Link between depression and heart disease cuts both ways
Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News
May 25, 2021
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The day 23-year-old Jordan Chaffiotte was discharged from the hospital following her successful open-heart surgery should have been a happy one. A cause for celebration.
Instead, she found herself sobbing in the living room with her parents and sister, struggling with guilt and depression. Before I left the hospital, the doctor gave me a clear picture that it was normal after heart surgery to have feelings of depression, said Chaffiotte of Bridgewater, New Jersey. All of the doctors warned me I would feel this way, but you just don t expect it to happen to you.
Woman s frozen face, garbled speech during Zoom call were signs of a stroke
Suzanne Marta, American Heart Association News
May 25, 2021
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At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Dorothy Farris organized Cocktails and Conversation, a weekly hourlong Zoom session with a group of old friends. Thursdays from 5-6 p.m. quickly became a cherished part of their routines.
They talked about everything from where to find toilet paper and disinfectant wipes to what everyone was reading or streaming. For their July 30 call, they planned to talk about something they realized they d never discussed: how they d met their husbands.
Trading tales and laughs, the chat ran uncharacteristically long. It was well after their usual stopping point when it was finally Farris turn to share how she d met her husband, Bill.
Quickly finding - and treating - the cause of a stroke may prevent more
American Heart Association News
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Identifying the cause of a stroke or mini-stroke within 48 hours could help pinpoint the treatment to help prevent additional strokes, new guidelines say.
The recommendations from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, published Monday in the journal Stroke, are an update to guidelines issued in 2014. The AHA regularly releases science-based guidelines that give best practices for health care professionals to prevent and treat heart disease and stroke.
Having a first stroke or transient ischemic attack, also called a TIA or mini-stroke, increases a person s chances of having additional strokes. The new guidelines call for diagnostic testing within 48 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms so individualized treatment can help prevent a second stroke.