News on The Cleveland Clinic

Can blood tests detect imminent heart attacks

2010-11-29T15:15:35Z

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How to choose the best doctor to treat depression

2010-11-29T15:19:24Z

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High Readmission Rates May Not Mean Worse Hospital Care

2010-09-10T17:38:09Z

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Socioeconomic Position Affects Survival After Heart Surgery

2010-10-25T13:01:28Z

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2010-10-27T07:26:51Z

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Signs of Success in Home Medical Monitoring

2010-10-27T07:10:51Z

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Coronary Events Not Uncommon on Vacation Cruises

2010-10-24T15:29:24Z

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Study Finds Oral Drug to Be Effective in Multiple Sclerosis

2010-10-24T15:29:23Z

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Study: Sticking with heart rehab boosts survival

2010-04-16T08:12:49Z

Little pain, lots of gain: Sticking with cardiac rehab boosts survival, study finds

If you've had a heart attack or a bypass operation, there's an easy way to help prevent another one: stick with rehab.

People who get all 36 sessions of cardiac rehabilitation that most Medicare plans cover are less likely to die or suffer a heart attack in the next three to four years than people who have fewer sessions, a new ...

Higher Volume of Angioplasty May Not Improve Outcomes

2010-10-24T09:51:36Z

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Overhauling health care

2010-04-16T10:05:13Z

Congress should consider the Cleveland Clinic as a shining example of what can be done

CosgroveÕs organization .. is routinely rated among the best in the nation for a number of its specialties.

Over the summer the health care debate in Congress shifted focus. Improving the quality of care and reducing the costs became secondary issues to providing insurance coverage for more Americans...

Full Moon Does Not Affect Surgery Outcomes

2010-10-26T21:30:20Z

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Surgery For Aortic Stenosis

2010-04-16T17:44:46Z

Surgery For Aortic Stenosis

By Adam Pick

Such is the case for patients diagnosed with aortic stenosis, a life-threatening disease in which a heart valve narrows due to calcification, wear or infection. Ultimately, aortic valve stenosis can lead to thickening of the cardiac muscle and heart failure.

To treat aortic stenosis, highly skilled cardiothoracic surgeons perform open heart surgery in which the sternum is split, the heart is stopped and the aortic val...

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Heart Disease

2010-10-23T16:01:42Z

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Risk Factors for Heart Disease

2010-10-23T19:04:15Z

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Biomarkers Raise Alert for Heart Risks

2010-10-22T22:57:22Z

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Blood Pressure: The Cold Facts

2010-10-26T20:17:13Z

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Study: New heart pill beats Plavix at preventing clots, but raises bleeding risk

2010-09-10T08:47:36Z

A new blood thinner proved better than Plavix, one of the world's top-selling drugs, at preventing heart problems after procedures to open clogged arteries, doctors reported Sunday. But the new drug also raised the risk of serious bleeding.

People given the experimental drug, prasugrel, were nearly 20 percent less likely to suffer one of the problems in a combined measure — heart attack, stroke or heart-related death — than th...

Cleveland heart doctor is drug watchdog

2010-09-08T21:34:57Z

Cleveland Heart Doctor, Safety Crusader Who Warned About Vioxx Takes on Another Risky Drug

A new "safety net" has helped keep four dangerous drugs out of the public's hands and this week may have snared another by sounding an alarm on the diabetes drug Avandia. This watchdog is no alphabet-soup-titled federal agency. It is the <...

Cleveland heart doctor, safety crusader who warned about Vioxx takes on another risky drug

2010-09-08T21:33:28Z

A new "safety net" has helped keep four dangerous drugs out of the American public's hands and this week may have snared another by sounding an alarm on the diabetes drug Avandia. This watchdog is no federal agency. It is Dr. Steven Nissen, cardiology chief at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

As criticism of the...

Poverty Tied to Poor Stress Test Score

2010-10-25T20:52:37Z

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Leaving Cleveland?

2010-10-14T05:41:21Z

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Topol's Exit

2010-10-14T05:33:10Z

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Topol To Leave Cleveland Clinic

2010-10-14T05:32:58Z

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Designer Hospital Gown

2010-09-09T08:47:01Z

This undated photo provided by the Cleveland Clinic shows new hospital gowns designed by Diane von Furstenberg. The gown, with the clinic's logo printed on the fabric, features side ties that eliminate the embarrassing open-back look that got unwanted attention in the hospital corridor. (AP Photo/Cleveland Clinic) NO SALES

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Cavaliers-Izzo

2010-06-13T11:30:54Z

New Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant talks with the media at a press availability at the Cleveland Clinic Courts in Independence, Ohio on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Copyright 2010 Luke Sawyer, a registered nurse, administers the H1N1 vaccine at the Cleveland Clinic Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, in Cleveland. The Clinic began giving H1N1 vaccine to frontline employees who provide direct patient care. It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catas...

Cleveland Clinic face transplant surgery patient Connie Culp

2010-04-08T00:50:07Z

An undated handout picture released on 06 May 2009 by the Cleveland Clinic, shows doctors and surgeons studying a model of the patient's face while performing the first face transplant surgery in the United States on patient Connie Culp at the Cleveland Clinic, Clevelan...

CLEVELAND - MAY 05: Connie Culp, shown after an injury to her...

2010-04-08T00:50:37Z

CLEVELAND - MAY 05: Connie Culp, shown after an injury to her face. Culp is underwent the first face transplant surgery the United States at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008 after she lost most of the midsection of her face from a gunshot in 2004. (Cleveland Cl...