted HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.75-0.83), reported Sandra Amaral, MD, MHS, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues.
Read the full story in MedPage Today.
It wasn’t until after his liver transplant that Felix Pon’s personality began to shine. His rare liver disease left him bright yellow, itchy, depleted, and hardly able to smile. He’s making up for it today by greeting everyone he meets with a wide grin and a happy hello.
“It was like a veil was lifted after his liver transplant. His good-natured, friendly personality came out,” says his mom, Katie Gilmer Pon. Read the full story from Stanford Medicine.