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Routine blood test can reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure News-Medical-Net Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:17 AM PST An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse, costly readmission or death within a year, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Heart issues have many signs Marshfield News Herald Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:56 AM PST The signs of a heart attack can be tough to spot and run the gamut from mild discomfort to intense pain. 6 tips for a healthy heart Lansing State Journal Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:40 AM PST When you're busy balancing work, family, friends and a personal life, it's easy to forget how important heart-health is to your overall wellbeing. February was American Heart Month, and as we head into March, there's never been a better time to discover easy ways to lower your risk for heart disease, heart attack, diabetes or stroke. Plea to save heart unit Wakefield Today Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:33 AM PST 23rd Febuary 2011. Former Champion Child Ebony Fisher has congenital heart disease which means she regularly has to go to the LGI for treatment. Because of the government, the unit may be closed. Therefore Ebony and her mum Sue would have to travel miles away to Newscastle or London. Medtronic Mosaic(R) Heart Valve Demonstrates Long-Term Durability Up To 12 Years In International Study Medical News Today Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:18 AM PST Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that its Mosaic® bioprosthetic heart valve has demonstrated positive performance results at 12 years in a study published online in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. The Mosaic valve was evaluated in patients who had aortic valve replacement (AVR) and mitral valve replacement (MVR), and with 12 years of follow-up, the study revealed a ... CSUN professor receives grant from the American Heart Association to research cardiac arrest Daily Sundial Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:14 AM PST CSUN professor Yohannes Shiferaw received a grant from the American Heart Association to research the cause of heart attacks. The association awarded the physics professor $76,000 per year over four years for the Stochastic Cardiac Signaling and Cardiac Arrhythmia project. Fizzy drinks pose heart risk by 'pushing up blood pressure' Daily Mail Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:07 AM PST Drinking five cans of sugary drinks a day could result in someone moving from healthy levels into the high blood pressure zone, say British researchers. Smoking early in pregnancy linked to risk of heart defects in infants New Kerala Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:03 AM PST New Delhi, March 1 : A new study has found that maternal cigarette smoking in the first trimester was associated with a 20 to 70 percent greater likelihood that a baby would be born with certain types of congenital heart defects. Decision Resources: 52% of surveyed cardiologists identify furosemide as efficacious acute heart failure therapy News-Medical-Net Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:02 AM PST Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the highest proportion of surveyed cardiologists identify furosemide as the most efficacious agent for the treatment of acute heart failure when compared to other available therapies. US Drug Watchdog Urges Users Of Darvocet, Darvon, Or Propoxyphene Who Have Developed Recent Serious Heart Issues To ... PRWeb Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:40 AM PST The US Drug Watchdog says, "most US citizens, who took Darvocet, Darvon, or Propoxyphene, do not know these drugs could have contributed to a heart attack, severe heart rhythm issues, the need to control their heart beat with medication, or they now have a pacemaker to normalize their heart's rhythm." The group fears millions of Americans could still be using these pain medications-because they ...

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