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Articles by Katherine Shaver
Heart Attack Couldn’t Keep Mom from Her Son’s Marine Ceremony
Rikki Crider isn’t the type to barge in on her neighbors. Yet there she was, in their kitchen, after letting herself in through their back door. Looking up from the TV in their living room, the older couple was surprised, of course. Sensing something might be wrong, the man walked toward her and gently asked, “What do you need?” “I need help,” Rikki said. She had awoken that morning with a kink in the right side of her neck.
Heart Attack Couldn’t Keep Mom from Her Son’s Marine Ceremony
Rikki Crider isn’t the type to barge in on her neighbors. Yet there she was, in their kitchen, after letting herself in through their back door. Looking up from the TV in their living room, the older couple was surprised, of course. Sensing something might be wrong, the man walked toward her and gently asked, “What do you need?” “I need help,” Rikki said. She had awoken that morning with a kink in the right side of her neck.
Heart attack couldn’t keep mom from her son’s Marine ceremony
Rikki Crider said hospital staff would need to “strap me down” to a bed to keep her from son Daniel’s Marine boot camp graduation in 2019. (Courtesy of Rikki Crider) Rikki Crider isn’t the type to barge in on her neighbors. Yet there she was, in their kitchen, after letting herself in through their back door. Looking up from the TV in their living room, the older couple was surprised, of course.
Top journal editor's impact builds lasting legacy
By Katherine Shaver Dr. Joseph A. Hill will receive the American Heart Association’s highest volunteer honor, the Gold Heart Award, recognizing a lifetime of transformative contributions to advancing health and hope for everyone, everywhere.
Heart Scholar has baseball dream – and a health career on deck
Carlos Delgado, a Paine College baseball player, is building a future in health. (Courtesy of Carlos Delgado) While Carlos Delgado is preparing for a future in sports medicine or physical therapy – fields where he wants to build professional connections, research experience and strong communication skills – he’s also pursuing a dream: playing Major League Baseball.
How community-based care is helping people control high blood pressure
(Grace Cary/Moment via Getty Images) For years, Kyle Faye treated his patients with high blood pressure the traditional way: Measure their blood pressure, prescribe lifestyle changes and often medication, and hope they followed his instructions. Then, Faye said, patients “would kind of disappear” for six months to a year or more, until they returned for a sick visit or a routine checkup.
Is Healthy Building Design all in Your Head?
Could images of plants, waterfalls and other nature scenes outside hospital room windows help patients recover more quickly? Do specific sounds and the feel of a building’s materials improve people's focus? How can training videos effectively teach students to look for a classroom escape route in an emergency?
Patterns to Predictions
What if a doctor could predict the most effective treatment for a patient before writing a single prescription, or an economist could anticipate a central bank decision before it’s made? These days, the data to answer these questions already exists. The challenge is scale: The sheer volume and complexity of modern data often exceed what any human could reasonably make sense of on their own. That is changing.
You Can ‘Make’ It in West Baltimore
Helping young people see what they can build, she added, “broadens the way they think about their future selves and what they’re capable of.” Boosting West Baltimore residents’ self-confidence is exactly what Tim Regan ’77, president and CEO of construction firm Whiting-Turner, and his wife, Joanne, had in mind when they bought a shuttered Target store adjacent to the Mondawmin Mall in 2022.
When Easter Eggs Roll at the White House, a UMD Alum Scrambles
The thousands of children and their families planning to descend on the White House grounds on Monday for the annual Easter Egg Roll will find plenty of brightly colored eggs—and become part of a University of Maryland alum’s running history of the 148-year-old spring tradition. The second edition of Jonathan Pliska’s book, “The White House Easter Egg Roll: A History for All Ages,” waspublished in March by the White House Historical Association.
He learned CPR thinking he could help a co-worker someday. He saved his wife when her heart stopped.
