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Impella 2.5 Support During PTCA of Patient with Extreme Tortuosity of the Ileofemoral System
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Vasopressin fragment copeptin aids diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.The action was welcome news...
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Heatwave puts pressure on ambulance services
Health care providers have faced increasing pressure over the past few days as the heatwave prompted a marked rise in calls to ambulance services across the country.Wednesday saw highs of up to 32C in London, with the capitals ambulance...
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved (source: New York Times)
The approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.Go to your Portfolio The action was welcome news for the...
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.The action was welcome news...
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.The action was welcome news...
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.The action was welcome news...
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.The action was welcome news...
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Sanofi Drug for Heart Rhythm Disorder Is Approved
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Thursday to treat the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation, which affects an estimated 2.5 million people in this country, most of them elderly.The action was welcome news...
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Anxiety and depression linked with angina frequency
MedWire News: Anxiety and depression are linked with angina in patients with coronary heart disease, a study suggests.Psychosocial distress was common in those with frequent angina, with nearly half the patients who reported...
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Tadalafil (Adcirca): Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hyper
Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) is the enzyme that degrades cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).Tadalafil inhibits PDE5 and thereby increases the concentration of cGMP, leading to relaxation of the pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells...
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Mental health patients to be 'tagged' with GPS trackers
Dangerous mental health patients are to be fitted with state-of-the-art GPS trackers by the NHS after a mental patient on the run murdered a pensioner.An NHS Trust in south London has launched the initiative after Terrence O'Keefe, a...
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Chest pains linked to anxiety, depression
04:20 PM MDT Researchers are looking into a link between heart health and mental health.In a study of nearly 200 coronary artery disease patients, those with daily or even weekly chest pain were much more likely to suffer from...
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Heart Disease linked to death of Mays
Health More>> LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - New medical reports show that heart disease is likely what killed TV pitchman Billy Mays.It's the number one killer in America and sudden death can often be the first alert to the...
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Whites more likely to get rare bone cancer
Health Encyclopedia: Cancer TUESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have documented that the rare bone and soft tissue cancer Ewing's sarcoma disproportionately strikes white people.What's more, among whites who have the disease,...
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Acupuncture course taught me it's a sham
Several years ago I qualified as an acupuncturist.Dr Lawson suggests 'it's time acupuncture be consigned to the sharps bin' - I threw all my acupuncture needles into the sharps bin a long time ago. Most of the claims made for...
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Help for esophageal cancer patients
A new minimally invasive procedure can help esophageal cancer patients get back to their normal lives faster and with less pain, surgeons at University Hospital say.A surgical team at the hospital is using laparoscopic surgery to...
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New MRI Technique Could Mean Fewer Breast Biopsies In High-Risk Women
A University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineer and colleagues have developed a method that, applied in MRI scans of the breast, could spare some women with increased breast cancer risk the pain and stress of having to endure a...
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New MRI Technique Could Mean Fewer Breast Biopsies in High-Risk Women
Newswise A biomedical engineer and colleagues have developed a method that, applied in MRI scans of the breast, could spare some women with increased breast cancer risk the pain and stress of having to endure a biopsy of a questionable...
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Depression, Anxiety Bad for the Heart
MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Two new studies show that problems with the mind can play a significant role in problems of the heart.One study found that anxiety and depression can increase the incidence of angina, the chest...
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