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Golf-Double heart transplant player to walk the course Yahoo! Canada Sports Thu, 29 Jan 2009 5:29 AM PST DUBAI, Jan 29 - Erik Compton, the U.S. pro golfer who underwent his second heart transplant less than a year ago, has been told he cannot use a buggy during this week's Dubai Desert Classic after replacing Tiger Woods in the field. Toward A Urine Test For Diagnosing Heart Disease Medical News Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:22 AM PST Researchers in Australia are reporting an advance toward the first urine test for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD), the condition responsible for most of the 1.5 million heart attacks that occur in the United States each year. The test could save lives in the future by allowing earlier diagnosis and monitoring of the disease, which is the No. Common drug combo used in heart patients could cause recurrent heart attacks C-Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:18 AM PST TORONTO - A drug combination commonly taken by people who've had a heart attack actually increases their risk of having another, because one of the drugs cancels out the blood thinning effect of the other, a new study says. Some antacids may interfere with heart drug Canada.com Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:23 AM PST A drug combination prescribed to thousands of heart attack survivors increases the risk of a repeat heart attack, Canadian researchers are warning. Blood Pressure Test Reveals Heart Disease Risk In Patients With Early Stages Of CKD Medical News Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 4:20 AM PST Pulse pressure, an inexpensive and noninvasive measurement derived from blood pressure readings, can effectively indicate which patients with kidney disease are at increased risk of developing potentially fatal heart complications, according to a study appearing in the February 2009 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Diet Coke and Heidi Klum Use Their Charm to Raise Awareness of Womens Heart Health Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 29 Jan 2009 5:00 AM PST ATLANTA----For the second straight year, Diet Coke has tapped Heidi Klum as its heart health ambassador in support of The Heart Truth campaign, a national effort sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to educate women about the risks of heart disease. Go red and fight women's heart disease Shelbyville Times-Gazette Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:00 AM PST February often has people seeing red -- from the color of cold noses to the endless displays of valentine cards. But on Friday, Feb. 6, people will be seeing red for a different reason, especially... Man Charged With Scaring Woman To Death WSB-TV 2 Atlanta Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:59 AM PST After a failed bank robbery, a man hides in a 79-year-old woman's home, police say. She dies of a heart attack, and he faces murder charges. Using A 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Tomograph, The PTB And Partners Are Making Advances In The Field Of Cardiac Research Medical News Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 5:21 AM PST Snap-shots of a diseased heart or deep insights into cancer cells - a 7-tesla magnetic resonance tomograph promises scientists novel possibilities. The magnetic field of this so-called ultra-high field magnetic resonance tomograph (MRT) is 140 000 times as strong as that of the Earth and can make the most minute structures of the human body visible. Higher Blood Glucose Linked To Lower Cognitive Function Medical News Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 4:22 AM PST A sub-study of a trial looking at the effect of diabetes on heart disease risk found that higher levels of hemoglobin A1C levels (a measure of a person's average blood glucose over a 2 to 3 month period) were linked to lower cognitive function.

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