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Health

Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular reconstruction to improve symptoms in people with heart failure, a procedure often...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 20:07
Cholesterol Drug Crestor Reduces Risk of Vein Clots As Well

Cholesterol Drug Crestor Reduces Risk of Vein Clots As Well

Besides reducing the incidence of heart attacks and stroke, AstraZeneca’s cholesterol drug...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 14:10
Stents Better than Bypass Surgery at Relieving Pain

Stents Better than Bypass Surgery at Relieving Pain

A new study presented Saturday at the American College of Cardiology conference in Orlando,...
» read full story March 28th, 2009 - 21:58
FDA Clears First Drug from Genetically Engineered Animals

FDA Clears First Drug from Genetically Engineered Animals

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared the first medicine made from...
» read full story February 08th, 2009 - 13:45

Panthers' Owner Jerry Richardson Gets a New Heart

  On Sunday Carolina Panthers' owner Jerry Richardson, 72, underwent heart transplant surgery...
» read full story February 02nd, 2009 - 16:51
FDA Advisory Committee Backs Drug From Engineered Goat

FDA Advisory Committee Backs Drug From Engineered Goat

An advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday the approval of...
» read full story January 10th, 2009 - 17:01
FDA: New Drug from Genetically Engineered Goats May Be on Its Way

FDA: New Drug from Genetically Engineered Goats May Be on Its Way

The Food and Drug Administration revealed Wednesday that for the first time an anti-clotting drug...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 14:35

Gastric Bypass Surgery Reverses Diabetes In Adolescents

Teens who undergo gastric bypass surgery are frequently relieved of Type 2 diabetes without delay,...
» read full story December 30th, 2008 - 13:22
Gastric Bypass Causes Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in Teens

Gastric Bypass Causes Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in Teens

A new study found out that weight-loss surgery can reverse diabetes in teenagers. The study, which...
» read full story December 29th, 2008 - 14:51
Crestor and Its Effects

Crestor and Its Effects

The drug Crestor, e new comer designed to lower cholesterol, has also been proven to lower the risk...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 18:20
Plavix plus Heartburn Drugs Boost Patients’ Risk for Cardiac Events

Plavix plus Heartburn Drugs Boost Patients’ Risk for Cardiac Events

A Medco Health Solutions study presented Tuesday at the American Heart Association meeting in New...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 15:00
A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A Study Finds New Ways of Detecting Heart Disease

A regular medical exam could soon contain a simple, low-cost blood test, which could help assess...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 14:42
Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too

Heart attacks and strokes may be cut by roughly 50 percent among patients who receive preventive...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 11:00

Study: Statin Drug Cuts Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, Death

A cholesterol-lowering statin drug given to people with normal cholesterol can reduce their risk of...
» read full story November 09th, 2008 - 18:16
Update: Bayer Warned over Aspirin Products

Update: Bayer Warned over Aspirin Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Bayer Health Care saying the...
» read full story October 29th, 2008 - 15:50
HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality Study Released

HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality Study Released

Analyzing 17 procedures undergone at 5,000 US hospitals from 2005 to 2007, HealthGrades, a leader...
» read full story October 16th, 2008 - 14:54

Gastric Bypass Surgery: Not so Good for Everyone

Diabetics who undergo gastric bypass surgery could be at disadvantage compared to other patients,...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 17:00
The Efficacy Of Gastric Bypass Surgery In Diabetics Questioned

The Efficacy Of Gastric Bypass Surgery In Diabetics Questioned

Contrary to other studies, a new study found that people with diabetes did not lose as much weight...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:00
Researchers Look For New Ways To Reduce Heart Damage

Researchers Look For New Ways To Reduce Heart Damage

US researchers have identified a protein which may be useful in repairing heart damage caused by a...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 14:30

Bariatric Surgery, a Cost-Effective Way to Deal with Obesity, Study Shows

Insurers fully recover the costs of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in about two years compared to...
» read full story September 09th, 2008 - 15:02
Bypass Surgery Better Than Stents, Study Concludes

Bypass Surgery Better Than Stents, Study Concludes

Although bypass surgery and angioplasty have similar effects for heart patients with clogged...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 11:01
Study Says Bypass Is Better Than Stents

Study Says Bypass Is Better Than Stents

European doctors compared the effectiveness of open-heart surgery versus angioplasty (tiny mesh...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 00:14
Researchers Find "Exercise Pill" And Develop Anti-Doping Test

Researchers Find "Exercise Pill" And Develop Anti-Doping Test

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California, led by prominent researcher...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 23:21
Gastric Bypass and  Weight Loss Reduces Diabetes, Cancer Risk

Gastric Bypass and Weight Loss Reduces Diabetes, Cancer Risk

A recent study has revealed that the gastric bypass can make type 2 diabetes to go into remission,...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 13:36
Weight Loss Surgery Found to Lower Cancer Risk

Weight Loss Surgery Found to Lower Cancer Risk

Weight loss surgery was found by a recent study to lower the risk of developing cancer for people...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 22:52

