Topic: Cardiovascular Medicine

Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-18 23:02:15

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp on Thursday moved closer to winning U.S. clearance to promote implanted cardiac devices for patients in earlier stages of heart failure. A government advisory panel unanimously urged approval of the company's Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators, or CRT-Ds, for patients with heart failure who have no symptoms or only mild symptoms. The ...

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AP News | 2010-03-18 22:11:55
FDA panel recommends Boston Scientific's electronic heart device for less-severe heart disease

Federal health advisers said Thursday an electronic heart implant should be approved for a large group of heart-disease patients who currently aren't eligible for the device. A Food and Drug Administration panel of cardiologists voted unanimously in favor of Boston Scientific's heart-regulating device to treat ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-18 19:16:28

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with high blood pressure who want to reduce their risk of having a stroke or dying prematurely should get their prescriptions filled and see their doctor regularly. In a large study of Medicaid patients, researchers found that the more closely a person adhered to his or her doctor's recommendations for filling their blood pressure ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-03-17 21:39:32

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wider dissemination of portable defibrillators in Japan's schools, workplaces and other public venues has increased the number of people who survive cardiac arrest, researchers reported Wednesday. Experts say the findings, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, support efforts to make the devices, known as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), more widely available for laypeople ...

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Police and fire calls

Onalaska Community Life, Wisconsin | 2010-03-18 23:44:29

Recipient of Iowa's First Heart Transplant Dies

ABC 9 Cedar Rapids (KCRG) | 2010-03-18 23:25:32

FDA Panel Backs Implant for Mild Heart Failure

New York Times | 2010-03-18 20:56:05

Houston coach hospitalized, will miss WNIT opener

Boston Globe | 2010-03-18 20:03:59

Canadian study finds no difference between angioplasty, drugs

Ottawa Citizen, Canada | 2010-03-18 19:10:03

Low-fat diet does little to alter cholesterol levels

NBC 10 Quincy (WGEM) | 2010-03-18 16:37:52

RIP Alex Chilton

Oh Word | 2010-03-18 17:15:56

Habits You Need to Break: This Week on AOL Health

That's Fit | 2010-03-18 16:16:57

Coffee Drinkers May Have Less Risk for Heart Issues

RedOrbit Video | 2010-03-18 01:59:25

Women More Likely To Die After Heart Attack

CBS2 KDKA Video | 2010-03-17 18:11:20

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