Showing posts with label Heart attack. Show all posts
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Monday, August 14, 2017

Jogger dies after heart attack at MacRitchie

Source Website: http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/jogger-dies-after-heart-attack-macritchie
By The New Paper, 14 August 2017 at 06:00 am
 

MacRitchie Reservoir
PHOTO: MacRitchie Reservoir
Man dies after suffering heart attack while jogging in MacRitchie, Singapore News & Top Stories - The Straits Times.
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A jogger in his 50s was found on the ground on MacRitchie Nature Trail near the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) on Saturday morning.

The Straits Times understands that he suffered from a cardiac arrest and later died in hospital.

A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman said it received a call for help at 240 Sime Road - SICC's address - at about 11.05am. It sent a fire bike and an ambulance to the scene and the man was taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

A fellow jogger, Mr Patrick Yap, 37, told The Straits Times yesterday that he saw the man, in a blue singlet and black shorts, lying on the ground. Mr Yap and a woman jogger ran to help him but found him unresponsive.


MacRitchie Reservoir near the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC)
PHOTO: MacRitchie Reservoir near the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC)
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Mr Yap called for an ambulance and another passing family stopped to help.

"The wife was a former nurse, so she put him in a recovery position,"said Mr Yap.

A recovery position is when a person is placed lying down, turned on the side with the head facing sideways.


A recovery position is when a person is placed lying down, turned on the side with the head facing sideways.
PHOTO: A recovery position is when a person is placed lying down, turned on the side with the head facing sideways.
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"He could breathe for a bit, gasping for air. We didn't do cardiopulmonary resuscitation as there was a faint heartbeat," he added.

"But about two or three minutes later, I noticed he stopped breathing, so that was when we started compressions. An SICC buggy drove by, and we shouted at the driver to get the automated external defibrillator."

Mr Yap added that the man, who had only a set of car keys on him, was unconscious when taken into the ambulance.

By The New Paper, 14 August 2017 at 06:00 am


MacRitchie Nature Trail near the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC)
PHOTO: MacRitchie Nature Trail near the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC)
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Popping aspirins may cut risk of cancer

Today, Saturday, October 29, 2011, Page 26, Science
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Source Website: http://www.todayonline.com/Science/EDC111029-0000137/Popping-aspirins-may-cut-risk-of-cancer
By THE GUARDIAN, 04:46 AM Oct 29, 2011



PHOTO: That was a balanced judgment based on weighing risks and benefits. I know I might get an ulcer or a cerebral bleed but I’d rather not have a heart attack, stroke or cancer. That’s my choice. Professor John Burn of Newcastle University.
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LONDON - Some people with a family history of cancer could halve their risk of developing the disease by taking daily doses of aspirin, according to the results of a 10-year trial of the treatment.

The study shows that regularly taking the medicine cuts the risk of bowel cancer by more than 60 per cent in those with a particular genetic predisposition to get the disease - as well as reducing the risk of other hereditary cancers.

Scientists who led the study said people with several family members with cancers other than breast, blood and prostate might be advised to start taking aspirin daily from the age of 45.



PHOTO: Taking an aspirin every day cuts the risk of dying from a range of common cancers.
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They said those without a family history of the disease might also consider doing so, but that they should make a personal assessment of the risks and benefits and get medical advice.

Anyone thinking of taking the drug regularly should consult their doctor first.

The trial involved people with Lynch syndrome, a genetic abnormality that predisposes carriers to develop bowel cancer and other solid organ cancers including endometrial, ovarian, stomach, kidney, oesophageal, brain and skin tumours.

The condition affects at least one in 1,000 people.

Carriers are around 10 times as likely to develop cancer and often do so at a young age.

Professor John Burn of Newcastle University, who led the study, estimated that if all 30,000 or so people with Lynch syndrome in the United Kingdom were to start taking two aspirin tablets a day then some 10,000 cancers would be prevented over the next 30 years, saving about a thousand lives.



PHOTO: Start taking two aspirin tablets a day then some 10,000 cancers would be prevented over the next 30 years, saving about a thousand lives.
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The downside of the treatment is that around an extra thousand people would develop stomach ulcers as a side-effect.

The most common side effects associated with taking aspirin are gastrointestinal ulcers and stomach bleeding. There is also a very small increased risk of haemorrhagic stroke, in which a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

Prof Burn added that he takes low-dose aspirin tablets as a preventative measure. "That was a balanced judgment based on weighing risks and benefits. I know I might get an ulcer or a cerebral bleed but I'd rather not have a heart attack, stroke or cancer. That's my choice."

The researchers will launch a website to recruit 3,000 people with Lynch syndrome worldwide to take part in a five-year trial to determine the best dose of aspirin to take.
By THE GUARDIAN, 04:46 AM Oct 29, 2011



PHOTO: In this photo illustration, aspirin is displayed in heart shape. Cardiologists at UK have found that not everyone benefits from taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart attack. (Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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