News tagged with chest pain
Better treatment for tuberculosis possible with biochemist's findings
Recent discoveries by a Virginia Tech biochemist could lead to a more effective drug design to combat the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis infection. Spread through the air from one person to another, tuberculosis is ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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More sensitive blood test better at identifying heart attacks
A highly sensitive blood test could help identify heart attacks in thousands of patients who would otherwise have gone undiagnosed, a study suggests.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Valley Fever often misdiagnosed
While common in Arizona, Valley Fever often is misdiagnosed in patients, leading to a litany of problems. The infection is caused by inhaling a fungus that lives in the soil and becomes airborne by wind, dust storms, digging ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Treatment is just a heartbeat away
(PhysOrg.com) -- Those who delay going to hospital or calling an ambulance when experiencing chest pain - acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - have a higher mortality and morbidity rate than those who don’t.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 24, 2011 |
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New nanoparticles make blood clots visible
For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 02, 2011 |
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CDC: Asthma rate in US up a little to 8.2 pct
(AP) -- Asthma seems to be increasing a little, and nearly one in 12 Americans now say they have the respiratory disease, federal health officials said Wednesday
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 12, 2011 |
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It takes two: Double detection key for sensing muscle pain
A new study discovers a molecular mechanism involved in pain associated with muscles. The research, published by Cell Press in the Nov. 18 issue of the journal Neuron, provides new insight into what underlies one of the mo ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Community education may shorten treatment time for heart attack patients
Systematic education in rural and suburban communities can significantly shorten onset to hospital arrival times for patients with chest pain, according to study findings to be presented Nov. 16 at the 2010 annual American ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Clinical trial looks at the effect of common pain cream on the heart
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at UC are looking for patients to participate in a clinical trial that may determine whether or not a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin could be an effective ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Gene test aims for better heart disease detection
It's not a perfect test. Yet researchers report a key step for the first gene test aimed at reducing unnecessary angiograms - expensive and somewhat risky procedures that hundreds of thousands of Americans have each year ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Disparities in heart attack treatment may begin in the emergency room
The well-documented disparities in cardiac care may begin almost as soon as patients arrive at hospital emergency rooms. In a study published in Academic Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report ...
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Adverse cardiac events are rare after a negative cardiac CTA exam, study suggests
Adverse cardiac events are rare one year after patients are admitted to the emergency room with low-to-moderate risk chest pain and are discharged due to a negative cardiac computed tomography angiogram (CTA), according to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 21, 2010 |
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New tool to rule out coronary heart disease in primary care
A simple new rule can help primary care physicians rule out coronary heart disease in patients with chest pain, states a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Cardiac MRI in the ER cuts costs, hospital admissions for chest pain patients
A new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center indicates that chest pain may no longer have to mean a hospital stay - there is another option for diagnosing heart-related chest pain that ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Old gout drug found to benefit heart patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- A drug which has been used to prevent gout for more than 40 years has now been shown to be an effective treatment for angina, research at the University of Dundee has found.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Chest pain
In medicine, chest pain is a symptom of a number of serious conditions and is generally considered a medical emergency. Even though it may be determined that the chest pain is non-cardiac in origin, this is often a diagnosis of exclusion made after ruling out more serious causes of the pain.
For more information about Chest pain, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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