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Hospital wins review of heart unit closure plan

2011-11-07T11:30:42Z

A London hospital has won its High Court battle over health authorities' plans to close down its children's heart surgery unit.

Lawyers for the Royal Brompton in Chelsea, west London, argued that a consultation exercise launched by the Joint Committee of the Primary Care Trusts of Reuters Health) - Urban cyclists may be exposed to more than twice as much black carbon from vehicle exhaust as pedestrians, a small new study suggests.

By examining airway cells in sputum samples from ten people, researchers in London found black carbon levels were 2.3 times higher in the five cyclists compared to the five pedestrians.

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Higher testosterone may equal lower heart risks

2011-10-04T19:00:09Z

(Reuters) - Elderly men with naturally higher levels of testosterone may be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those men with lower levels of the hormone, according to a study.

Findings published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that of 2,400 Swedish men in ...

No sport, just sex for basketball star

2011-10-04T11:30:28Z

Lithuanian basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis said Tuesday he would have to limit his pleasures after suffering a heart attack a week ago, as doctors decided to release him from hospital.

"The doctors told me, 'You can't smoke, you can't drink, you can't play basketball.' So of the things I like, only sex is left," Sabonis told Lithuanian media at the clinic in his hometown, the central city of Kaunas.

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Heart disease raises maternal death risk

2011-08-30T13:30:58Z

Pregnant women with heart disease face a 100-fold increased risk of death, with the danger for offspring multiplied by ten, according to figures released Tuesday at a medical congress in Paris.

Analysing data on 1,300 women gathered since 2008 from 28 countries across Europe, researchers reported 13 maternal deaths -- one percent of the cohort -- among expectant women with pre-existing heart conditions.

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Is chocolate good for your heart? It depends

2011-08-29T01:30:12Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Chocolate may be good for the heart but cardiologists are not giving you a license to indulge.

New research presented at Europe's biggest medical meeting Monday suggested chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease.

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Cardiac arrest strikes young and old athletes alike

2011-08-24T14:30:25Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research from France suggests that young, competitive athletes account for only a fraction of sports-related cardiac arrests, in which the heart stops beating without warning.

Rather, most cardiac arrests may happen in adult men playing recreational sports, the study found.

The findings come in the...

Sea diet and siesta point to Greek island longevity: study

2011-07-13T13:30:32Z

Siestas, a health diet -- and genetics -- could explain why people on the tiny Aegean island of Ikaria live so long, said a study by Greek cardiologists released Wednesday.

"While in the rest of Europe only 0.1 percent of the population is over 90 years old, in Ikaria the figure is tenfold, 1.1 percent," Christina Chrysohoou, a cardiologist at the Athens...

Mummified princess had coronary heart disease

2011-05-17T15:30:41Z

The diagnosis is more than 3,500 years late, but no less stunning for all of that. An Egyptian princess who lived between 1580 and 1550 BC has become the earliest person in human history to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease, according to computer scans presented at a medical conference this week.

"We can't be sure what she died of, but we can see what illnesses she had," Gregory Thomas, director of Nuclear Cardiology Education at the Madrid clinic with a myocardial infarction between 2003 and 2009.

They used levels of an enzyme in the blood to measure the extent of dead tissue, known as an infarct, which is caused by bl...

Guidelines help prevent heart attack deaths

2011-04-26T13:30:24Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When doctors follow guidelines for treating patients after a heart attack, more patients survive, according to a new study from Sweden published in the Reuters) - People who regularly work long hours may be significantly increasing their risk of developing heart disease, the world's biggest killer, British scientists said Monday.

Researchers said a long-term study showed that working more than 11 hours a day increased the risk of heart disease by 67 percent, compared with working a standard 7 to 8 hours a day.

They said the fi...

Study links sugary drinks with high blood pressure

2011-02-28T13:30:13Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have linked drinking sugary drinks like fizzy cola and fruit drinks with high blood pressure and say their findings suggest that cutting both sugar and salt intake could help reduce the risk.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide.

In a study of more than 2,500 people in...

