(HealthDay)—Injecting beads of gel into the wall of a still-beating heart has the potential to improve the health of patients with severe heart failure, according to a new study.
Nov 20, 2014
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Pregnant women with congenital heart disease had very low risks of arrhythmias (irregular heart beat) or other heart-related complications during labor and delivery, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 18, 2014
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A new blood biomarker test that indicates whether bacteria is the cause of a patient's lung infection is now being studied at UPMC Presbyterian, launching a national multicenter trial. The information could help doctors decide ...
Nov 12, 2014
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A new study has found that certain prostate cancer medications are linked with an increased risk of dying from heart-related causes in men with congestive heart failure or prior heart attacks. Published in BJU International, ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Researchers for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that more research is needed to determine the benefits of screening asymptomatic individuals for thyroid dysfunction. Their review is being published ...
Oct 27, 2014
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People who visited their doctor at least twice a year were 3.2 times more likely to keep their blood pressure under control than those who saw their doctor once a year or less, according to new research in the American Heart ...
Oct 20, 2014
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Congestive heart failure. Hypertension. Peripheral neuropathy. Sciatica.
Oct 15, 2014
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Richard F. Thompson, the University of Southern California neuroscientist whose experiments with rabbits led to breakthrough discoveries on how memories are physically stored in the brain, has died. He was 84.
Sep 29, 2014
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Although the heart beats out a very familiar "lub-dub" pattern that speeds up or slows down as our activity increases or decreases, the pattern itself isn't as regular as you might think. In fact, the amount of time between ...
Sep 22, 2014
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Congestive heart failure, stroke, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are three of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The use of telemedicine to help manage chronic diseases such as these can yield clear ...
Sep 10, 2014
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