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    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT

    1. Statement From American Heart Association President Ralph Sacco, M.D. On Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approval Of Labor-HHS-Education Bill
      The $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee is a much needed boost to heart disease and stroke research and a welcome source of revenue for the research community in this challenging fiscal environment...
      Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT
    2. Angiotech Pharmaceuticals And Partner Athersys Announce Positive Results From Phase I Study Of MultiStem(R) In Heart Attack Patients
      Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI, TSX: ANP) ("Angiotech") and partner Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHX) announced positive results from its phase I clinical trial of MultiStem(R), its allogeneic cell therapy product, administered to individuals following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), more commonly referred to as a heart attack...
      Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT
    3. Transporting Patients Directly To PCI-Capable Hospitals Best Strategy For Treating Deadliest Heart Attack
      To improve emergency care for heart attack patients, new research suggests that expanding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) capacity at hospitals is less effective than using emergency medical services (EMS) to transport patients directly to existing PCI centers...
      Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 PDT
    4. Cerenis Therapeutics And Novasep Awarded 10.7M Euros Funding From The French Government For The Development CER-001, An HDL Mimetic
      Cerenis Therapeutics SA (Cerenis), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel high-density lipoprotein (HDL) therapies to treat cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases, and Groupe Novasep (Novasep), a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industries, announce today that they have received French Government funding through OSEO to finance the dev...
      Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT
    5. Three Classification Tools To Diagnose Heart Problems
      A statistical analysis of publicly available heart rate data using three classification tools - Random Forests, Logistic Model Tree and Neural Network - could lead to a rapid and precise way to diagnose heart problems, according to research in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare...
      Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT
    6. News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 26, 2010
      CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Flushing out key limitations to a drug that protects against heart attack The drug niacin is used to modulate fat levels in the blood and thereby reduce the risk of a heart attack. However, noxious effects on the skin that have been termed 'flushing' limit its use in the clinic...
      Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT
    7. Improving Studies Of Cardiac Muscle With New Mathematical Model
      Researchers have developed a new mathematical model that may provide a simpler and better way of predicting ventricular function during the cardiac cycle. The new model could help researchers improve treatment options for patients with heart disease. The article appears in the August issue of the Journal of General Physiology...
      Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT
    8. Preventing Heart Problems While Keeping A Cool Head
      Max Planck researchers explain the cause of the flushing effect arising from cholesterol treatment with nicotinic acid. Cholesterol influences the health of our hearts and blood vessels. Conventional treatment attempts to reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, in the blood plasma...
      Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT
    9. ISHLT Issues New Guidelines For The Care Of Heart Transplant Recipients, Published In The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation
      Since the dawn of heart transplantation in the 1960s, medical care of heart transplant recipients has varied from center to center and been guided by the experience of individual clinicians...
      Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT
    10. Great Tastes And International Recipes That Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease
      The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced the upcoming launch of its all-new European Cook Book. Bringing together recipes created by leading cardiologists from across its membership, the aim of this high quality book is to demonstrate that a diverse, heart-friendly diet can be achieved without compromising on taste...
      Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

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