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Too many patients get invasive heart tests
10 Mar 2010 at 10:31pm
A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
Heart disease - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Car...
Screening athletes could prevent sudden deaths
2 Mar 2010 at 1:55am
Several of the nearly 100 young U.S. athletes who die suddenly and unexpectedly during sports every year could be saved through more effective screening for heart problems.
Sport - Heart disease - United States - Health - Conditions and Diseases
Obama walks to improve his cholesterol
1 Mar 2010 at 4:37pm
Poll results, congressional head counts and federal deficits aren't the only numbers President Barack Obama has to worry about. Now, he's trying to walk off a marginally high cholesterol count.
Barack Obama - President of the United States - United States - Politics - Candidates
Stents may prevent strokes as well as surgery
26 Feb 2010 at 6:20pm
A big study finds that people with narrowed neck arteries that could lead to a stroke can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now.
Surgery - Stent - Medical device - United States - Medicine
Heart disease tied to mom?s number of births
25 Feb 2010 at 10:35pm
A woman's risk of heart disease and stroke in middle-age and beyond may be associated with the number of children she gives birth to, a large study of Swedish women hints.
Heart disease - Stroke - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Cardiovascular Disorders
Glaxo defends handling of Avandia heart risks
24 Feb 2010 at 7:53pm
GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday a Senate report criticizing its handling of heart risks with its diabetes drug Avandia "mischaracterizes and distorts" the company's record.
GlaxoSmithKline - Diabetes mellitus - Health - Diabetes - Conditions and Diseases
New heart CTs may cut radiation exposure
23 Feb 2010 at 7:12pm
Newer CT technology that can capture an image of a beating heart in a single beat may offer one way of reducing a patient's exposure to excess radiation, U.S. researchers said.
United States - Radiation - Technology - Environment - Health Physics and Radiological Health
High blood pressure a neglected disease in U.S.
23 Feb 2010 at 12:09am
A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease ? a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a well-known plague of rich countries.
Blood pressure - Health - United States - Hypertension - Conditions and Diseases
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23 Feb 2010 at 12:09am
NYT: Diabetes drug harms heart, U.S. concludes
20 Feb 2010 at 5:38am
NYT: U.S. government reports concluded that hundreds of people taking Avandia suffered heart attacks and heart failure, but some said the drug should remain available.
Diabetes mellitus - Heart failure - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Heart disease
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