Experts weigh in on octogenarian health.
Tag: Heart
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My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon
Organ transplantation is mired in stagnant science and antiquated, imprecise medicine that fails patients and organ donors.
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Defibrillators Can Save a Life, but Almost Nobody Has One at Home
While researchers are divided over whether more people should have automated external defibrillators at home, those who have used one have no doubts.
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African Countries Made Huge Gains in Life Expectancy. Now That Could Be Erased.
Incidence of illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension are climbing quickly in most sub-Saharan countries, but the conditions are rarely diagnosed or treated.
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New Treatment Could Help Fix the Heart’s ‘Forgotten Valve’
Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky open-heart surgery.