Teaching science to the brain: How the brain learns the way things work
When you learn a new technical concept, something happens in your brain, but exactly what has been a mystery until now.
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Hormones with statins may help women's hearts after menopause
Hormones may not protect women from heart disease or stroke after menopause, but when combined with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, they may help protect women from these killers, shows a population study from Sweden to ...
Mar 17, 2015
Heart valve repair improves emotional wellbeing in patients with mitral regurgitation
Patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) often suffer from psycho-emotional symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, but after undergoing mitral valve repair surgery patients experience a marked improvement in emotional ...
Mar 17, 2015
Meta-analysis finds extended DAPT related to increased mortality after DES implantation
Data from a meta-analysis published today in The Lancet found that extended duration dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation was associated with significantly higher rates of mortality ...
Mar 17, 2015
Researchers identify which patients are at risk for continued pain after orthopedic surgery
When it comes to determining which patients will have long-lasting pain after orthopedic shoulder surgery, cognitive coping style and genetic predisposition to pain sensitivity may actually be bigger factors than the size ...
Mar 17, 2015
Findings from the BRIGHT trial published
Data from the BRIGHT trial published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated that bivalirudin was superior to both heparin monotherapy and heparin plus tirofiban for patients with acute myocardial ...
Mar 17, 2015
Complete angioplasty safe for certain heart attack survivors
Patients who experience the deadliest form of heart attack—ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)—and suffer from substantial narrowing in multiple heart arteries may benefit from receiving angioplasty in ...
Mar 17, 2015
An in-depth look at health care spending by those under 65
Less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have great impact on the Affordable Care Act, new research from the University of Michigan paints a picture of health care spending by ...
Mar 17, 2015
Arm is safer access point than groin for catheter-based heart procedures
Patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiogram, a procedure used to assess blockages in the heart's arteries, had a significantly lower risk of major bleeding and death if their interventional cardiologist ...
Mar 17, 2015
