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Blood, Heart and Circulation
Short Hospitalizations for Heart Attacks May Increase Readmissions in U.S.
By Duke Medicine News and Communications - Patients treated for acute heart attacks in the United States are readmitted within 30 days more often than in other countries, a finding explained in part by significantly shorter initial hospitalizations, according to an international study led by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Home monitoring may help manage and reduce costs for heart failure
By Rachel Champeau - FINDINGS: Heart failure affects 5.8 million people in the U.S. alone and is responsible for nearly 1 million hospitalizations each year, most resulting from a build-up of body fluid in the lungs and other organs due to the heart's inability to pump effectively. ...Investigators to Study a New Way to Assess Heart Function in Children on Life Support
Project funded by a two-year American Heart Association Grant...Activating GHRH Receptor Shown to Stimulate Cardiac Damage Repair After Myocardial Infarction
A collaborative study by several physician-scientists from the Miller School demonstrates that a growth hormone-releasing hormone agonist (GHRH-A) reverses damage to the heart and enhances recovery following a myocardial infarction. ...Beliefs battle hypertension
As you are weighing whether or not to go to church services this Christmas, consider this: Does a belief in God confer any health benefits? With the help of a large Norwegian longitudinal health study called HUNT, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were able to find a clear relationship between time spent in church and lower blood pressure in both women and men. ...Viagra against heart failure
Circulation: active ingredient sildenafil makes stiffened cardiac walls elastic again...MRI scan 'better' for heart patients
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan for coronary heart disease is better than the most commonly-used alternative, a major UK trial of heart disease patients has shown. ...Emory Study Uses Radiofrequency Energy to Permanently Lower Blood Pressure
The Emory Heart & Vascular Center is one of approximately 60 institutions nationwide, and the first in Georgia, to study an innovative approach to lower high blood pressure without the use of medication....Resting heart rate and cardiovascular risk
In a study that enrolled nearly 30,000 apparently healthy men and women, those who had an increase in their resting heart rate over a 10-year period had an increased risk of death from all causes and from ischemic heart disease, according to a study in the December 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA....Heart Attacks, Other Emergencies Spike During Holidays
Stress, Overeating and Excessive Partying Could Lead to an Unnecessary Trip to the Emergency Room...
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- FDA Issues Early Communication about Ongoing Safety Review of Weight Loss Drug Orlistat
- Neuroscientists Find That Status within Groups Can Affect IQ
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Jon
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12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
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07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
on
06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
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29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
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