Holy Cross Health now offers Barostim™ Baroreflex Activation Therapy, the world’s first FDA-approved heart failure device to use neuromodulation – the power of the brain and nervous system – to improve the symptoms of patients with systolic heart failure. This therapy was designed to treat heart failure patients who may not be receiving adequate symptom relief from medications alone.
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This week, OneBlood, an Orlando-based blood center, experienced a cyberattack that has brought some of their systems offline. During this time, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County (DOH-Broward) encourages Floridians to consider donating blood to alternative blood centers to help boost Florida’s blood supply. Donating blood saves lives!
The campaign will commence with a six-week radio advertisement featuring Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidates Eric Hovde (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D), highlighting their stances on abortion rights. Although the ACLU said it does not endorse or oppose candidates, the effort by the ACLU Voter Education Fund seeks to provide voters with essential information on where candidates stand on crucial issues, particularly abortion rights.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a persistent elevation in blood pressure diagnosed when repeated measurements over time exceed normal values. While it is often discussed in the context of adults, childhood hypertension is a serious condition that parents should be aware of, even though it is rarely talked about. In children and adolescents, blood pressure typically increases with age and height, meaning that normal blood pressure values change yearly, much like height and weight. According to medical experts, hypertension in children can be detected as early as three years old.
Seven million pounds of meat and poultry products have been recalled amid a nationwide listeria outbreak that has sickened residents in 13 states, officials said this week. Boar’s Head announced it has recalled seven million pounds of its products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said.
Holy Cross Health has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Heart Failure Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, meaning reduced readmissions and more healthy days at home.
Nearly 1 of every 5 uninsured working-age adults across the 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are, according to a new analysis, stuck in a health care limbo known as a “coverage gap.”
The Research & Development (R&D) spending is $72.6 million, according to Charles Weatherford, Ph.D., vice president for Research.
The federal government’s proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule 1 to Schedule 3 has sparked debate over its impact on drug testing, especially in safety-sensitive jobs. Schedule 1 drugs lack accepted medical use and have a high potential for abuse. The process for a Controlled Substance Act rule change could take a year, and approval would not automatically end the federal ban on marijuana.
This summer in the United States, Covid-19 rates are reportedly particularly high in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada. In these western states, the number of positive tests reached 15.6% on the week ending July 6th, 1% up on the previous week. The CDC’s investigations show that viral rates in wastewater are also on the rise once again.