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Expensive Device Used in Heart Surgeries Might Pose Dangers: Study

Expensive Device Used in Heart Surgeries Might Pose Dangers: Study

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter Latest Heart News MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A pricey high-tech pump that maintains blood flow during heart procedures could be more dangerous to patients than its low-tech predecessor, a pair of new studies finds. The Impella device is associated with an increased risk of death, bleeding and stroke […]

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Cheap, Older Gout Drug Could Be a Lifesaver After Heart Attack

Cheap, Older Gout Drug Could Be a Lifesaver After Heart Attack

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter Latest Heart News SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A cheap drug that’s been around for centuries as a gout treatment might also shield heart attack survivors from future heart crises, new trial results show. The drug, colchicine, is derived from a plant called the autumn crocus, researchers explained Saturday […]

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Study Casts Doubt on Angioplasty, Bypass for Many Heart Patients

Study Casts Doubt on Angioplasty, Bypass for Many Heart Patients

By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter Latest Heart News SUNDAY, Nov. 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Bypass operations, angioplasty and the placement of artery-opening stents: For decades, millions of Americans have undergone these expensive, invasive procedures to help treat clogged vessels. However, the results of a large and long-awaited clinical trial suggests that, in most cases, these […]

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Fasting Diet Could Benefit Heart Health: Study

Fasting Diet Could Benefit Heart Health: Study

Latest Heart News SATURDAY, Nov. 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Routine fasting may reduce the risk of heart failure and death in patients who have cardiac catheterization, a new study suggests. It included more than 2,000 patients who had cardiac catheterization between 2013 and 2015. They were followed for 4.5 years afterward. Those who fasted […]

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AHA News: Drone-Delivered AEDs Fly a Step Closer to Saving Lives

AHA News: Drone-Delivered AEDs Fly a Step Closer to Saving Lives

Latest Heart News FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2019 (American Heart Association News) — It was a race with life-or-death implications: Unmanned drones were pitted against traditional emergency responders to see which could get an automated external defibrillator to the rural site of a simulated cardiac arrest first. The drones won handily. And the Canadian researcher behind […]

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HIV/AIDS Testing: Diagnosis and Monitoring

HIV/AIDS Testing: Diagnosis and Monitoring

What is drug resistance testing? Drug-resistance testing also has become a key tool in the management of HIV-infected individuals. Resistance testing is now routinely used in individuals experiencing poor responses to HIV therapy or treatment failure. In general, a poor response to initial treatment would include individuals who fail to experience a decline in viral […]

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Diabetes Tougher on Women’s Hearts

Diabetes Tougher on Women’s Hearts

Latest Diabetes News MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Diabetes might be more deadly for women than men, at least when it comes to heart troubles, new research shows. Heart disease occurs an average of 15 years earlier in people with diabetes, and is their main cause of illness and death. In women, the […]

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Flu Season Starting to Ramp Up in the South

Flu Season Starting to Ramp Up in the South

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter Latest Cold and Flu News FRIDAY, Nov. 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Whether you have caught the flu yet this season might depend on where you live. Flu levels are already climbing throughout the South, particularly in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, and Puerto Rico, according to the […]

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Exercise after the age of 60 may prevent heart disease, stroke

Exercise after the age of 60 may prevent heart disease, stroke

A study finds that increased activity over the age of 60 can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Share on PinterestNew research examines the impact of physical activity in people over the age of 60. In 2015, 900 million people, globally, were over the age of 60. By 2050, the World Health Organization (WHO) […]