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4 hours ago ago from Why's Words
Every year 20,000 people have a heart bypass because they have blocked arteries. Traditionally, the surgery involves sawing through the breastbone. FARAMARZ ZARE, 45, a computer engineer from Welling, Kent, was one of the first to undergo a new, much less invasive procedure. Here he talks to CAROL DAVIS THE PATIENT He says Last spring, I started to get cramping pains all over my chest. I'd only get them every week or so, but they ...
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20 hours ago ago from Reduce Your Pain
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When we think about blocked arteries , chances are that we are generally thinking about the small arteries that feed blood to the heart, and of course we know that when these small but vital arteries get blocked the result is going to be angina and a strong possibility of a heart attack. If the blockage to these arteries is diagnosed in time, then the most likely outcome will be the recommendation of angioplasty. Angioplasty is a ...
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Primary links TopNews Health Weight Control Diabetes News Sexual Health Heart Ailments United Kingdom United States Home Infusion of bone marrow cells may reduce second heart attack risk Submitted by Mohit Joshi on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 10:06 Health News United States Washington, Dec 9 : In a new study, researchers found that cells from heart attack survivors’ own bone marrow reduced the risk of ...
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It's been found that bone marrow cells may help prevent heart attack patients from having another episode. According to a study published in Circulation: Heart Failure, researchers found that when cells from a heart attack survivor's bone marrow is injected into the affected artery, they may have a lower risk of heart attack occurrence. Researchers had 101 heart attack survivors receive the new treatment, while 103 patients received a ...
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20 hours ago ago from FanHouse
Attached is a press release issued earlier this morning by GlaxoSmithKline, announcing that GSK has initiated its second pivotal Phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy of long-term treatment with the investigational Lp-PLA 2 inhibitor darapladib in men and women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). GSK announced the initiation of its first pivotal trial of darapladib in December 2008. Darapladib was discovered by GSK based on HGS technology. ...
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22 hours ago ago from Forbes.com
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Survivors of childhood cancer have a significantly increased risk for developing heart disease as young adults, a new study finds. The finding came from an analysis of data on 14,358 five-year cancer survivors who were diagnosed before age 21 and 3,899 siblings of cancer survivors. The cancers were leukemia, brain cancer, Hodgkin s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin s lymphoma, kidney cancer, neuroblastoma, soft ...
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hoag Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals(R) for cardiovascular care by Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' annual study -- 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks -- examined the performance of 971 hospitals by analyzing clinical outcomes for patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart attacks and for those who received coronary bypass surgery or ...
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