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Guidance 'exaggerates heart risk' BBC News - UK ... unnecessary medication. The European Society of Cardiology drew up guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in 2003. However ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Omnicell and Witt Biomedical to deliver technology to cardiology ... Computer Business Review - UK ... technology, is partnering with Melbourne, Florida-based Witt Biomedical to deliver productivity and data management systems to cardiology departments and ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Two LI hospitals get A for angioplasty Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... Dr. Samin Sharma, chief of interventional cardiology at The Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, also has consistently received double stars since the beginning ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Heart disease guidelines label too many as sick: editorial CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada The European Society of Cardiology's 2003 guidelines sets thresholds for blood pressure and cholesterol, the two most common biological risk factors for ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Heart rate variability biofeedback as a behavioral neurocardiac ... HeartZine - London,UK Background Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) who experience depressed mood or psychological stress exhibit decreased vagal control of heart rate (HR ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Patients RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA Coronary heart disease (CHD) is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in elderly patients (ie, 65 years and older), translating into a ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Why being Scots ‘may raise heart disease risk' The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK ... inflammation is absolutely the X--factor but it is our best guess yet." An executive spokesman said: "Scotland is making excellent progress in tackling CHD. ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Live Longer With Exercise 50 Connect - UK ... Regular physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease (CHD). Physically inactive people ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Doctors Fix Woman's Birth Defect Without Open-Heart Surgery Turn to 10.com - Providence,RI,USA ... congenital heart defects are found in childhood and fixed early on. So, it's quite rare to diagnose them in adulthood, and it was lucky for DeFusco the defect ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Doctors say children's hospital good for region Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA ... of exercise and obesity. In children, heart disease is almost always congenital and has little or nothing to do with lifestyle. ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Public Service The Freeman - Cebu,Philippines ... Quennie Belle del Valle, two years old, from sitio Graje, barangay Busay, has congenital heart disease. Quennie's parents are ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Signs of heart defects in young athletes ignored Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA ... Another problem, some experts say, is that many doctors don't recognize shortness of breath as a symptom of congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Viagra may help children With PAH (Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ... 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USA ... The exact cause of PAH is still a mystery, although it is often associated with such diseases as congenital heart disease, rheumatologic diseases or HIV ...
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          2005 - 27 Juin-June  )

Cyr61 gene transfer appears potent in stimulation of myocardial ... News-Medical.net - World ... of Angiogenesis by Cyr61 Gene Therapy in a Porcine Model of Chronic Myocardial Ischemia" are Emmanuel Teiger, departement de cardiologie, Hopital Universitaire ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Heart researcher has much to smile about CNN - USA ... corners of his mouth. He is lively and friendly, even as he gives major lectures at big-time cardiology meetings. He bounces on ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

HeartPOD improves patients quality of life Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand ... A joint study of the device by Christchurch Hospital's cardiology department and the Christchurch School of Medicine is the first leg of an international ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

McKesson to Acquire Leading Cardiology Solution; Medcon Ltd. ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... leadership in enterprise imaging, which includes integrated solutions for medical specialties such as radiology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, and cardiology ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Coated stents represent a major advance in cardiology Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA ... somewhat clouded. Among cardiology terms, "open-heart surgery" is well-understood and no one mistakes "bypass" for a road sign. But ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Legacy High valedictorian to study cardiology Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA Reema Mallick, a Boettcher Scholar, graduated with a 4.0 grade-point average from Legacy High School in Broomfield last month. To ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

PAKISTAN: DISGRACED NUCLEAR SCIENTIST UNDERGOES ANGIOGRAM AKI - Rome,Italy ... of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan underwent angioplasty during his two-day stay at the Armed Forces' Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) this ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Statins Deemed Safe for Fatty Liver Disease Patients Hepatitis Neighborhood - Lake Mary,FL,USA ... 3. American College of Cardiology. Preventing Heart Disease. Available at:
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Acne 'may protect heart health' BBC News - UK ... acknowledge that more research is needed, especially as other studies have found a link between acne and possible increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Lipitor reduces heart attack and stroke risk for diabetes patients Medical News Today - UK Those patients who received atorvastatin 80 mg also experienced 25 percent fewer major cardiovascular events (CHD death, non-fatal heart attacks, resuscitated ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Chennai doc gives Pakistani girl new lease of life:- Webindia123 - India A 13-year-old Pakistani girl, who was suffering from a congenital heart defect and not able to breathe properly, has successfully undergone an open-heart ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Viagra may help children with fatal lung disorder Medical News Today - UK ... failure and death. PAH can be inherited, caused by a congenital heart defect or result from another chronic heart or lung disease. ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Tough decisions ahead for those losing TennCare Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA ... "That's when I found out that no one would insure me," Thompson said. He was surprised to learn he had a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Young woman settles in at Shands to wait for second heart ... Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA ... was born July 27, 1979 at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers with a congenital defect called cardiomyopathy. Because the muscles of her heart wall were ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

