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Death in custody: ALEA investigates medical emergency resulting in death at Muscle Shoals jail

An investigation is underway after a 60-year-old man died Thursday following a medical emergency while in the custody of the Muscle Shoals Police Department.The deceased has been identified as Dwight ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Papillary Muscle Scarring May Predict Cardiac Death in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Papillary muscle scarring (papSCAR) is prevalent in one-third of DCM patients and predicts cardiac death independently. The FIDDLE technique significantly improves papSCAR detection sensitivity ...
Medical Xpress

Abdominal obesity and muscle loss increase the risk of death by 83% after age 50, study finds

A study by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil, in partnership with University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom, concluded that the combination of ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Abdominal fat, loss of muscle in older adults drive up risk of death by 83 percent, study finds

The combination of excess abdominal fat and loss of muscle in older adults increases the risk of death by 83%, according to a study published in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. Researchers ...