News tagged with angina
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Heart attacks: The tipping point
Twenty percent of American deaths each year are caused by heart attack or angina, sometimes without any warning.
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer shows potential to halt disease
Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen's University researchers have discovered
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Patients at high risk of recurrences of heart disease: Breakthrough in prevention
The results of a major clinical study carried out at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) by Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif are now available in the journal Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. Dr. Tardif is a cardiologist and direct ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 20, 2010 |
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Men with angina at twice the risk of heart attack and death compared with women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Men with angina are twice as likely to have a heart attack and almost three times as likely to suffer a heart disease-related death than women with the same condition, finds a study published on bmj.com today ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Angina: New drug gets right to the heart of the problem
A compound designed to prevent chest pains in heart patients has shown promising results in animal studies, say scientists. In the second issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology to be published by Wiley-Blackwell, resear ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Elevated biomarkers lead to diminished quality of life in heart attack patients post-discharge
Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 16, 2009 |
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High-pressure jobs boost young women's heart disease risk
High pressure jobs boost young women's risk of heart disease, finds a large study of female nurses published today in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
May 05, 2010 |
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Doctor finds a way to treat a controversial angina in the heart's tiny arteries
Most chest pain is caused by fatty deposits that hinder blood flow through the main, spaghetti-thick arteries of the heart.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Heart screening unnecessary in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms
Routine screening for coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes patients with no symptoms of angina or a history of coronary disease is unnecessary and may lead initially to more invasive and costly heart procedures, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 14, 2009 |
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