Just months after learning CPR and Basic Life Support at Baylor University, John Lowe used his new skills to save the life of his wife, Angie. Her heart stopped while she slept. (Photo by Sharon Crow) After a long, somewhat typical workday, capped by a relaxing dinner out, new empty-nesters Angie and John Lowe called it a night. Angie nodded off while watching TV. John turned off the light and fell asleep, too. Around 1 a.m., John awoke to unusually loud snoring from Angie.
UMD’s ‘Green’ Grants Fund Gardens, Clean Energy and…
Eight Maryland cities and towns will build community gardens, create pollinator and bird habitats and install energy-efficient lighting in a local park through new grants from the University of Maryland’s “greening” program. Sustainable Maryland recently awarded a total of $100,000 in state funding to projects that help protect wildlife, combat climate change and make the state more environmentally resilient.
Faced with heart failure, he took on the challenge to change – and found a new calling helping others
James Young II, shown at the University of Detroit Mercy track in 2019, tells his colleagues that “the fear that I was going to die” fueled changes in his lifestyle. (Photo courtesy of Brad Ziegler) During an exam following a two-week hospital stay, a cardiologist gave James Young II sobering news: His heart was pumping so poorly that he needed a defibrillator implanted in his chest in hopes of preventing him from dying of cardiac arrest.
Study Finds Dangerous Bacteria in Homes Plagued by…
A University of Maryland study of Baltimore houses with recent sewage backups revealed that most had toxic bacteria that could potentially infect residents who touch a contaminated surface or breathe contaminated air. The 2022 pilot study found 34 of the 40 homes analyzed had at least one kind of harmful bacteria, some after more than six months following the sewage backup. Fourteen homes had more than one of the five pathogens studied.
UMD AI Study Aims to Ensure Transit Options Don’t…
As construction on the light-rail Purple Line continues between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, University of Maryland researchers are helping to ensure that lower-income renters can continue living close enough to share in its benefits. Researchers at UMD’s National Center for Smart Growth (NCSG) are building a database of privately owned apartment properties in the 16-mile Purple Line corridor that charge market-rate rents considered affordable to lower- and middle-income people.
AARP Helps Florida Veterans Claim Benefits
Retired Col. Bob Busch has a motto for veterans wondering if they qualify for health care coverage or other benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: “Apply, apply, apply.” And if you don’t get it the first time, he emphasizes over and over to people, appeal. “You just don’t know if you’ll be eligible until they say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ ” Busch, 77, told veterans and military family members in an AARP virtual forum in September.
Michigan Commission Focuses on Menopause, Women's Health
Satori Shakoor never told her doctor about the hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, insomnia and heart palpitations. The symptoms of perimenopause — and ultimately menopause — hit in her mid-40s and dragged on for a dozen years. She asked her mother and other older women about their midlife experiences; most told her they couldn’t remember. Unaware she could seek medical help, Shakoor tried to manage her hot flashes by cutting back on triggers, such as spicy food and wine.
In Hurricane Season, Floridians Should be Wary
When volunteers arrived in Gulfport last September to help survivors of Hurricane Helene, they found older adults stranded in high-rise residential buildings with no working elevators. The Category 4 hurricane left volunteers lugging food and water up 17 flights of stairs to people unable to walk down. And that wasn’t the only challenge. When volunteers’ knocks went unanswered, for example, neighbors often didn’t know if the resident had evacuated or needed help but couldn’t get to the door.
‘Protect Week’ Aims to Help Stem Fraud
Jane Dean panicked as soon as the caller said someone was seeking payment from her bank and trying to buy a laptop using one of four Amazon accounts supposedly in her name — although she says she doesn’t even have an Amazon account. Dean was initially suspicious, but she was struck that the caller knew the name of her local bank and provided the correct phone number for its fraud department before supposedly transferring her to it.
