News tagged with heart attack patients
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Scientists link chromosome length to heart disease risk
No one really wants the short end of the stick, in this case the short end of a chromosome. Telomeres, which are DNA-protein complexes at the ends of chromosomes, can be thought of as protein "caps" that protect chromosomes ...
Cardiology
Mar 25, 2012 |
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Merck blood thinner shows mixed results: study
An experimental blood thinning drug made by the pharmaceutical giant Merck may reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack but also boosts the danger of internal bleeding, researchers said Saturday.
Cardiology
Mar 24, 2012 |
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Paramedics can play a key role in speedy care for heart attack patients
Health care practitioners have long understood the importance of "door to balloon" time for heart attack patients—the faster they can get the patient from the door of the hospital to a catheterization lab to open a clogged ...
Cardiology
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Aspirin to prevent and treat cancer: The evidence continues to build
A collection of three papers (two published in The Lancet and one in The Lancet Oncology) add to the growing evidence base suggesting that daily aspirin can be used to help prevent and possibly treat cancer. All three pap ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Adrenaline therapy for cardiac arrest linked to worse outcomes
(HealthDay) -- The decades-old practice of treating cardiac arrest patients with epinephrine -- adrenaline -- might do more harm than good in the long run, suggests a new analysis of hundreds of thousands ...
Cardiology
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Treating psoriasis to prevent heart attacks and strokes
A clinical study co-led by the Montreal Heart Institute and Innovaderm Research Inc., which was presented today at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, shows that a new treatment for psoriasis could ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Clot-busting enzyme plays 'peek-a-boo' with blood clots
By discovering how a blood clot-busting enzyme is switched on, researchers have unlocked a century-old atomic riddle that could lead to new treatments for clotting and bleeding disorders, and some cancers.
Medical research
Mar 08, 2012 |
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FDA adds new safety information to statin drugs
(AP) -- Federal health officials are adding new safety warnings about risks of memory loss and elevated blood sugar to statins, a widely prescribed group of cholesterol-lowering medications.
Medications
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Combo of diabetes, depression increases post-MI mortality
(HealthDay) -- Having both diabetes and depression significantly increases the risk of dying in the years following a heart attack, beyond the increased risk from either condition alone, according to a study ...
Diabetes
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Hospitals ranked for emergency medicine quality
(HealthDay) -- Patients admitted to the top hospitals for emergency medicine in the United States have a nearly 42 percent lower death rate than those admitted to other hospitals in the nation, according to ...
Health
Feb 23, 2012 |
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First-of-its-kind stem cell study re-grows healthy heart muscle in heart attack patients
Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged hearts re-grow healthy muscle.
Cardiology
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Declining health-care productivity in England: Who says so?
Reports that the National Health Service in England has been declining in productivity in the last decade appear to have been accepted as fact. However, a Viewpoint published Online First by The Lancet disputes this. The Vi ...
Health
Feb 12, 2012 |
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Is there really such a thing as a broken heart?
On Valentine's Day, people who have been unlucky in love are sometimes said to suffering from a "broken heart."
Health
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Three 'targeted' cancer drugs raise risk of fatal side effects
Treatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They added that ...
Cancer
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Warfarin and aspirin are similar in heart failure treatment
In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking ...
Cardiology
Feb 03, 2012 |
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