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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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heart stories: 31 news summaries

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New Blood Thinner Tops Plavix in Trials

But prasugrel also adds risk of bleeding to death

Nov 5, 07 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - An experimental new blood-thinner looks like real competition for top-selling anti-clotting drug Plavix, after proving more effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes, and heart-related death in a recent trial, the AP reports. But “there is a price to pay” for increased effectiveness, wrote one doctor—the new drug caused... More »

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medicine • FDA • drugs • heart disease • heart • heart attack • prasugrel • Plavix • blood thinner

Wireless ECG Heart Monitor Invented

Device can transmit heart rate info up to 30 feet away from receiver

Nov 1, 07 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - IMEC researchers have developed a wireless electrocardiography (ECG) patch capable of continually monitoring heart rate, the Engineer reports. The first of its kind, the patch is roughly 3" x 1" and can attach to any part of the body, transmitting heart rate info to a receiver up to 30 feet... More »

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heart • electrocardiography • electromyography

Scientists
Solve Estrogen
Heart Mystery

Cholesterol compound blocks hormone's cardiac benefits

Sep 17, 07 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A compound created as the body processes cholesterol was to blame for giving scientists conflicting data about the effect of hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women, researchers say. Initial studies had found that estrogen helps keep the heart healthy, but a later study reported that women taking estrogen actually exhibited... More »

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women's health • hormone replacement therapy • heart • cholesterol • estrogen • hormones • menopause

Human Stem Cells Grow Heart Muscle

Rats' cardiac tissue regenerated,
halting progress of disease

Aug 27, 07 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to regrow heart muscle and actually stop the progression of heart failure in rats. Although stems cells injected into rat heart tissue had previously been shown to become muscle tissue, very few had survived. Now  a team from the University of Washington has... More »

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stem cell research • medical breakthrough • stem cells • heart disease • heart

Simple Technique Could Bypass Cardiac Arrest

Restricting arm blood circulation helps heart in surgery—and attacks, docs hope

Aug 17, 07 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A simple technique temporarily restricting the arm's blood supply before heart bypass surgery significantly improves the chances of a full recovery—and could one day be used to prevent cardiac arrest, reports the Guardian. The technique uses cycles of arm compressions with cuffs to remotely restrict  blood flow to the... More »

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surgery • heart disease • heart • heart attack • cardiac arrest • bypass • blood flow

Docs Replace Cheney's
Heart Implant

Veep gets go-ahead to return to work after defibrillator gets new battery

Jul 29, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors have replaced Dick Cheney's defibrillator "without complication," a spokeswoman for the VP says. A checkup last month revealed that the battery in the 6-year-old cardiac implant was running low, and yesterday doctors performed a routine procedure to swap out the power source without affecting the wires that... More »

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Dick Cheney • surgery • heart • heart attack • vice president • defibrillator

ESTROGEN THERAPY GETS A REPRIEVE

5-year-old study linking to heart risks was misinterpreted, researchers now say

Jun 21, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Estrogen replacement therapy was wrongly villified five years ago, when researchers told millions of post-menopausal women to stop taking it because it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a reanalysis of the same data shows. It was a false alarm, the Los Angeles Times reports. In fact, the... More »

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health • women's health • women • heart • estrogen • menopause • estrogen replacement therapy

Controversy Rages Over Diabetes Drug's Heart Risks

FDA official says superiors ordered her to back off serious warning

Jun 6, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Troubling questions about the diabetes drug Avandia persisted yesterday as an FDA official revealed that she was barred from recommending a critical warning about the medication, the Times reports. In the run-up to congressional hearings that began today, manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline rushed to disseminate interim clinical findings in hopes of blunting... More »

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medicine • FDA • health • diabetes • GlaxoSmithKline • Avandia • heart • heart attack

Stents Show No Lasting Benefit In Heart Study

Better blood flow doesn't translate in to fewer heart attacks

Mar 27, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stents used to open arteries are no more useful than conventional drug treatment for patients who haven't yet had a heart attack, a new study reveals. In more than 2,000 patients over five years, those who had surgery suffered the same number of heart attacks, strokes, and deaths as... More »

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medicine • health • angioplasty • heart disease • heart • stents • heart attack

Implant Tricks Brain To Lower Blood Pressure

Implant delivers shocks to lower blood pressure

Mar 26, 07 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pacemaker-like implant that relies on small electrical shocks may cut the risk of heart attack and stroke in half for patients with drug-resistant hypertension, a new study shows. The device, which sends electrical shocks through the neck's carotid arteries, tricks the brain into thinking blood pressure is even higher... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • hypertension • heart • implants • brain • blood pressure • medical research • heart attack

Is Dick Cheney's Heart the Culprit?

The VP's "darkening persona" may be linked to ticker troubles

Mar 12, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney watchers who've puzzled over the vice president's increasingly rigid, defiant, and tone-deaf behavior are beginning to consider whether could be his heart, literally, that's the culprit. With speculation about the Cheney's "darkening persona" an obsession in the capital, Michele Cottle explores the connection between long-term cardiovascular problems... More »

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Dick Cheney • cardiovascular disease • health • dementia • heart • stress • cognitive decline

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