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VIDEO: GERD may boost increase heart attack risk

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 16:45

CHICAGO – Gastroesophageal reflux disease may constitute a heretofore unrecognized risk factor for coronary heart disease. In a nationwide case-control study of prodigious proportions,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: GERD may boost increase heart attack risk

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 16:45

CHICAGO – Gastroesophageal reflux disease may constitute a heretofore unrecognized risk factor for coronary heart disease. In a nationwide case-control study of prodigious proportions,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

INR test strips recalled due to reports of inaccurate results

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 17:10

Professional international normalized ratio test strips manufactured by Alere are being recalled because of reports of "inaccurately low" results, including several cases of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Significant improvements in adherence, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol with polypill

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:25

MELBOURNE – A polypill combining aspirin, simvastatin, and two antihypertensive drugs has shown a significant improvement in adherence as well as reductions in blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Six factors predict 1-year survival after TAVR

Posted on: 02/05/2014 - 19:45

WASHINGTON – Patient gender was the only factor that significantly affected stroke risk during the first year following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to an analysis of data from...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Vast majority of ED visits for acute heart failure become admissions

Posted on: 30/04/2014 - 20:30

Nearly six of every seven patients presenting to U.S. emergency departments with acute heart failure are admitted. This means acute heart failure is "a major challenge" to emergency...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

HS cardiac troponin T shows MI rule-out potential

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 22:30

WASHINGTON – Patients presenting with chest pain with a negative ECG and an undetectable blood level of cardiac troponin T on a high-sensitivity assay had virtually no risk of a myocardial infarction...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Challenges, rewards face creators of pediatric oncofertility clinics

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 21:20

PHILADELPHIA – Few templates exist for creating a pediatric oncofertility clinic, particularly in the context of the nascent trend of pediatric oncologists treating adults with pediatric cancers....

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

AUDIO: Challenges, rewards face creators of pediatric oncofertility clinics

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 21:20

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

FDA proposes stricter review of surgical mesh products for prolapse repair

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 20:20

Surgical mesh products used for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse would be reclassified as high-risk devices, and manufacturers would have to submit approval applications, under a proposed...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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