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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:00 PST

1. HealthHelp Enhances Diagnostic Cardiology Services
   HealthHelp, a leading specialty benefit management provider, continues to target health care cost drivers by adding diagnostic cardiac catheterization to its well-established and effective suite of services...
   Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:00 PST
2. Questioning The Benefits Of Elective Removal Of Ovaries During Hysterectomy: Evidence Suggests Procedure May Do More Harm Than Good
   Removal of the ovaries (bilateral oophorectomy) while performing a hysterectomy is common practice to prevent the subsequent development of ovarian cancer. This prophylactic procedure is performed in 55 percent of all US women having a hysterectomy, or approximately 300,000 times each year...
   Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
3. Geisinger Collaborates On National Research Project: Investigators To Study The Care, Outcomes Of Young Women With Heart Disease
   Geisinger Health System and Yale School of Medicine investigators are researching how young people recover from heart attacks through VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes in Young AMI Patients), a research project funded by the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute...
   Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST
4. BG Medicine And Abbott To Develop Galectin-3 Test For The I-STAT(R) System
   BG Medicine, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) to extend its current development and commercialization collaboration to include the development of a galectin-3 test for Abbott Point of Care's i-STAT® System. Galectin-3 is a novel biomarker that may play a role in detecting the development and progression of heart failure...
   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 PST
5. ECG Screening Of Hyperactive Children Borderline Cost-effective
   Evaluating children for underlying heart problems before prescribing stimulant medications can identify children at risk for sudden cardiac death, but electrocardiogram (ECG) screening is of borderline cost-effectiveness compared to current practice, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...
   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00:00 PST
6. Medicine To Lower Blood Pressure Significantly Decreases Risk For Cardiovascular Disease, Stroke
   A long-acting ACE inhibitor used to reduce blood pressure significantly decreased the risk for cardiovascular disease, including stroke, in normal weight, overweight and obese patients, according to research reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:00 PST
7. DASH Diet, Exercise, Calorie Restriction May Help Improve Mental Function, Heart Health In Overweight, Hypertensive Adults
   The DASH diet, combined with exercise and calorie restriction, improved mental functioning by 30 percent in overweight adults with high blood pressure compared to those who didn't diet or exercise, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 PST
8. New Method To Grow Arteries Could Lead To 'Biological Bypass' For Heart Disease
   A new method of growing arteries could lead to a "biological bypass" - or a non-invasive way to treat coronary artery disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report with their colleagues in the April issue of Journal of Clinical Investigation. Coronary arteries can become blocked with plaque, leading to a decrease in the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart...
   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
9. Collaborative Care Plans Between Physicians And Pharmacists Have Little Impact On Clinical Outcomes
   The use of a physician-pharmacist collaborative care plan to manage lipid control in patients with high cholesterol does not have significant clinical impact, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The role of community pharmacists is expanding worldwide...
   Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
10. Obesity As Protection Against Metabolic Syndrome, Not Its Cause
    The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome - insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke - are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are...
    Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST

Heart Disease News Archives

24 September 2009

• Groundbreaking Model Of Heart Disease Rewarded With NIH Pioneer Award
• World Heart Day, 27 September 2009 - Work With Heart
• Cognitive Problems After Surgery May Be Unrelated To Heart-Lung Bypass
• Smoking Ban Could Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease Claim New Studies
• Blood Flow Blockages In The Heart Can Now Be Measured Using St. Jude Medical Wireless Fractional Flow Reserve Technology
• Crucial Role Of Macrophages In Muscle Regeneration Uncovered By EMBL Scientists

23 September 2009

• New Clinical Data On Medtronic Transcatheter Heart Valves Featured In More Than 25 Presentations At TCT 2009
• Physio-Control Receives Market Approval From Health Canada For LIFEPAK(R) 15 Monitor/Defibrillator
• Football Legend Joe Theismann Teams Up With Leading Medical Societies And Medtronic To Save Lives From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA)
• Vitae Initiates Phase 1 Trial Of Novel Renin Inhibitor
• Prostate Cancer Patients On Hormone Therapy At Increased Risk For Various Heart Diseases
• 2.25 MM CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Approved By FDA
• Vicor's PD2i To Be Tested On Trauma Patients In U.S. Army's New Critical Combat Care Engineering (C3E) Program Area
• At TCT 2009: One-Year Results From Horizons-AMI Trial
• Seniors With Insufficient Levels Of Vitamin D At Increased Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease

22 September 2009

• Endeavor(R) Stent Reduced Risk Of Heart Attack/Cardiac Death By 48% At Three Years Compared To Taxus(R) Stent In Large Study
• Dramatic Fall In Heart Attacks After Smoking Bans In North America And Europe
• New Type Of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Demonstrates Superior Results
• Best Practice Care Lacking For Many Australians At Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease
• Following Smoking Bans, Heart Attack Rates Drop, Continue Downward Over Time
• Abbott's XIENCE V(R) Continues To Outperform TAXUS With Sustained Clinical Advantages And Impressive Long-Term Safety Results In SPIRIT III Trial
• Hospitalizations For Heart Disease, Heart Attack And Stroke Down Significantly
• WFUBMC Heart Center Receives Recognition For Treatment Of Heart Attack Patients
• Angina Patient Benefits From Noninvasive EECP Therapy

21 September 2009

• Invatec Announces Launch Of REEF HP™ PTA Balloon Catheter In Europe
• Aussies Need Regular Heart Disease Risk Assessments
• New Genetic Link Between Cardiac Arrhythmias And Thyroid Dysfunction Identified
• Medtronic Expects New Data On Drug-Eluting Stents And Transcatheter Heart Valves To Feature At TCT 2009
• Patients At Risk Of Cardiovascular Events Missing Out On Treatment, Australia

20 September 2009

• Heart Risk Factors In Middle Age Can Cut Life Span By Up To 15 Years
• People In Deprived Areas Missing Out On Vital Heart Health Services, Says Heart Charity

19 September 2009

• Modest Vitamin/mineral Deficiencies Increase Age-related Disease
• Protein Link To Fat Storage Pinpointed By Scientists

17 September 2009

• Atrial Fibrillation: Health Leaders Issue Recommendations To Improve Management Of AF
• Bioheart Inc. Announces Positive Results In The MARVEL Phase II/III Clinical Trial
• Pass On The Salt: Most Americans Would Benefit From Lower Sodium Intake
• Black Patients Have Lower Rate Of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
• Long Beach Memorial Successfully Implants Cutting-Edge Heart Attack Detection Device
• Tryton Celebrates 250th Implant Of Innovative Side Branch Stent System
• Implantable Defibrillators Not Associated With Reduced Risk Of Death In Women With Heart Failure

16 September 2009

• Early Research Shows Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy May Benefit Patients With Ejection Fractions Above 35 Percent
• Common Pain Cream Could Protect Heart During Attack
• Comprehensive Cardiac CT Scan May Give Clearer Picture Of Significant Heart Disease
• Palatin Technologies, Inc. Announces PL-3994 Poster Presentation At 2009 Heart Failure Society Of America Annual Meeting
• Implantable Defibrillators Do Not Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death In Women, Study
• Corventis Announces Enrollment Completion Of Clinical Trial Studying Non-Invasive Multi-Sensor Monitoring For Congestive Heart Failure
• Spacelabs Healthcare Launches Sentinel Cardiology Information Management System With Patient Monitoring Integration In The United States

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