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Smart shirt tracks hearts on the run |
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A “smart” shirt, incorporating stainless steel threads, has been developed by European scientists to monitor heart patients on the move. The shirt is capable of recording an electrocardiogram – a test of electrical activity of the heart – which is then transmitted over the mobile pone network to a central monitoring centre, researchers told the World Congress of Cardiology. It looks little different to a normal shirt but contains stainless steel wires twisted around viscose yarn, which means it works as an electrode. Tests of the shirt, which is connected to small transmitter, on 15 patients showed it was as reliable as electrocardiogram machines commonly used in hospitals, Professors Stefano Coli of Milan’s San Reffaele Hospital told the meeting. The idea is eventually to use the shirt for telemedicine, so that cardiac patients can be safely monitored at home rather than in hospital. |
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The study was done in 503 subjects in Costa Rica, of which, 80 reported having at least one cup of coffee in the hour before the onset of myocardial infarction (heart attack). The data showed a circadian rhythm in response to the risk peaking around 9 in the morning – the time when many people have the day’s first beverage. |
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Increased dietary fish oil may prevent heart diseases |
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FISH OIL could potentially save more lives than cardiac defibrillators, devices used to revive individuals whose hearts have stopped beating and prevent and treat life-threatening heart arrhythmias, a new study says. Past research has linked the omega – 3 fatty acids found in oily fish to a lower risk of fatal heart rhythm disturbances. The latest study tried to estimate the potential public impact of raising adult’s omega – 3 levels with fish oil supplements. |
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Using a computer-simulated community of 100,000 American and data from past medical studies, the researchers calculated that raising omega – 3 levels would save 58 lives each year. |
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This amounts to a 6.4 percent total death reduction – mostly by preventing sudden cardiac death in apparently people, according to the study authors, led by Dr. Thomas E. Kottke of the Heart Centre at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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