No more blues for Chantelle Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago Marcelle Baptiste had always hoped and prayed that her daughter, Chantelle Waldron, suffering from a severe congenital heart defect, would never be cheated out ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Ailing Iraqi girl one step closer to operation Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA The 5-year-old Iraqi girl, who suffers from a congenital heart defect, tapped a soft spot earlier this year in some soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Mourning Fido and Fluffy Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA ... short hair, on June 11. Bentley was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a congenital heart defect shortly after his second birthday. ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Heart and Lung Transplant Milestones Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK ... The first procedure at the hospital was a heart transplant for a boy with congenital heart disease, performed in early 1988, in conjunction with the transplant ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

MoH Warns Influenza B Can Be Serious Health Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand ... Flu vaccine is recommended and subsidised for children with certain chronic health conditions such as cystic fibrosis, congenital heart disease or who are ... Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for June 2005 EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA ... and specializes in minimally invasive treatment for many congenital anomalies in ... metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of risk factors for heart disease -- and a ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

MoH Warns Influenza B Can Be Serious Health Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand ... Flu vaccine is recommended and subsidised for children with certain chronic health conditions such as cystic fibrosis, congenital heart disease or who are ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Wife has urgent need to understand SCD SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA ... thickened heart) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, (enlarged heart), dilated cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, inflammation of the ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

CT Predicts Heart Attack More Accurately Than Framingham, CRP Newswise (press release) - USA ... diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cardiac disease, St. ... dimensional echocardiography, catheter-based treatment of congenital heart defects, radiofrequency ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Child transplant milestone at Great Ormond Street StaffNurse.com - UK ... surgery at the hospital, was part of the original team that undertook the first procedure - a heart transplant on a boy with congenital heart disease. ...
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          2005 - 24 Juin-June  )

Mutation In Mouse Circulatory Gene Mimics A Form Of Congenital ... Science Daily (press release) - USA ... in the gene lead to congenital heart defects -- the ... in developing arteries associated with the embryonic heart. ... as a truncus arteriosis defect, a relatively ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

AQ Khan undergoes angiography Kashar News - Pakistan ... broadcasting Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad has said that an angiography on Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan was carried out in the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) on ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Needles left within reach of child Barnet Times - Barnet,England,UK ... the child was exposed to injury or infection when a brightly-coloured bucket containing sharp instruments was left in the hospital's cardiology department in ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Transplant Program Struggles to Rebuild Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... Later that afternoon, Drummond-Webb took The Associated Press on an impromptu tour of his cardiology ward, detailing case after case, describing recoveries ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Dr Qadeer's reports clear, says ISPR Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan ... The ISPR chief said that the angiography was carried out in the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) after which he was taken back home. ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Acute coronary syndrome patients at increased risk of stroke Medical News Today - UK ... their stroke risk is substantially higher than that of the general population," said co-author Keith AA Fox, MB, Ch.B., professor of cardiology at the Royal ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Blood Protein Signals Heart Disease Risk Forbes - USA ... they have a high CRP they may still be at high risk for heart trouble," said Dr. James O'Keefe, a spokesman for the American College of Cardiology and director ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Heart patients need more exercise advice Leisure Opportunities Daily News - UK ... healthcare, has said that too many patients are not receiving follow-up care and rehabilitation after being hospitalised with coronary heart disease (CHD). ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Guidant recalls heart aids Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA ... the New York Times reported that one of Hauser's patients, Joshua Oukrop, a 21-year-old Grand Rapids., Minn., man with a congenital heart defect, died after ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Pakistani girl gets a new lease of life Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India ... surgeon KM Cherian, who headed the team of specialists that performed the complex seven-hour long surgery on her, Karran's was a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Gene mutation linked to birth defects Heart Center Online - USA Jun 17 (HeartCenterOnline) - Defects in a critical gene in mice may contribute to the development of a congenital heart defect similar to a heart defect found ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

