A sudden cardiac arrest among athletes is not very common and is rarely caused by a structural heart defect shown by research in The New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers selected 74 patients between 12 and 45 years old from a Canadian database for cases of sudden cardiac arrest in the period 2009-2014. 16 …
Fever is very common in young children. More than 60% of parents with children aged between 6 months and 5 years say their child has had one. It’s usually caused by a minor viral infection, such as a cough or cold, and can normally be treated at home. A high temperature can be quite worrying …
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As February is international Heart Month, led in the United Kingdom by The British Heart Foundation (BHF) who are encouraging everyone to make small changes towards a healthier lifestyle, we thought we would devote a number of new articles to explore medical science’s advances in understanding this vital organ. Forest Medical, like all other companies …
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Scientists have identified a mechanism to regulate the composition of the lactase gene, an enzyme which allows intestinal lactose digestion. The mechanism involves nuclear receptors known as “PPARg”; which are capable of being changed by naturally occurring molecules. So far, identifying the required particles found in one’s diet has proven to be tricky; however, many …
The identification of a pair of unique genes associated with the diagnosis of Conn’s syndrome connects fifty percent of cases of hypertension (high blood pressure) for sufferers of the disease. | Forest Medical – Blood Pressure Monitor Calibration
Cardiovascular health has been shown by numerous health studies to improve when a person undertakes aerobic actions. Exercising has the effect of increasing the amount of blood that is flowing through the body. As the heart is required to continuously pump at a higher rate for the length of the event; this helps the heart …
The history of modern mechanical ventilation begins in the 1950s with the great epidemics of poliomyelitis. Life support for some, respiratory aid for others, it is the fruit of a series of innovations that have helped to put at the disposal of patients at home fans more and more adapted to their needs. |Forest Medical …
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A medical device is defined as “any instrument, appliance, equipment, material, product, or other article used alone or in combination for medical purposes; whose main intended action is not achieved by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means but whose function may be assisted by such means. What also constitutes a medical device is the software intended …