Gastric Bypass Surgery Curbs Cancer Risk in Obese People

Obese people have finally received some good news from researchers at McGill University in...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 14:47
Report on New York Hospitals Shows Decline in Death Rates

Report on New York Hospitals Shows Decline in Death Rates

According to a report released on Monday by the Niagara Health Quality Coalition, hospital...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 16:22
FDA: Heparin Deaths Triple to 62 from 19 Initially Reported

FDA: Heparin Deaths Triple to 62 from 19 Initially Reported

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the number of reported patients who died...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 11:33
End of the Road for Bayer’s Anti-Bleeding Drug, Trasylol

End of the Road for Bayer’s Anti-Bleeding Drug, Trasylol

Heart surgery patients given anti-bleeding drug Trasylol were more likely to die than patients...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 16:23
British Scientists Create Embryo from 3 DNA Donors

British Scientists Create Embryo from 3 DNA Donors

British scientists revealed this week that they have been able to create a human embryo using DNA...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 17:41
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Movies

“The Wrestler” – Great Comeback Both for Rourke and Director Aronofsky

“The Wrestler” – Great Comeback Both for Rourke and Director Aronofsky

As surprising as it may be, the subject of Darren Aronofsky's low-budget realist drama manages to...
» read full story January 18th, 2009 - 14:49

Mickey Rourke And Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler”

In spite of the fact that we all know pro wrestling is simulated and that, generally speaking,...
» read full story January 16th, 2009 - 14:10
Mickey Rourke’s Comeback in Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler”

Mickey Rourke’s Comeback in Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler”

Darren Aronofsky’s new movie “The Wrestler,” which won the top prize at this year’s Venice Film...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 19:34
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U.S.

Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins Good for People with Normal Cholesterol Levels Too

Statins have long been prescribed for people diagnosed with high levels of bad cholesterol in...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 16:00
Cheney to undergo procedure for abnormal heartbeat

Cheney to undergo procedure for abnormal heartbeat

Washington - Doctors examining US Vice President Dick Cheney discovered an abnormal rhythm in his...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 19:36
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Business

Comcast's Move Fires Up Controversies

Comcast's Move Fires Up Controversies

Comcast’s decision to set limits on its customers’ broadband usage caused quite a hype in these...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 13:34
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Specials

The New Miss America Has Great Plans for the Future

The New Miss America Has Great Plans for the Future

Young women from all around the country vied for the Miss America crown at the Planet Hollywood...
» read full story January 26th, 2009 - 15:20

Cancer – A Leader by 2010

The World Health Organization, in a report released this week, warned that new cancer cases and...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 14:01
Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer To Become World’s Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer will become world’s number one killer by 2010, as the number of people in poorer countries...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 12:22
Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Take Your Statins To Prevent Heart Attack!

Half of heart attacks and strokes happen among apparently healthy men and women with normal or low...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 14:10

Crestor Can Detect Risks Of Heart Attack

A cholesterol-lowering statin drug administered to people who have normal cholesterol can cut their...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 23:53
Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Statins of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been known to reduce heart risk in people with...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 14:30
Vice-president Dick Cheney experiences Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Vice-president Dick Cheney experiences Abnormal Heart Rhythm

Current vice-president Dick Cheney will receive treatment at George Washington University Hospital...
» read full story October 15th, 2008 - 21:36
Update: Health Care - The Presidential Race’s Discord

Update: Health Care - The Presidential Race’s Discord

Over 45 million Americans – including over 8 million children - lack health insurance, while some...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 14:11
AHA Recommends Screening For Depression In All Heart Patients

AHA Recommends Screening For Depression In All Heart Patients

People suffering from some form of heart disease appear to be at a higher risk of depression as...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 14:13
Bypass Surgery Still the Best Treatment for Heart Patients

Bypass Surgery Still the Best Treatment for Heart Patients

Bypass surgery is still the most effective treatment for most problems involving heart artery...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 22:18
‘Magic’ Pills Turn Ordinary Mice Into Athletes By Mimicking Exercise

‘Magic’ Pills Turn Ordinary Mice Into Athletes By Mimicking Exercise

For all of us who are kind of lazy or simply do not find the necessary time to exercise the...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 12:17
Innovative Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Innovative Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose career spanned more than seven worthy decades,...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 17:57
Father Of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. DeBakey Dies

Father Of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. DeBakey Dies

The medical world has lost a great man on Friday night in the person of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 12:43
Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer

Weight Loss Surgery May Block Cancer

Weight loss surgery, or in medical terms gastric bypass surgery, appears to have more benefits...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:55
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People

No Mickey Rourke for Wrestlemania

No Mickey Rourke for Wrestlemania

Even though he had been announced to be preparing to take on WWE star Chris Jericho this April at...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 17:34
Star Jones Offers a Broader Vision on “The View”

Star Jones Offers a Broader Vision on “The View”

