The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
By Ken Dropiewski, Prime-Core Executive Search (ken@prime-core.com) Shingles are caused when the dormant Chickenpox virus reactivates. The result is an excruciatingly painful rash that causes inflammation of the underlying nerve tracks. This condition tends to develop at the most inopportune times such as during periods of stress and illness. It […]
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TherOx, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on improving treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Premarket Approval (PMA) application for its Supersaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy system. The second-generation SSO2 Therapy system is designed to reduce […]
By Ken Dropkiewski (ken@prime-core.com) While no hard statistics exist as to the exact number of motor vehicle accidents and concurrent heart attacks, the article 5 Facts About the Trend of Heart Attacks While Driving, makes a compelling case for why more people are suffering acute MIs while driving. – An aging population […]
By Ken Dropiewski It turns out; our mothers may have been onto something when they said, “you are going to give me a heart attack.” Data from the Interheart study is supportive of the theory that you can significantly increase the risk of a cardiac event like AMI, simply by […]