Health economist challenges case for reforms

2011-01-28T09:30:32Z

A leading health expert has questioned the government's case for radical reform of the NHS, saying that Britain's healthcare compares more favourably to the rest of Europe than ministers claim.

John Appleby, chief economist at the King's Fund think tank, cast doubt over the government's argument that a radical overhaul of the NHS is needed to address the UK's high mo...

Doctors testing warm, beating hearts in transplant

2010-12-05T22:30:21Z

Beat still, my heart: Doctors transplant warm, ticking hearts in study; no more ice chests

Andrea Ybarra's donated heart was beating rhythmically by the time she awoke from the grogginess of her surgery.

Lub-dub. Lub-dub. Lub-dub. In fact, it was warm and pumping even before doctors transplanted it.

Ybarra belongs to a small group of people who have had a "beating heart" transplant, an experimental operation that's mostly been done in

Tips on a Flight From the US to Europe

2010-11-30T12:38:18Z

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Thrombolysis Tied to Better Stroke Outcome at All Ages

2010-11-29T14:46:42Z

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Binge drinking linked to higher risk of heart disease

2010-11-23T16:30:51Z

Binge drinking, long known as a cause of liver damage, is also linked to heart disease, according to a 10-year study in Northern Ireland and France published on Wednesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Researchers from Britain<...

A Double Whammy For Remote Patient Monitoring

2010-11-29T14:41:05Z

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A Double Whammy for Remote Patient Monitoring

2010-11-29T14:40:58Z

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Boston Scientific Investor Day – Transcript

2010-11-29T14:49:52Z

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Diabetes drug 'may have killed 500 in France'

2010-11-16T09:32:47Z

Drug safety body Afssaps urged patients who used Mediator, a drug for overweight people with diabetes that was also used as an appetite suppressant, to see their doctors if they had taken it for more than three months.

"Analyses by expert epidemiologists estimate that about 500 deaths could be attributable to benfluorex," Mediator's active ingredient, since its launch in France in 1976, Afssaps said in a statement.

The drug was bann...

Drug-coated stents safe for large heart arteries

2010-11-16T06:30:29Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drug-coated heart stents are as safe as the old bare metal variety for patients with narrowed large coronary arteries, a large European study showed, alleviating concerns about their long-term use.

There was no increase in the number of deaths or heart attacks two years after the drug-coated stent was implanted, according to d...

Carberry out of Australia trip

2010-11-29T14:59:42Z

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Product reviews: Speedo Aquasocket goggles

2010-11-29T16:05:06Z

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Professor Frank Pantridge From beriberi to prehospital coronary care

2010-11-29T14:55:29Z

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Why shorter people have more heart disease

2010-11-29T15:15:34Z

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Low Testosterone May Raise Risk of Early Death: Study

2010-11-05T06:44:00Z

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Heartbreak Puts Brakes on Heart

2010-11-04T13:27:13Z

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Technique: Be bad, ride better!

2010-11-04T13:09:59Z

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Comparing red and white wine

2010-11-29T15:11:24Z

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Death rates fall to all-time low

2010-10-26T20:31:06Z

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Genetic test could decide if patients get heart drug: report

2010-10-26T13:30:43Z

The drug is marketed under the brand name Plavix by Bristol-Meyers Squibb in the United States and Sanofi-Aventis in Oxford hospital where four babies died in three months should be discontinued, a review of paediatric heart centres in England said on Friday.

The NHS review team ranked the John Radcliffe Hospital the lowest out of 11 centres "by a significant margin" and said it was the least likely to meet new quality standards.

They recommended...

Strange histories, Believe it or not!

