Pregnancy causes stress on the heart and circulatory system because the blood volume rises from 30% to 50%, which puts more ...

Higher rates of childhood Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus (GAS)) infections following the COVID-19 pandemic ...

If you grew up in the United States after the middle of the past century, you've probably never thought much about rheumatic fever. And for good reason. In that era, ...

Raipur: The cardio surgery department of state-run Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital successfully performed a challenging open heart surgery on a .

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 695,000 people dying from heart disease in the United States each year. This accounts for 1 in every 5 deaths, as per the ...

It's often due to rheumatic fever, a complication of an untreated strep infection. Rheumatic fever is uncommon in the U.S. among people born after 1943. Tricuspid Valve Disease The tricuspid valve ...

Wright noted that children contract rheumatic fever - which can develop if illnesses like strep throat aren’t properly treated - at alarming rates in this area of sub-Sahara Africa, including ...