She may have left ABC’s “The View” a couple of years ago, but she’s not done talking. Star Jones...
» read full story October 14th, 2008 - 16:16
Star Jones Shares Her View On Former Co-Hosts

Star Jones Shares Her View On Former Co-Hosts

It's been two years since Star Jones abruptly departed from ABC's "The View," but the...
» read full story October 13th, 2008 - 21:12
Famous US Heart Surgeon Dies at 99 Years of Age

Famous US Heart Surgeon Dies at 99 Years of Age

Michael DeBakey has been considered by many one of the parents of cardiovascular surgery thanks to...
» read full story July 12th, 2008 - 16:36
Star Jones Reynolds Confesses About Gastric Bypass Surgery

Star Jones Reynolds Confesses About Gastric Bypass Surgery

“The View” famous  host and lawyer Star Jones Reynolds has recently confessed that her dramatic...
» read full story August 01st, 2007 - 17:15
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World

20th Century Medicine Giant Michael DeBakey Dies At 99

Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose revolutionary heart transplants and coronary bypass surgical...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 13:50
Former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus Dies at 81

Former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus Dies at 81

Lee Sherman Dreyfus, the American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the...
» read full story January 03rd, 2008 - 23:17
More Heart Troubles for U.S. Vice President Cheney

More Heart Troubles for U.S. Vice President Cheney

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, 66, was treated for an irregular heartbeat discovered during a...
» read full story November 27th, 2007 - 15:02
Suicide Attack Kills Dozens in Kabul

Suicide Attack Kills Dozens in Kabul

More than two dozens people were killed early Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital when a suicide...
» read full story September 29th, 2007 - 08:58
Kostunica: UN Should Decide Kosovo’s Future Status

Kostunica: UN Should Decide Kosovo’s Future Status

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said the European Union shouldn’t recognize Kosovo’s...
» read full story September 12th, 2007 - 21:47
Activists Arrested by Chinese Police

Activists Arrested by Chinese Police

Two more pro-Tibet activists were arrested on Wednesday in Beijing by policemen after attempting to...
» read full story August 08th, 2007 - 14:09
US Vice President Dick Cheney Gets A New Heart Device

US Vice President Dick Cheney Gets A New Heart Device

On Saturday US Vice President Dick Cheney has underwent a small chirurgical procedure to install...
» read full story July 29th, 2007 - 13:04
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Technology

Microsoft Releases December Patch

Microsoft Releases December Patch

Microsoft has just released eight security bulletins and one security advisory, as part of its...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 13:18
Sony’s Rootkit Scandal, Part Two

Sony’s Rootkit Scandal, Part Two

Finish security firm F-Secure has just spotted another trace of Sony’s bad habit to install malware...
» read full story August 28th, 2007 - 15:52
Apple Issues Patches for iPhone and Safari

Apple Issues Patches for iPhone and Safari

Apple issued on Tuesday 48 software patches for a suite of applications including Safari for...
» read full story August 01st, 2007 - 15:21
Apple’s iPhone Has Serious Security Flaw

Apple’s iPhone Has Serious Security Flaw

A computer experts group including a former NSA employee has warned Apple of a serious security...
» read full story July 23rd, 2007 - 13:08
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Science

FDA Clears First Drug From Genetically Engineered Animals

FDA Clears First Drug From Genetically Engineered Animals

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared the first medicine made from...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 11:16
New Drug From Genetically Engineered Goats May Be On Its Way

New Drug From Genetically Engineered Goats May Be On Its Way

  The Food and Drug Administration revealed Wednesday that for the first time an...
» read full story January 10th, 2009 - 10:00
Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act

Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act

The Interior Department has just finalized the rules which change the way the Endangered Species...
» read full story December 14th, 2008 - 12:44
Heart Problems And Depression

Heart Problems And Depression

The American Heart Association reports that people who’ve experienced a heart attack are more...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 17:33
Famous Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Famous Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey Passes Away

Cardiovascular Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose career spanned more than seven worthy decades,...
» read full story July 15th, 2008 - 10:59
Astronauts Complete Second Spacewalk, Assemble Dextre

Astronauts Complete Second Spacewalk, Assemble Dextre

NASA announced that Dextre, the final element of the International Space Station’s Mobile...
» read full story March 16th, 2008 - 16:46
Astronauts Power Up Dextre, Prepare For Next Spacewalk

Astronauts Power Up Dextre, Prepare For Next Spacewalk

NASA announced that the STS-123 and Expedition 16 crews spent time outfitting the Japanese...
» read full story March 15th, 2008 - 11:01
ISS Update: Dextre Receiving Power but It's Not Powering Up

ISS Update: Dextre Receiving Power but It's Not Powering Up

Astronauts on the International Space Station are still struggling to power up Dextre, the Canadian...
» read full story March 14th, 2008 - 22:37
Atlantis Shuttle Cleared for Return

Atlantis Shuttle Cleared for Return

After astronaut Danny Olivas repaired a small portion of Atlantis’ thermal blanket during Friday’s...
» read full story June 17th, 2007 - 09:08
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