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Heart Disease And COVID-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution Heart Disease And COVID-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution
Heart Disease And Covid-19: Higher Risk Requires Extra Precaution If you have a pre-existing heart disease and become ill with COVID-19, you are at a higher risk for a heart attack or developing congestive heart failure. This is likely due to a combination of the severity of the viral illness and its increased demands on the heart (fever causes rapid heart rate, for example), compounded by low oxygen levels and an increased likelihood for blood clot formation. In addition to the increase in these heart problems, a more unusual condition called myocarditis where the virus infects the heart muscle directly, has also been observed in COVID-19 patients. If you…

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Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92
Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Former First Lady Barbara Bush, a native of Westchester, who had been in failing health and declined further medical treatment after a series of hospitalizations, died on Tuesday. She was 92. A native of Rye who attended Rye Country Day School, she had been treated for decades for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition. Bush had been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year while battling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and congestive heart failure. She was surrounded by family and loved ones at the Bush home in Hous…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment Westchester Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment
Westchester Native Barbara Bush In Failing Health, Stops Further Treatment Click here for an updated story: Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Barbara Bush, a 92-year-old native of Westchester, is in failing health and declining further medical treatment, returning home for comfort care after a series of hospitalizations. The former first lady, who grew up in Rye, has been treated for decades for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition. Bush has been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year while battling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and congestive heart failu…

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by Jon Craig