2010-11-02T18:38:15Z

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Heart Failure And The Causes

2010-11-02T21:39:48Z

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Heart Attack Symptoms And Warning Signs

2010-11-02T21:39:34Z

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Why Exercising is Good for Your Heart

2010-11-02T21:43:48Z

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Do It Yourself Heart Bypass

2010-11-02T21:39:45Z

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How to prevent heart disease

2010-11-02T21:39:50Z

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Olive Oil - Medicinal, Magical, An Endless Source Of Fascination

2010-11-02T18:47:46Z

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What do you think about Heart Attack

2010-11-02T21:39:38Z

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List of 6 Foods for the Healthy Heart

2010-11-02T20:27:28Z

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Lung Power

2010-11-02T21:51:15Z

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Next-gen mechanical heart debuts in Canada

2010-10-13T07:26:26Z

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New Type of Artificial Heart Helps Save Lives Waiting For Transplant

2010-10-11T08:30:45Z

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A lot of People Need Holter Systems

2010-10-07T14:41:14Z

Courtesy of http://www.holteranalysis.com :

"Cardiovascular monitoring is extremely beneficial for cardiac patients. High-risk patients need to be continuously monitored during diagnostic as well as patient care stages. Rising incidence of cardiovascular diseases has necessitated uninterrupted monitoring of cardiac patients, which sub...

Heartbreak Puts Brakes on Heart

2010-10-05T11:27:28Z

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2010-09-29T20:47:56Z

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Influenza Vaccine Tied to Reduced Heart Attack Rate

2010-11-02T13:57:08Z

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Study backs new heart valve without cracking chest

2010-09-22T16:02:53Z

Less invasive heart valve replacement an option for patients too frail for surgery, study says

Thousands of older Americans who need new heart valves but are too frail to survive the surgery might soon get a chance at an easier option — a way to thread in an artificial aortic valve without cracking their chests.

The aortic valve is the heart's main doorway, and a major new study found that snaking a new one in through an artery significantly improved t...

Gender Differences Seen After Aortic Valve Surgery

2010-11-02T13:57:50Z

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Depression, Heart Disease Combo May Up Odds of Death

2010-11-02T13:57:46Z

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Depression, Heart Disease Combo May Up Odds of Death

2010-09-16T11:34:40Z

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Study Shows People With Heart Disease and Depression Have Increased Risk of Dying

2010-09-15T19:09:20Z

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Gender Differences Seen After Aortic Valve Surgery

2010-09-15T17:24:22Z

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What Is Ramsons?

2010-11-05T11:04:56Z

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Quality of Care After Joint Surgery May Affect Heart Health

2010-09-10T20:21:01Z

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Low-Dose Heparin Doesn't Reduce PCI-Related Bleeding

2010-09-11T13:06:13Z

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Magnesium

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In Atherothrombosis, Clinical Descriptors Predict Risk

2010-09-11T13:05:48Z

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Effect of Genetic Variants Weighed in Clopidogrel Response

2010-09-11T13:05:46Z

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Local Standards Affect Stroke Drug Benefits

2010-09-11T13:05:37Z

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Ivabradine Lowers Heart Failure-Related Mortality

2010-09-11T13:05:39Z

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Quality of Care After Joint Surgery May Affect Heart Health

2010-09-10T13:52:37Z

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Transapical Aortic Valve Procedure Appears Promising

2010-09-11T13:02:37Z

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Deaths From Heart Attack Rise With Delays in Care

2010-09-10T20:18:54Z

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Antagonistic Traits Tied to More Arterial Thickening

2010-09-11T12:51:46Z

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Cardio3 BioSciences Publishes the Science Basis for C-Cure in JACC

2010-09-11T13:18:25Z

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The Medical Aid Courses for the Companies

2010-10-06T05:38:28Z

In many companies some workers attend medical aid courses to be able to give their help in case of necessity while the ambulance arrives: the duration of a medical aid course, depending on the kind of company, varies from 12 to 16 hours.

The workers of the bigger companies will need to attend the 16 hours course, while the smaller ones can attend the 12 hours one. But it's not only the size of the company to determine the duration of the course; in fact, the field in which the...

Abiomed, Inc. F1Q11 (Qtr End 06/30/10) Earnings Call Transcript

2010-11-02T12:11:16Z

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What is Digitalis?

