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Medicines Co. Gets Wider EU OK For Anticoagulant
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 1 day ago
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Medicines Co., the Parsippany, N.J., drugmaker, was cleared to market in Europe Angiox, generically bivalirudin, as an anticoagulant in patients who have so-called Stemi heart attacks and are undergoing an emergency procedure called primary percutaneous...
Tags: stemi heart, Medicines Co., heart attacks, Europe Angiox, Israel, Tel Aviv, Health Medical Pharma, Anticoagulants, Clopidogrel, Bivalirudin, Medical emergencies, Antiplatelet drugs, Cardiovascular diseases, Myocardial infarction, Cardiology
Why is sex good for us?
Researchers continue to baffle us by selecting really out-of-the-way subjects to find out answers to odd questions. A study carried out in Wales over the last 10 years has come up with 10 reasons on why sex is good for us!!! In technical jargon –...
Tags: sex, heart attacks, strokes, blood pressure, stress, reduces depression, prevents osteoporosis, colds and flu, prevents prostate cancer, headaches, sleep
Smoking ban leads to drop in heart attacks: US study
Toronto :: Canada | 17 days ago
Credibility Researchers, led by Robert McMillen and Dr Robert Collins, have also recommended a statewide public ban on smoking. The study-that focussed on Starkville residents in the three-year span after the ban became law, compared to three years prior- showed...
Tags: heart attacks, Robert McMillen, smoke ban, Starkville, Canada, Toronto, Public health, Habits, Smoking ban, Oktibbeha County Mississippi, Tobacco control, Tobacco, Smoking, Health Medical Pharma
20% of Metro heart attacks due to passive smoke
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
Credibility Philippines�Second-hand smoke causes over 20 percent of the number of heart attacks in Metro Manila, officials from the Department of Health (DoH) said on Monday. One to seven hours of weekly exposure to second-hand smoke increases the number of heart...
Tags: Francisco Duque III, heart attacks, secretary francisco, health secretary, Philippines, World Health Organization, Department of Health
STUDY: Flu Virus Can Spark Heart Attacks
LONDON -- Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows. Amid the global outbreak of swine flu, experts say it's crucial that heart...
Tags: Virus, Heart Attacks, Vaccinated
Memorabilia dealer files suit against OJ in Vegas
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Simpson is suing the former football star and five other men who were in the room during the heist, seeking unspecified civil damages. A memorabilia dealer who blames his heart attacks on the stress of being robbed at gunpoint by O.J. Simpson is suing...
Tags: civil damages, memorabilia dealer, O. J. Simpson, heart attacks, seeking unspecified, Heidi Fleiss, unspecified civil, football star, Las Vegas
Aspirin cuts colon cancer death rate
Boston :: MA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Previous studies had reported that taking aspirin not only alleviates minor aches and pains but also staves off heart attacks and strokes. Taking the drug on a regular basis is also reported to be effective in reducing the risk of developing colon cancer.
Tags: colon cancer, cancer patients, taking aspirin, study suggests, developing colon, heart attacks
United Nations News: Fight against heart attacks, strokes and cancers gets boost with new UN initiative
Geneva :: Switzerland | 4 months ago
Credibility Fight against heart attacks, strokes and cancers gets boost with new UN initiative 8 July 2009 – The United Nations health agency today launched a network of leading global experts and groups to help boost efforts to combat noncommunicable diseases,...
Tags: heart attacks
Times-Picayune, New Orleans: Tulane study finds threefold jump in post-Katrina heart attacks; stress blamed
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Living under such conditions "creates a high stress level," said Dr. Anand Irimpen, a Tulane cardiologist and one of the investigators...I would say the stress caused a lot of it," said Morales, whose case is part of the Tulane study...Although there...
NBC 21 Portland (KTVZ): Aging Baby Boomers May Swamp Cardiac Care
Palm Harbor :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Baby boomers are not in good shape, even when compared with their counterparts 10 or 20 years ago, researchers warn. According to a new study, more aging boomers are being hospitalized for heart attacks now than people their age were a generation ago,...
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