New guidelines from the American Heart Association recommend that stroke survivors get treated at in-patient rehab facilities rather than nursing homes. The organization said rehab facilities offer at least three hours a day of physical, occupational and speech therapy. The group also said stroke survivors should not be discharged from the hospital until they take a class on preventing falls.
Telephone CPR can save lives. Researchers in Arizona found it increases both survival rates and favorable outcomes for heart attack patients. Telephone CPR is when a bystander calls 911 and the dispatcher provides instructions on how to provide CPR to the victim.
A new study has found the health benefits of walking and bicycling outweigh the negative health effects of air pollution. Researchers in Cambridge found only in the most extremely polluted cities in the world could the risks outweigh the benefits and that is only if a person spends at least five hours a week exercising outdoors.
Sources
1- American Heart Association
2- JAMA Cardiology
3- Preventive Medicine
