Archive for the ‘Cardiovascular’ Category
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
"Heart risk rises for live-now generation" warns the headline in The Times. The newspaper goes on to say that heart disease, which has been declining for 30 years, appears to be "back on the rise mainly among the young". Evidence from the UK, US and Australia suggests that while death ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Owning a cat could reduce your risk of a heart attack by nearly one third, researchers told delegates of the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference in New Orleans last week. The finding provoked a mixed reaction from heart experts and veterinarians.
The finding was the main result of a 10 ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
An alarming number of adults fail to recognize heart attack warning signs and symptoms that could, if heeded, save their lives, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study conducted in 14 states.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report study, "Disparities in Awareness of Heart Attack Warning ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The largest study to date of a controversial cardiac surgery drug shows it increases death rates and damages kidney function, according Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Aprotinin, a drug used to limit bleeding, was temporarily suspended from marketing in the U.S. in November 2007 after a small Canadian study was stopped ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
When we're young, a racing heart often means love is in the air. If you're a "baby boomer," it might mean you've just joined the 2.2 million Americans who have atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregularity in the heart's rhythm that grows more common as we age and markedly increases the ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
PLx Pharma Inc. announced that is has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of PL 2100, also known as Aspirin-PC, its oral drug candidate for equivalent label claims for aspirin under a 505(b)(2) regulatory path. There are two active Investigational New Drug (IND) applications for PL 2100, for prescription and ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
If you are in the hospital and have cardiac arrest at night or on the weekend, you have a significantly lower chance of survival to discharge than if you had the arrest during day or evening times on weekdays, according to Mary Ann Peberdy of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
At age 20, Vanessa Cirillo suffered a heart attack caused by a virus. She recovered and lived a healthy life until June 2007, when her heart condition became critical. Her heart had enlarged several times its normal size (cardiomyopathy). It was no longer pumping enough blood to sustain her body. ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The scientific team from Atlanta-based Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute (SJTRI) presented recent findings at the Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies 2008 (CRT) symposium. The cardiology investigators, led by Keith Robinson Ph.D., presented 16 scientific abstracts at this prominent industry meeting; two of which were recognized among the "Ten Best Abstracts" Award.
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