Good News Notes: “For people at any age, eating a healthy, plant-based diet is tied to a lower risk of heart attack and heart disease, two new studies show. Both studies were published Aug. 4 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, and support the heart association’s dietary guidelines. “A nutritionally rich, plant-centered diet is beneficial…
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‘Miracle’ baby survives rare condition and celebrates 1st birthday
Good News Notes: “A baby who spent 182 days in the NICU celebrated his first birthday after doctors saved his life. Miles Rizzo was born July 30, 2020 at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Complications were discovered at the moment he was born. “When he was born he couldn’t breathe, when he was born, you…
Breakthrough valve replacement offers non-surgical treatment for congenital heart disease
Good News Notes: “Babies born with certain types of congenital heart conditions not only need heart surgery after birth and as infants, but again years later as adults. As a result of neonatal heart surgery, some may experience chronic leaky pulmonary valves and develop enlarged right hearts, which can cause heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms. These…
Heart Health | Good Oral Hygiene Linked to Heart Health
Good News Notes: “Healthy gums, healthy heart—that’s been the conclusion for several studies in the past, and now there’s even more major evidence that it’s true.” “In a recent study out of South Korea, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, researchers looked at over 161,000 participants with no history of atrial fibrillation or heart failure in…