July 30, 2024 by Sharon Theimer, Mayo Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWearables measure several aspects of health, and heart rate variability might be one of those. It may be surprising when your device informs you that your heart rate variability is high or low, but what does it mean? Elijah Behr, M.D., a cardiologist at...
by Ezra Xiong, University of Minnesota Medical School Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research published in JAMA Cardiology from the University of Minnesota Medical School and University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine found evidence that speeding up the heart rate with pacemakers may help patients who often experience shortness of breath. More than 75 million Americans have high blood...
by Karolinska Institutet Yume Imahori, postdoc researcher at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institutet. Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Having an elevated resting heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal...
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET IMAGE: YUME IMAHORI, POSTDOC RESEARCHER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF NEUROBIOLOGY, CARE SCIENCES AND SOCIETY, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET. CREDIT: STEFAN ZIMMERMAN Having an elevated resting heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal...
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA AT AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA INVESTIGATORS REPORT A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN A FASTER DECREASE IN RESTING HEART RATE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD AND A LARGER LEFT VENTRICLE, THE HEART’S MAJOR PUMPING. CREDIT: KIM RATLIFF, AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY While a slow resting heart rate is generally considered a good thing,...
Either a sincere smile or grimace can reduce the pain of a needle injection by as much as 40%, according to a new study. A genuine, or Duchenne, smile—one that elevates the corners of the mouth and creates crow’s feet around the eyes—can also significantly blunt the stressful, needle-related physiological response by lowering the heart...
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY IMAGE: A WEARABLE HEART MONITOR, OF THE TYPE USED IN THE STUDY. For the first time doctors have shown that measuring changes in 24-hour heart rate can reliably indicate whether or not someone is depressed. In practical terms, this may give clinicians an objective “early warning” of potential depression, as well...
The high-intensity interval training helps achieve critical health outcomes HIGH-INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING PROVIDES THE SAME HEALTH BENEFITS AS AEROBIC EXERCISE, BUT CAN TAKE LESS TIME TO PROVIDE THOSE BENEFITS, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH. view more CREDIT: PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY/UGA Incorporating high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, into exercise programs for individuals with...
WASHINGTON–COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis, according to a new case study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Subacute thyroiditis is an inflammatory thyroid disease characterized by neck pain and is usually preceded by an upper respiratory tract infection. It may be caused by a viral infection or a post-viral inflammatory reaction,...
by Public Library of Science A person’s normal resting heart rate is fairly consistent over time, but may vary from others’ by up to 70 beats per minute, according to analysis of the largest dataset of daily resting heart rate ever collected. Giorgio Quer of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California, and...