With big contract looming, Hughes MSNBC - USA ... Justin Hughes was born with a congenital heart defect that amounted to having a backwards heart with switched vessels. An operation ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Need for closure of secundum atrial septal defect in infancy The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common congenital heart defect with an incidence of 7%. 1 Atrial left-to-right shunting is well tolerated in otherwise healthy ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Effect of right anterolateral thoracotomy on breast development ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... limited posterior thoracotomy incision for correction of simple congenital heart defects since ... one underwent operation for secundum atrial septal defect, 2 for ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Help my child: Mother's cry Fiji Times - Fiji ... development delay and speech defect). The letter says her physical growth is poor, she has a cardiac murmur attributed to a congenital heart disease and she ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Closing heart holes News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA ... Between 15 percent and 20 percent of patients who have a congenital heart defect that is not associated with more complex forms of heart disease have a VSD. ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Heart operation on 2.4kg baby successful Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam ... The baby was born more than three months premature, weighing only one kg and suffering from congenital heart disease. After the ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Pumping paradox Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA ... be caused by heart attacks, high blood pressure, infections, congenital conditions and ... as Americans get older and as more people survive heart disease that may ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Iraqi children fly back to homeland after heart surgery Deepika - Kottayam,India ... Kerala hospital, flew back to their homeland today after enjoying a glimpse of the 'God's Own Country.' The children with congenital heart disease were treated ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

New heart disease drug 'is most effective in African Americans' Independent - London,England,UK Federal regulators will begin consideration of a new medicine for patients with congenital heart disease this week, and it could break new ground in the US as ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Helicobacter pylori May Be Associated With Increased Risk of ... Medscape (subscription) - USA ... myocardial infarction, prior cardiothoracic surgery, ischemic heart disease, valvular disease, thyroid dysfunction, congenital heart disease, diabetes, and ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Helping the children Westborough News - Westborough,MA,USA ... of reducing disability and death cause by cardiovascular disease and stroke ... Families of children born with congenital heart defects brought their small children ...
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          2005 - 20 Juin-June  )

Federal officials OK Quinton deal Bothell Herald - Bothell,WA,USA Bothell's Quinton Cardiology Systems and California-based Cardiac Science Inc. said their pending merger has passed Federal Trade ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Exercise boosts sex life in men with heart failure Reuters - USA ... Dr. Romualdo Belardinelli and colleagues at the Lancisi Heart in Ancona, Italy, report in the May 11th issue of the International Journal of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Flawed Implants: Disclosure and Delay New York Times - New York,NY,USA ... Dr. Curtis, who is the chief of the division of cardiology at the University of South Florida, said the organization is likely to soon set up a task force to ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Symposium on Athero-Thrombosis held Borneo Bulletin - borneo,Brunei Darussalam The Division of Cardiology of the Department of Internal Medicine at RIPAS Hospital yesterday held a symposium on 'Clinical Implications and Management of ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Hospital transfer wraps ahead of schedule London Free Press - London,Ontario,Canada ... Emergency services were relocated along with perioperative care, operating rooms, critical care, surgery, cardiology and medicine. ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Need for closure of secundum atrial septal defect in infancy The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common congenital heart defect with an incidence of 7%. 1 Atrial left-to-right shunting is well tolerated in otherwise healthy ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Effect of right anterolateral thoracotomy on breast development ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ... limited posterior thoracotomy incision for correction of simple congenital heart defects since ... one underwent operation for secundum atrial septal defect, 2 for ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Help my child: Mother's cry Fiji Times - Fiji ... development delay and speech defect). The letter says her physical growth is poor, she has a cardiac murmur attributed to a congenital heart disease and she ...
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          2005 - 16 Juin-June  )

Boy With Heart Condition Lives Dream With Phillies NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA ... 11, won the attention of Sports Illustrated because he told his doctor that he doesn't want to take steroids anymore for his congenital heart defect because he ...
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          2005 - 13 Juin-June  )

Blood test helps determine cause of heart failure Heart Center Online - USA ... According to a study published in the June 7 edition of the Journal of American College of Cardiology, researchers at Loyola University have developed a blood ...
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          2005 - 13 Juin-June  )

Doctor sees his profession as fun Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA ... Nasser aced every class -- and went on to a distinguished career in cardiology. ... He took on partners, forming Nasser, Smith & Pinkerton Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 13 Juin-June  )

