Topic: Yale University
Telemonitoring of patients with chronic conditions is a hot concept in the tech world. Yale cardiologist Harlan Krumholz, who led one of the studies, discusses why below. We have discovered that patients return to the hospital at a distressingly high rate - ...
Biofeedback is a large field that has been around since the 1950s. It is a training method that involves monitoring various lifesigns such as EEG , muscle activity, heart rate , and blood pressure as a guide to achieving some end. There ...
The national quality campaign, the Door-to-Balloon Alliance, has succeeded in reaching the goal of 75 percent of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes of arrival at hospital, according to a study published online Dec. ...
Hospitals getting more heart attack patients critical care within 90 minutes of ER arrivalHospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives.More than three-quarters of people suffering major heart attacks are getting their ...
People who have negative views about aging are more likely to have a cardiovascular event later in life, according to research published online Feb. 13 in Psychological Science.. Becca R. Levy, Ph.D., of Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn., ...
Anger can be deadly, says a Reuters article today. The article points to a Yale University study that links anger and strong emotions in people in certain vulnerable groups, such as those with heart disease, to an increased risk of sudden cardiac ...
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have released new clinical performance measures on the care of patients with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and colleagues compiled the ...
Hospitals nationwide are pledging to save more lives by providing quicker care for heart attack victims. They're following a plan developed by the American College of Cardiology based in part on research from Yale University, which found that when heart attack patients ...