Topic: United States

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. researchers say they have found clear signs that blood clots in the lungs are being overdiagnosed, exposing patients to potentially dangerous side effects from unnecessary drugs.Using national data, the researchers found the rate of so-called pulmonary ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who ate lots of salt were not more likely to get high blood pressure, and were less likely to die of heart disease than those with a low salt intake, in a new European study.The findings ...

Babies who are exposed before birth to ethyl benzene, a toxic component in crude oil, may have a higher risk of developing congenital heart disease, US researchers said Saturday.Another chemical used as an industrial metal degreasing agent, trichloroethylene (TCE), also boosted heart ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - New evidence emerged on Thursday that women taking Bayer's best-selling contraceptive Yasmin may run a higher risk of dangerous blood clots than those using older birth-control pills.Two studies showed that users of pills containing drospirenone, one of the hormones ...

Commissioners should address transparency issues at the troubled hospitalHeart patients undergoing procedures requiring pacemakers and defibrillators at University Medical Center will likely receive devices made by a little-known company called Biotronik.As The New York Times reported Sunday, last year 95 percent of ...

Doctors could spare angioplasty patients major risks by operating through the artery in the wrist rather than the leg, as has been the standard US practice for decades, researchers said Monday.Fewer than five percent of angioplasty operations in the United States are ...

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, ...

A new type of heart valve made with cow tissue and inserted by catheter was hailed on Sunday as a major breakthrough that could eliminate the need for open heart surgery in some patients, US doctors said Sunday.The method is aimed at ...

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 ...

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A potential breakthrough heart valve from Edwards Lifesciences Corp that can spare patients from chest-cracking, open heart surgery will take center stage at one of the year's most important heart meetings this weekend.Tens of thousands of cardiologists and ...