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Sudden death of a young person can be caused by heart disease (including cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, myocarditis, genetic connective tissue disorders) or conduction disease (WPW syndrome, etc.), medication-related causes or other causes. [13]
End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death.End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks.
Heat waves are often followed by a rise in the death rate, and these 'classical hyperthermia' deaths typically involve the elderly and infirm. This is partly because thermoregulation involves cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems which may be inadequate for the additional stress because of the existing burden of aging and disease ...
The metabolic syndrome is the co-occurrence of metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension). The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome increases with age reaching close to 50% of people over 60 years old in the USA. [40] as
It is not supposed to have death trap elevators.” All of the main elevators in the 12-story hospital have had issues flagged during a 2023 assessment obtained by the Herald.
The sudden passing of the wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, is putting the spotlight on floppy valve syndrome, listed as the cause of her death.
The department's creation was approved in a 1988 constitutional amendment under the name Department of Elderly Affairs [3] but did not begin operations until January 1992. [4] Governor Lawton Chiles, who established the department, [5] started calling it Elder Affairs since he thought Elderly Affairs was less dignified. [6]
TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a “medical consensus” about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, attorneys for inmate Michael Duane Zack on Sunday urged the Florida Supreme Court to block his scheduled Oct. 3 ...