Robert Harrington - How to Avoid a Heart Attack

Doctor accuses Heart Association, Cardiology College, of letting industry influence policy A prominent cardiologist accused leading heart organizations of being too cozy with industry and allowing those ties to influence its policies and education programs for doctors.Cleveland Clinic cardiology chief Dr. Steven ...

In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the use of cangrelor is not superior to the use of clopidogrel or placebo, according to two studies published online Nov. 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the American Heart ...

A new anti-clotting drug, ticagrelor (Brilinta), was better than than clopidogrel (Plavix) in preventing new heart attacks and in reducing deaths among patients who have had a heart attack, a new study finds.. "Clopidogrel is widely used in the treatment of acute ...

Metaphor runs rampant in the language of finance, in good times and bad. The phrase "stress test," which is getting maximum exposure in the banking world this week, has a rather more literal meaning in medicine. So the Health Blog checked in ...

Women who smoke have heart attacks about several years earlier than non-smoking womenWomen typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday.In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks more than a dozen years earlier ...

Women who smoke may develop heart disease at almost the same age as male smokers, wiping out the natural difference between the sexes, doctors said Tuesday.In research presented to the European Society of Cardiology, Norwegian researchers said that women who smoke have ...

Topic: Robert Harrington

Doctor says heart groups too cozy with industry

Two Separate Studies Find Cangrelor Not Superior

New Anti-Clotting Drug Beats Plavix

Stress Tests: A Cardiologist Weighs In

Smoking riskier to women's hearts than men's

Study: Smoking hurts women more than men

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