Atlanta - How to Avoid a Heart Attack

The horror stories that we've all heard about hospital dangers, and the inherent risks of that environment are true. Hospital infections are the 4th leading cause of death in the United States. Betsy McCaughey (former Lieutenant Governor of New York ) and ...

Open heart surgery never "just happens", rather it is a destination on a long, winding road. In actuality, I had been speeding toward it most of my life. Although it cast a small shadow over me all my life, for the most ...

My father lives in Atlanta near Perimeter Mall.Well that is for anyone that knows Atlanta. I'm outta here.I run back down stairs and grab my cell phone and I'm zooming towards the highway.No Cops so far we're looking good.Soon I am zooming ...

Biomarker measurement may result in only modest improvement in coronary heart disease risk prediction in postmenopausal women, but inflammatory biomarkers are associated with heart failure risk in older adults, and measurement may improve heart failure risk stratification, according to two studies published ...

Doctors now face board-specialty 'expiration dates' to make sure skills haven't gone staleThe next time you're at the doctor's office, take a peek at those certificates hanging on the wall. Like gallons of milk, some of them are expiring.For the first time ...

Women die more often than men from heart disease because they are not systematically given the same treatment and tests, according to a French study unveiled here Tuesday.The study, carried out on 3,000 women in the French region of Franche-Comte in 2006 ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - New research shows more patients who got drug-coated stents right after suffering a heart attack later died from heart-related problems than those who received older, cheaper bare-metal stents.Seven years after the first drug-coated stent was approved in the United ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men."This suggests that we could reduce mortality in female patients by using more invasive procedures," said Dr. Francois Schiele, chief cardiologist at the University Hospital ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Use of genetic screening on heart patients helped cut hospitalizations related to the widely used blood thinner warfarin by nearly a third, according to a large study that marks a step forward in the fledgling field of personalized medicine.Researchers ...

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Topic: Atlanta

Reflections: On surviving the hospital

Testimonies: My journey to open heart surgery

88 Years old Heart Attack at 2AM Drink a Scotch he decided

Biomarker Measurement Has Mixed Predictive Value

Doctors face board specialty 'expiration dates'

Women die more often than men from heart disease: study

Long-term safety of drug-coated stents questioned

Women more likely to die after heart attack: study

Women more likely to die after heart attack

Gene test can cut warfarin hospitalizations

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