Fruits, vegetables overlooked by healing heart patients
...tion program and again two years later. During the rehab program, a dietitian worked individually with pati...action on reducing dietary fat by the start of the rehab program, Frame says. By the end of the rehab program, 81 percent were in the preparation, action or ...Death rates lower in hospitals that follow heart attack guidelines
...ty counseling (education on or referral to cardiac rehab or outpatient exercise program). This is one of the first studies to examine how variation in treatment affects patient outcomes, Peterson says. In a hospital, quality-of-care indicators refer to how a patient is treated while ill in the hospital.Wh...Low referral rates, low income keep women out of cardiac rehab programs
...rral failure, barriers to participation in cardiac rehab may also be psychosocial in nature. Because virtu...ary intensive care units and comprehensive cardiac rehab programs should include appropriate mental health professionals to identify and address vital psych...Rutgers develops virtual reality treatment for hand impairment in chronic stroke patients
...d mechanical hands the patient performs intensive rehab exercises without drudgery. The PC-based design a...ic stroke patients, without the use of traditional rehab exercises," said Burdea. "It provides a way for patients to completely immerse themselves in rehab,...Mitral valve repair at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center gets Los Angeles dentist on the road to recovery
...st five days after surgery to complete post-cardio rehab and to monitor their recovery. "The evening after my operation, I was alert and experiencing no pain," said Dr. Bredberg. "During my hospital stay, they kept me up walking and exercising to prevent the tissue from scarring." A month after surgery, Dr...