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Blood, Heart and Circulation
Researchers solve puzzle of proteins linked to heart failure
Sudden cardiac death is a risk for patients with heart failure because the calcium inside their heart cells is not properly controlled and this can lead to an irregular heartbeat. New findings published in PLoS ONE, which reveal mechanisms that underlie this life-threatening risk, provide new possibilities for fighting it.
Study closes debate on folic acid and heart disease
Taking folic acid supplements is not going to have any meaningful effect on your risk of coronary heart disease....Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts survival odds
By Rachel Champeau - A UCLA-led study has found that a combination of several key guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure treatment resulted in an improvment of up to 90 percent in the odds of survival over two years....Injectable Gel Could Repair Tissue Damaged by Heart Attack
Tissue spins in a beaker at the end of the cleansing process that removes all of the cells. The process retains the tissue’s structural proteins, a key component of the hydrogel....Heart attack symptoms don’t always mean chest pains
Women are more likely to have a heart attack without any chest pain or discomfort, according to a new study looking at the difference in symptoms between men and women....How Good Cholesterol Turns Bad
Berkeley Lab Researchers Find New Evidence on How Cholesterol Gets Moved from HDLs to LDLs...University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center offers hope for high-risk aortic patients
Cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists work together to provide minimally invasive procedures for aortic valve replacement...Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center implants its first Sapien valves
Houston, TX - A multidisciplinary team of doctors at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center implanted the FDA-approved Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart valve into a 90-year-old businessman and 70-year-old woman recently, both too sick to have open heart surgery to treat their narrowed aortic valve. ...Cardiac arrest treatment study exceeds paramedic recruitment targets
A pilot study by emergency care experts at UWE Bristol to test the best method of airway management to resuscitate out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients has exceeded target recruitment of paramedics from Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS). ...Powerful Three-drug Combo Shows Promise for People with Rare Blood Disease
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A Mayo Clinic-led study, published in the American Society of Hematology (ASH) journal Blood found that CyBorD, a triple chemotherapy drug combination that has been successful in helping patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, also showed promise in improving the care for patients with the rare blood disease AL amyloidosis....
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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
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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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