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12 hours ago ago from FRC Blog

More stories making the rounds about the recently-announced success of adult stem cells at treating heart damage. We noted the publication back on December 1 , but additional news stories are coming out now. In fact, CNN has finally publicized the story of successful adult stem cell therapy for recent heart attack . Other news groups, as well as other participants in the study, are now publicizing the study showing that adult stem cells can ...

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New Topics New College: Affairs of the Heart — New Advances in Diagnosing and Treating Cardiovascular Disease, January 12

17 hours ago ago from New College News

Better integration of medical disciplines in the treatment of patients is one of the new frontiers for medicine. New College alumnus Robert A. Phillips (MD, PhD), who has pioneered this integrated approach as director of the Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, will discuss powerful new tools in the early diagnosis and treatment of heart disease in men and women.  The talk will be ...

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22 hours ago ago from Reduce Your Pain

When patients sent home undiagnosed heart attack, receive treatment avoid permanent injury, risk heart attack, may die. Heart attacks common medical emergency, often overlooked misdiagnosed emergency rooms during regular doctor visits. When heart attack quickly detected treated, further damage avoided. Most patients survive, recover live normal life. When impending heart attack caught before occurs, often prevented, better. ...

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7 hours ago ago from bloglongtermcare.com

Terumo Heart, Inc., has announced that one of its earliest patients to receive the DuraHeart™ Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) has received a donor heart transplant, nearly four years after receiving the mechanical circulatory support device. Rudolf Schmidthorst, 63, of Germany, became one of the longest-living recipients of this device designed to aid the pumping action of the heart in order to circulate blood throughout his body. “I am ...

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University of Minnesota medical device guru gets nice Christmas surprise: the country's top invention of 2009

12 hours ago ago from MedCity News

December 23, 2009 by Thomas Lee Leave a Comment MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Marie Johnson helped create 2009's top innovation and she didn't even know it. The director of the University of Minnesota's Medical Device Center Fellows program developed algorithms and signal processing techniques used in detecting and analyzing abnormal heart beats. The resulting system, a juiced-up stethoscope made by Maplewood-based 3M Cos. and data ...

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