Topic: New Orleans
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One New Orleans hospital saw a jump in heart attacks following Hurricane Katrina -- and three years later, the rate was still elevated, a new study finds.Researchers at Tulane University Hospital found that over the three years ...
An advisory panel for the US Food and Drug Administration will meet next month to review a new type of heart valve that is inserted by catheter instead of in open heart surgery, the device-maker said Tuesday.The FDA committee of experts is ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Sophisticated devices and nonsurgical techniques look to be the wave of the future in the battle against heart disease as drugmakers produce fewer new medicines to fight the world's leading cause of death.Signs of the trend were evident ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc's Resolute drug-coated stent met the main safety goals of a large study of U.S. patients, providing the final data the company expects to need to seek U.S. approval of its next generation heart device.The Resolute stent, ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans residents were found to have three times the rate of heart attacks four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina than before the storm and levee break that flooded the city, according to a study presented ...
People who suffer from irregular heartbeat could see their episodes cut in half if they do yoga regularly, according to a study released in the United States.Doing yoga three times a week also reduced depression and anxiety while boosting people's opinion of ...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular exercise training, according to a new study.The ...
Information about the American Heart Association's 2008 Scientific Sessions held on November 8-11, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana is presented. Some of the topics in the convention include "Flu Vaccine Appears to Reduce Blood Clot Risk" and "Measuring Blood Cell Size May ...
COLD AS ICE: There's strong evidence that chilling the body can help limit damage from cardiac arrest, when the heart has stopped beating.NEW STUDY: Now doctors in New Orleans will test therapeutic cooling for heart attacks, which strike 1 million Americans a ...
Minority children waiting for a heart transplant have a higher death rate than white youngsters, say researchers who analyzed eight years of data from the United Network of Organ Sharing.. Of those, 58 percent were white, 20 percent were black, 16 percent ...
Photo Gallery
-
Sugar Bowl Ohio State Arkansas
Nicklaus Luttrell, 9, of Springdale, Ark., cheers at a pep rally for ...AP News - -
Katrina End Of Trailers
In this photo taken Dec. 28, 2010, Paul Delatte is seen from ...AP News - -
Sugar Bowl Ohio St Football
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, center, conducts a practice for the Sugar ...AP News -