2010-11-05T10:06:12Z

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PLAIN TALES FROM THE SURGERY

2010-11-02T15:41:43Z

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Nebivolol Less Effective in Elderly With CHF and Diabetes

2010-11-02T13:56:17Z

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Benefits of Implantable Defibrillators May Differ by Gender

2010-09-10T17:35:30Z

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SimpleCare Health Plan reports strong start for 2010

2010-10-14T11:57:48Z

"We are pleased to report a strong start for 2010 and we confirm our outlook for the full year," said R.B. Prats, medical director of SimpleCare. "Strong organic growth is expected to continue and we also expect to strengthen our global presence through selective provider collaborations, especially in the area of "Medical Tourism" services. We had an excellent performance in the first quarter of 2010, supported by a continued impressive development in the days sales outstanding.

Our mo...

Martek promotes DHA Omega3 for healthy hearts at HiE 2008

2010-11-02T15:21:03Z

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Budget for CVD screening shrinks to 25m

2010-11-02T15:07:58Z

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You Can Be an Optimist!

2010-09-10T19:46:13Z

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Genetics of Alkaptonuria

2010-11-02T15:48:05Z

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Beet Root Juice Health Benefits

2010-09-10T15:56:01Z

Beetroot and Swiss Chard belong to the same family. Beets have a lovely rich red color from pigments called anthocyanins. It is water soluble and cannot be destroyed by heat. Since ancient times, this vegetable has been used for medicinal purposes that contain many healing properties. The beetroot nutritional benefits range from aiding anemia by building red blood cells to aiding digestion and helping the gall bladder and liver function.

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Ban trans fats and cut salt, demands UK health body

2010-06-21T16:30:11Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's influential health cost watchdog called on Tuesday for major changes in food production and marketing and said drastic cuts in fat and salt levels were needed to halt the scourge of heart disease.

The Prague tram driver chased his runaway tram on a bike, caught it after a lengthy ride, but ended up in hospital with a heart attack, the Czech daily DNES reported on Friday.

The empty unbraked tram crashed through a closed gate at a depot in western Prague and sped on to the tracks, crossing a busy four-lane street in the process.

Technicians switched off power, but the vehicle continued down the street for about a kilometre (0.6 m...

Short Stature Associated With Higher Heart Disease Risk

2010-10-27T09:18:05Z

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Short people at higher risk of heart problems

2010-06-09T06:00:08Z

Short people have a 50 percent higher risk of having a heart problem or dying from one than tall people, a new study says, though weight, blood pressure and smoking habits remain more important factors.

Previous studies have suggested a link between height and heart problems like angina, heart attacks and angioplasties. This is the first major review of such studies, including research from around the world, confirming the relationship.

Researchers in

Short people more prone to heart disease: study

2010-06-08T17:15:29Z

Short people are 50 percent likelier than tall people to die prematurely of heart disease, researchers reported Wednesday in a major review of three million people.

The study showed that women under 1.53 metres (5 feet) and men under 1.65m (5 ft 5 in) are significantly more prone to cardiovascular or coronary heart problems than women and men taller than 1.66 (5 ft 6 in) and 1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in), respectively.

The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, suggest ...

3-D Echo With Contrast Shows Promise for Infarct Scars

2010-10-27T07:48:11Z

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In Heart Failure, Discharges Earlier, Readmission Rates Up

2010-10-27T07:48:10Z

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Long Work Hours May Adversely Affect Heart Health

2010-10-27T07:47:55Z

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Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:17Z

Atlanta Hawks guard Jamal Crawford,left, shoots over Sacramento Kings guard Beno Udrih, of Slovenia during the first half of an ...

Blue Jackets Coyotes Hockey

2011-01-04T21:01:31Z

Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an New Jersey Devils' Andy Greene (6) and Minnesota Wild's Martin Havlat (24), of the Czech Republic, compete for the puck during the first period of an Italy's Manuela Moelgg competes during the first run of an alpine ski women's World Cup slalom event, in Zagreb, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Russia Schwarzenegger

2011-01-04T09:32:15Z

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, invites then California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for a ride in his vintage car, a Soviet built Chaika luxury car, during their meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian president and the Terminator are tweeting, and m...