News tagged with chest pain
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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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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Diagnosing heart attacks may be a lick and a click away
A diagnostic tool developed by Rice University scientists to detect heart attacks using a person's saliva is being tested at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in collaboration with Baylor ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 03, 2010 |
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Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems
Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.
Oct 12, 2009 |
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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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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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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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Study examines course and treatment of unexplained chest pain
Fewer than half of individuals who have "non-specific" chest pain (not explained by a well-known condition) experience relief from symptoms following standard medical care, according to a report in the February 8 issue of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn
Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Study answers question of timing in use of eptifibatide
An international study to resolve a decade of debate over the best timing for administering an anti-clotting drug for certain heart patients has come up with an answer: It doesn't matter.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 30, 2009 |
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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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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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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
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