US specialists call for heart patients to be screened for ... News-Medical.net - World ... men and women over 40 in the survey who had self-reported different forms of heart disease, including coronary heart disease (CHD), myocardial infarction (MI ...
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          2005 - 13 Juin-June  )

Olive Oil, FDA Allows Qualified Health Claim to Decrease Risk of ... Money Plans - Mumbai,India ... FDA) today announced the availability of a qualified health claim for monounsaturated fat from olive oil and reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). ...
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          2005 - 13 Juin-June  )

Study: Public Disclosure Makes Docs More Cautious Forbes - USA ... success rates high? Maybe so, contends a study in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

LifeTree eClinical Awarded New Phase IV Trials; Company Rapidly ... Money Plans - Mumbai,India ... of clinical electronic data capture and analysis systems, today announced that the company has been selected by a new sponsor for two cardiology Phase IV trials ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Salt-water minnow research helps explain human cardiology Money Plans - Mumbai,India Doctors and their patients have puzzled over why certain cholesterol-lowering drugs work better in some people than others. In research ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

State's patients endure long wait Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA ... researchers found, were facing particularly acute physician shortages: neurosurgery, anesthesiology, radiology, gastroenterology, cardiology, and orthopedics. ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Child heart program grows Sunbury Daily Item - Sunbury,PA,USA By Rob Scott. Since its inception last July, Geisinger Medical Center's pediatric cardiology program has exceeded expectations. ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Dr. McInerney named to BMC Honor Roll Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield,MA,USA ... physician practice in 1990, served residents of Berkshire County for over four decades as an internal medicine practitioner also specializing in cardiology care ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Moderate Aspirin Doses Linked to Increased Bleeding Risk Medscape (subscription) - USA ... his colleagues conducted a meta-analysis focused solely on aspirin dose and report their findings in the May 15th issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Public report cards may affect angioplasty decisions News-Medical.net - World ... coronary interventions on higher risk patients, according to a new study in the June 7, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Multisequential MRI approach improves heart inflammation diagnosis News-Medical.net - World ... deadly inflammation of the heart muscle, according to a new study (PDF) in the June 7, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Arginox Appoints David R. Hathaway, MD as Chief Medical Officer PR Newswire (press release) - USA ... "Arginox is addressing an area of significant unmet medical need in cardiology: cardiogenic shock, a deadly complication of heart attack, which has not been ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Closing would displace MedAir The Daily Tar Heel - USA ... an inconvenience. "It would be a devastating effect," said Bill Henry, chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. "I think ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Calcific Aortic Stenosis New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA ... From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh (SJC, DEN, PB, NAB); Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Caymanians deserve better Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands I just came from a meeting in Europe where indeed very modern cardiology and cardiological surgery is being performed in Aalst (Belgium), but really this does ...
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          2005 - 10 Juin-June  )

Impotence May Be Early Sign of Artery Disease Money Plans - Mumbai,India ... The current study, which received partial funding from Viagra maker Pfizer Inc., is reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Study discovers serious deficiencies in 'apparently normal' heart ... Money Plans - Mumbai,India Surprising new findings in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology show that the basic biochemical composition of heart valves in patients with ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Animal study shows link between nicotine and atrial flutter Money Plans - Mumbai,India In a recent animal study, researchers from the Division of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in collaboration with the University of California, Los ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

For Texas couple, caring for Sudanese 'heart kid' life-changing San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA ... heave. The 1-year-old was panting, evidence of a congenital heart defect that causes blood to pump backward into the lungs. "It ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Bethesda staffer wins top award Sea Services Weekly - Naval District of Washington,DC,USA ... entitled, "ENU Induced Mutation of Mouse Chromosome 17 Causing Prenatal Lethality Associated with a Novel Congenital Heart Defect, Omphalocele, Anophthalmia ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Is tax law heartless towards congenital heart disease Hindu Business Line - India Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with VSD (ventricular septum defect), which as per ... under the old Section 80DDB, did not list congenital heart disease as ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Peru Shows off "Miracle Baby" Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK ... only other known case of surgical correction of the congenital defect, which occurs ... Milagros' mother, Sara Arauco, 20, said today that her "heart is filled ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Patient sues Guidant over heart defibrillator electrical problem Wabash Plain Dealer - Wabash,IN,USA ... a Minnesota college student who received the implant for a congenital heart problem died ... It also claims that Guidant knowingly kept the defect information from ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Mothers raise congenital heart disease awareness in north La. Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA ... Congenital heart defects are the most common type of major birth defect, according to the National Institute of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Recognizing new aneurysm syndrome can save lives Money Plans - Mumbai,India ... and some other abnormalities, including congenital heart and brain ... little, is behind lung and heart valve problems ... mice with the genetic defect behind Marfan ...
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          2005 - 06 Juin-June  )

