A trial involving 18 subjects over an eight week period seems to indicate its pretty darn accurate.

This high-tech toilet seat can detect heart failure

Toilet Seat Treatment

A team of researchers invented a "toilet seat–based cardiovascular monitoring system" that could help hospitals monitor congestive heart failure patients.

This High-Tech Toilet Seat Can Detect Heart Failure

Heart disease accounts for one in every four deaths a year in the U.S. Maybe this toilet seat can help.

Instead of waiting for years on a donor list, patients with heart failure could have their hearts patched right up.

A stem cell patch could heal hearts damaged by cardiac arrest

Health & Medicine

U.K. Researchers are using stem cells to develop a "patch" that could help mend diseased and damaged hearts, eliminating the need for a transplant.

A Stem Cell Patch Could Heal Hearts Damaged By Cardiac Arrest

Billions of cells die during a heart attack. Regenerative medicine could bring them back.

Having the flu increases your chance of having a heart attack

A new study suggests we are 6.3 times more likely to have a heart attack during the first three days after being diagnosed with the flu.

Having the Flu Increases Your Chance of Having a Heart Attack

Researchers may have finally pinpointed the link between seasonal flu and cardiovascular deaths.

Researchers have developed a blood test that can rule out a heart attack in less than 20 minutes. If rolled out across the NHS, more than 350,000 patients annually could go home within 15 minutes, and the savings would likely be millions of pounds.

A New Blood Test Lets Doctors Know Instantly If You’ve Had a Heart Attack

The test can rule out a heart attack in less than 20 minutes.

Robots & Machines

Swedish startup Flypulse has developed an automated drone that can deliver life-saving equipment four times faster than an ambulance.

Life-Saving Drones Can Beat Ambulances to Heart Attack Victims

These flying automatons are 4x faster than an ambulance.

Defibrillators of the future will use beams of light, not electric shocks.

Hard Science

A Beam of Light Could Save Your Life

GIK is a cocktail of drugs that, when administered early, could result in lower mortality rate from cardiac arrest.
In early studies, GIK resulted in a 50% reduction in mortality if it was administered immediately, and a 40% reduction over the next month.

A New Medical Advancement Could Stop a Heart Attack in Its Tracks

Others discounted this drug. But one cardiologist didn't. 

Bacteria in human blood may be causing conditions that trigger symptoms related to several diseases. New research has shown that there is a link between inflammation and excessive clotting, both of which are known symptoms of several serious diseases.

“Dormant” Bacteria in Blood Was Just Linked to Several Diseases

Disease is one bloody business. Possibly, even more than we think. 

This drone can deliver a defibrillator to individuals in need in under a minute.

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