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Reflections: On surviving the hospital

2010-11-04T14:00:09Z

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Testimonies: My journey to open heart surgery

2010-11-04T13:56:41Z

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

2010-11-02T21:22:31Z

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Biomarker Measurement Has Mixed Predictive Value

2010-10-27T07:47:39Z

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Doctors face board specialty 'expiration dates'

2010-04-05T11:15:27Z

Doctors now face board-specialty 'expiration dates' to make sure skills haven't gone stale

The 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 since leaving medical school, many doctors are having to take tests to renew board certification in their fields — 147 specialties from dermatology to obstetrics.

Any doctor can deliver a baby, tre...

Women die more often than men from heart disease: study

2010-03-16T12:16:08Z

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 and 2007, found that those hospitalized after suffering a cardiac attack were less frequently given an angiograph to study the heart's vessels.

The technique involves...

Long-term safety of drug-coated stents questioned

2010-03-16T11:15:38Z

ATLANTA (Reuters) - New research shows more patients who got drug-coated stents right after suffering a severe heart attack later died from heart-related problems than those who received older, cheaper bare-metal models.

Seven years after the first drug-coated stent was approved in the United States, heart doctors ...

Women more likely to die after heart attack: study

2010-03-16T10:00:09Z

ATLANTA (Reuters) - When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men.

Among patients admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, women were far less likely than men to get angiography in which blood vessels are injected with dye so that blockages are visible on an X-ray, or angioplasty to clear blockages, a study found.

Women were about ...

Women more likely to die after heart attack

2010-03-16T06:30:23Z

ATLANTA (Reuters) - When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men.

A large study found that among patients admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, women were far less likely than men to get angiography to find vessel blockages or angioplasty to clear them.

Women were about twice as likely as men to die within a month of a heart at...

Gene test can cut warfarin hospitalizations

2010-03-16T05:30:10Z

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 found that patients who received a test of two genes connected to warfarin sensitivity were 31 perce...

Sirolimus Stent Beats Zotarolimus Stent for Low-Risk Patients

2010-10-25T11:34:34Z

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Several Atrial Fibrillation Approaches Assessed

2010-10-25T11:34:34Z

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Experimental blood-thinner effective: study

2010-03-15T08:15:53Z

An experimental blood thinner developed by Merck and Portola Pharmaceuticals was found to be safe and effective in a mid-stage study presented Monday, with a lower incidence of serious bleeding than current drugs.

The Phase II randomized trial compared the effects of betrixaban, which is part of a new class of drugs, to the widely used warfarin in 508 patients in the

Experimental Merck blood-thinner found effective

2010-03-15T07:16:02Z

The Phase II randomized trial compared the effects of betrixaban, which is part of a new class of drugs, to the widely used warfarin in 508 patients in the

Lenient Rate Control Studied in Atrial Fibrillation

2010-10-25T11:34:34Z

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Novartis drugs fail to help high-risk patients

2010-03-14T07:00:07Z

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Novartis diabetes drug Starlix failed to reduce progression to the disease or cut down on serious heart problems in patients at high risk for both diabetes and heart disease, according to a large study released on Sunday.

The 9,306-patient study test...

Abbott's heart valve device proves safe, effective

2010-03-14T06:15:20Z

ATLANTA (Reuters) - An experimental, minimally invasive technique to repair the most common type of heart valve problem proved to be far safer and nearly as effective as open heart surgery, meeting the primary goals of a pivotal study, researchers said on Sunday.

Abbott Laboratories is hoping ...

Stock market dips 'linked to heart attack surge'

2010-03-14T03:15:42Z

Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center has said.

"In analyzing our local patient population... during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when stock market values decrease...

Stock market dips linked to heart attack surge: study

2010-03-13T22:15:26Z

Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center said Saturday.

"In analyzing our local patient population... during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when stock market values dec...

Emergency Medical Transport By Air Carries Risks

2010-10-24T09:52:38Z

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Researchers Describe Epidemiology of Heart Failure

2010-10-23T22:43:34Z

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Arthritis Restricts Exercise in Heart Disease Patients

2010-10-25T07:18:18Z

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Doctors deliver baby girl on Delta flight after woman goes into labor

2010-09-08T22:15:35Z

A Delta Air Lines flight from Munich had to make an emergency stopover in North Carolina after one of its passengers went into premature labor. Two passengers who are doctors delivered the baby girl, airline and hospital officials said.

Delta Flight 131 to Atlanta...

Ancestry of Martin Luther King

2010-10-15T09:44:52Z

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How can I complain about some problems at my local road race without looking ungrateful?

2010-10-26T13:26:28Z

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Panthers Falcons Football

2011-01-02T13:32:16Z

Carolina Panther coach John Fox reacts during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta

Chick fil A Bowl Football

2010-12-31T20:31:27Z

South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia (5) reacts after being stopped for short yardage during the second quarter of the Chick-fil-A Bowl NCAA college football...

Chick Fil A Bowl Florida St Football

2010-12-30T13:01:33Z

Florida State quarterback Christian Ponder calls a play during practice for the Chick-fil-A Bowl NCAA college football game against New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is slow to get up after being sacked late in the second quarter by Atlanta Falcons' John Abraham in an NFL football game at the Auburn quarterback Cam Newton (2) gesturing near the end of the Southeastern Conference Championship football game against Sout...