News tagged with central chest pain

Ethnicity affects timing and access to cardiac care

Ethnicity is having a significant impact on timely access to cardiac care in Calgary and likely across Canada as the population's ethnic diversity grows, according to new research led by a team from the University of Calgary.

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Study finds inflammation causes some postsurgical neuropathies

A new Mayo Clinic study found that nerve inflammation may cause the pain, numbness and weakness following surgical procedures that is known as postsurgical neuropathy. The development of postsurgical neuropathies is typically ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds more Americans bypassing their personal physician when immediate treatment required

Only 45 percent of the 354 million annual visits for acute care in the United States are made to patients' personal physicians, as Americans increasingly make busy emergency departments, specialists or outpatient care departments ...

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Health impact of Gulf Coast oil spill hazardous but improving

The oil spill along the United States Gulf Coast poses health risks to volunteers, fishermen, clean-up workers and members of coastal communities, according to a new commentary by UCSF researchers who spent time in the region ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New criteria proposed for diagnosing fibromyalgia

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is proposing a new set of diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia that includes common symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive problems, as well as pain. The new ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rapid cardiac biomarker testing system developed by Singapore scientists

Scientists at Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a rapid and sensitive integrated system to test simultaneously for specific cardiac biomarkers in finger prick amount of blood.

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Angina in the legs? Time to alert patients and physicians

Edmonton researchers recommend that people over age 40 be screened for peripheral artery disease (PAD), which puts people at high risk for serious medical complications including heart disease, stroke, and possible lower ...

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emergency physician judgment on chest pain patients syncs with their outcomes

Emergency physicians should trust their judgment when evaluating patients who report with chest pain symptoms, said a group of researchers led by Abhinav Chandra, M.D., at Duke University Medical Center.

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created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive

(AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself.

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NHLBI stops study of pulmonary hypertension treatment in sickle cell patients

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped a clinical trial testing a drug treatment for pulmonary hypertension in adults with sickle cell disease nearly one year ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Crowded emergency departments pose greater risks for patients with heart attacks

June 04, 2009 - Patients with heart attacks and other forms of chest pain are three to five times more likely to experience serious complications after hospital admission when they are treated in a crowded emergency department ...

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