Great Falls short on cardiologists Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA ... Woehler, who has a family history of heart disease, was having a heart attack. ... who sees young patients, as well as adults with congenital heart problems, is Dr ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

Walking for miracles Harvard Hillside - Harvard,MA,USA ... of her healthy 2-year-old son, Andrew, whom doctors at Children's Hospital diagnosed with a congenital and potentially life-threatening heart defect while in ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

Lower Prepulse Inhibition in Children With the 22q11 Deletion ... Am J Psychiatry (subscription) - USA ... of the cases is de novo (2). Associated congenital anomalies occur ... physical anomaly and included "conotruncal anomaly face syndrome" (heart defect with facial ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

Child lung transplant program unveiled Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia The program at the Alfred Hospital will treat children suffering from cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, cyanotic congenital heart disease and pulmonary ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

Matter of Faith KWWL - Waterloo,IA,USA ... sister. But, no one could have ever prepared for what the doctors would find. Ashton had complex congenital heart disease. "They ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

IN SMALL DOSES: Loneliness can lead to poor health New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia ... list of bugs that can infect the mother and cause congenital eye problems ... and high cholesterol at menopause may be at higher risk of heart disease because they ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

Big boost to states pediatric transplant program Wodonga Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia ... The program will treat children suffering from cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, cyanotic congenital heart disease and pulmonary fibrosis. ...
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          2005 - 02 Juin-June  )

Laser procedure eases heart pain, but no cure Reuters - USA ... that is not amenable to standard procedures such as bypass or angioplasty, Dr. Lawrence Liao and colleagues explain in the American Journal of Cardiology. ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

European Society of Cardiology emphasizes underestimated effects ... Medical News Today - UK The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling on health professionals to join efforts toward tobacco control by underscoring the importance of effects of ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Hospital in staff cap warning UTV - Ireland Among the recommendations are development of paediatric cardiology clinics at a number of centres outside Dublin. The hospital says ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Getting Pumped Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA ... Stuart Seides, associate director of cardiology at the Washington Hospital Center, is emphatic: "Many of us remain skeptical about the true value" of EECP, he ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Heart health Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA ... "This is just a standard test that doctors do all the time, and it's very inexpensive," said Jeffrey Anderson, associate chief of cardiology at LDS Hospital. ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Knowing options lowers hysterectomy rate Science Daily (press release) - USA ... May 2, 2005) -- An 18-year US study has determined transcendental meditation reduces death rates by 23 percent, the American Journal of Cardiology reported. ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Radial angioplasty: Major shift in interventional cardiology Express Healthcare Management - Mumbai,India Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) will take epidemic proportion by 2015 and will exceed infectious diseases as the most common cause of death in the country ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Cardiovascular health: diet advice should be first-line treatment Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA 26 May 2005, 18:59 GMT - Experts at a major cardiology conference have rightly highlighted the role of diet in overall cardiovascular health. ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Doctor: 'Mermaid' Baby Ready for Surgery San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA ... means "miracles" in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as ... perform the operation include plastic surgeons, pediatricians and heart specialists ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

News in Brief The Moscow Times - Moscow,Russia An orphan girl suffering from a life-threatening congenital heart defect has finally been united with her adoptive American mother in the United States after ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

'Gift from God' Blue Springs Examiner - Blue Springs / Independence,MO,USA ... "But he's playing now. I think God was telling me he's going to be OK.". Xavier was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital heart defect. ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

'Mermaid' baby to begin 15 years of surgery CNN - USA ... birthday on April 27, was born with a rare congenital defect known as ... team of 10 doctors, including plastic surgeons, pediatricians and heart specialists, will ...
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          2005 - 01 Juin-June  )

Melbourne hospital to open child lung transplant unit ABC Online - Australia The hospital will provide transplants for children with diseases like cystic fibrosis and congenital heart disease, who need specialist care. ...
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