Her chest pain kept being labeled heartburn or anxiety. Then came 2 heart attacks and 6 cardiac arrests
The first chest pain hit Heather Bardeleben as she pored over a spreadsheet while working late into the evening at her suburban Chicago home. When her husband, Bill Bardeleben, suggested she lie down, she brushed off the pain with "I'll be fine." Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Her chest pain kept being labeled heartburn or anxiety. Then came 2 heart attacks and 6 cardiac arrests
The first chest pain hit Heather Bardeleben as she pored over a spreadsheet while working late into the evening at her suburban Chicago home. When her husband, Bill Bardeleben, suggested she lie down, she brushed off the pain with "I'll be fine." But throughout the evening and night, Heather noticed her arms felt heavy. Meanwhile, the pulse oximeter that she used to monitor her severe asthma showed her oxygen levels dropping during each wave of pain.
Her chest pain kept being labeled heartburn or anxiety. Then came 2 heart attacks and 6 cardiac arrests
The first chest pain hit Heather Bardeleben as she pored over a spreadsheet while working late into the evening at her suburban Chicago home. When her husband, Bill Bardeleben, suggested she lie down, she brushed off the pain with "I'll be fine." But throughout the evening and night, Heather noticed her arms felt heavy. Meanwhile, the pulse oximeter that she used to monitor her severe asthma showed her oxygen levels dropping during each wave of pain.
Comptroller on Savings: It's Never Too Late
At age 38, Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon thinks a lot about how the state’s older residents can access health care, afford prescription drugs and save for retirement. As the state’s chief financial officer, he oversees medical, pharmacy and dental benefits for more than 200,000 people — state employees and retirees and their families.
Her chest pain kept being labeled heartburn or anxiety. Then came 2 heart attacks and 6 cardiac arrests.
She was able to get an appointment with the cardiologist she saw once a year for her high blood pressure. She had an in-office electrocardiogram, or EKG, a test that examines the heart's electrical activity. She was told that it came back normal. In a 10-minute visit, the doctor told Heather her symptoms sounded like anxiety or gastroesophageal reflux, also known as heartburn. This time at the ER, Heather underwent an angiogram.
Her chest pain kept being labeled heartburn or anxiety. Then came 2 heart attacks and 6 cardiac arrests.
After her chest pain was misdiagnosed, heart attack and cardiac arrest survivor Heather Bardeleben now advocates for herself and other women. American Heart Association News The first chest pain hit Heather Bardeleben as she pored over a spreadsheet while working late into the evening at her suburban Chicago home.
Her chest pain kept being labeled heartburn or anxiety. Then came 2 heart attacks and 6 cardiac arrests.
American Heart Association News Stories American Heart Association News covers heart disease, stroke and related health issues. Not all views expressed in American Heart Association News stories reflect the official position of the American Heart Association.
Active for Life: Hearing and vision loss may increase risk of heart disease and stroke
Middle-aged and older adults with trouble seeing, hearing or both may face a higher risk of having a stroke or heart attack than those with good eyesight and hearing, according to a new study in China. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, suggest screening for sensory deficits, treating them with eyeglasses or hearing aids, and focusing on this group’s cardiovascular health could help reduce such risks. kAm%96 2?2=JD:D =:<6=J C6D@?2E6D :?
An Army in Red, on Alert in Hartford
When Connecticut lawmakers consider challenges for family caregivers, Veda White wants them to define “family” broadly. That means including older adults who are juggling health problems with raising grandchildren, as well as the kinds of neighbors, friends and church members who cared for her during her own health challenge. “These different perspectives are important for the legislators to know about,” White says.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
Hearing and vision loss may increase risk of heart disease and stroke
Middle-aged and older adults with trouble seeing, hearing or both may face a higher risk of having a stroke or heart attack than those with good eyesight and hearing, according to a new study in China. The findings, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, suggest screening for sensory deficits, treating them with eyeglasses or hearing aids, and focusing on this group's cardiovascular health could help reduce such risks.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
Teens with insomnia who lack sleep may be at risk for high blood pressure
Teenagers who have trouble falling or staying asleep and sleep less than their peers may be five times more likely to have seriously high blood pressure, according to a new preliminary study. Even those without insomnia who slept less than 7.7 hours had a nearly threefold higher risk for elevated blood pressure than their better-rested counterparts, the study found.
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