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Monday Jul 6 | Diabetes Self Management

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Updated May 19, 2006 Antiplatelet Drugs Drugs that reduce the formation or inhibit the action of chemicals that promote the activation and aggregation of platelets, blood components important for the clotting of blood.

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Related Topix: Circulation, Medicine, Health, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Medication, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Persantine, Dipyridamole (generic), Ticlid, Ticlopidine (generic)

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Dermatology Times

Depression Linked to Poor Outcomes in Heart Patients

In heart patients, depression is significantly associated with an increased risk of angina and cardiovascular mortality, according to two studies published online June 29 in Circulation .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Arnold, MD

Circulation

[Article] Psychosocial Modulators of Angina Response to Myocardial Ischemia

Suzanne V. Arnold MD, MHA, John A. Spertus MD, MPH, Paul S. Ciechanowski MD, MPH, Laurie A. Soine MN, ARNP, Kier Jordan-Keith ARNP, James H. Caldwell MD, and Mark D. Sullivan MD, PhD* From Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute , Kansas City, Mo; Washington University in St.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Washington, Seattle Metro

Tue Jun 23, 2009

About.com

Unstable Angina

Unstable angina is one of the types of " Acute Coronary Syndrome ," a series of conditions most commonly produced by the rupture of a plaque in a coronary artery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Independent

Blue wonder: Happy birthday Viagra

Viagra doesn't just save sex lives, it can also treat jet lag, MS and strokes. Roger Dobson on the fifteenth birthday of a modern-day wonder drug Exactly 15 years ago, Michael Allen took a call from a doctor in a small Welsh town that gave the first hint of a revolution to come.

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Related Topix: Viagra, Sildenafil (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health, Stroke, Merthyr Tydfil County, Wales, World News, United Kingdom, Pain, Marketing

Fri May 29, 2009

Todmorden Today

U3A marks first year of growth

MORE than 65 members of Todmorden U3A gathered at its first annual meeting at Central Methodist Church to hear the founding chairman, John McNair, describe the growth of the organisation during its first twelve months.

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Related Topix: West Yorkshire County, England, Health, Medicine

Thu May 28, 2009

Associated Content

Cardiovascular Disease: Guide to Signs and Symptoms

According to CaringMedical.com, "The term cardiovascular disease refers to diseases of the heart and blood vessels and includes angina, heart attack, diseases of the heart valves or heart muscle, heart failure, stroke and pain from poor blood flow to the legs." We often associate such ailments with age, but this can be a result of how you live your ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Wed May 20, 2009

WebMD Health News

Bone Marrow Cells Improve Heart Function

May 19, 2009 -- Placing bone marrow cells directly into a heart that is lacking blood flow significantly improves angina symptoms, heart function, and a patient's quality of life, a study shows.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Mon May 18, 2009

Diabetes Self Management

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Diabetes, Hypertension, Nitroglycerin (generic), Nitrostat, Medication

Thu May 14, 2009

Canada NewsWire

Neovasc Announces Positive Preliminary Clinical Results for its...

TSX Venture Exchange: NVC --Three-year Follow-Up Study on Patients Implanted with the Neovasc Reducer Shows Continued Excellent Safety Profile and Encouraging Signs of Efficacy-- VANCOUVER, May 14 /CNW/ - Neovasc Inc.

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Mon May 11, 2009

Notes from Dr. RW

More on fondaparinux in unstable angina and NSTEMI

OASIS-5 showed fondaparinux to be non-inferior in efficacy to enoxaparin and to be associated with a decreased risk of bleeding in the treatment of unstable angina and NSTEMI.

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Fri May 08, 2009

The China Stock Blog

China Aoxing Pharma Wins Angina Drug Production License

China Aoxing Pharmaceutical Company has received an SFDA production license for Isosorbide Mononitrate Injection, a vasodilator, for treatment of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, chronic congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and related coronary artery disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Isordil, Imdur, Isosorbide (generic), Medication, Pain, Chest Pain

Wed May 06, 2009

Nursing Center

Drug Watch: Ezetimibe Simvastatin Combination Therapy: An Update

However, the combination therapy was found to be significantly more effective than the statin alone in lowering levels of LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and C-reactive protein.

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Related Topix: Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Medicine, Medication, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Cholesterol, Health, Atherosclerosis, Food and Drug Administration

Tue May 05, 2009

MedicineNet

Cholesterol Drugs May Help in Cardiac Emergency

Giving patients a cholesterol-busting statin drug during a coronary emergency can save lives and reduce the incidence of longer-term problems, Czech researchers say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Chest Pain, Pain, Fluvastatin (generic), Lescol, Lescol XL, Medication, Duke University

Tue Apr 28, 2009

Circulation

[Images in Cardiovascular Medicine] Rapid Progression of Coronary...

Correspondence to Masahiro Mohri, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Kyushu Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, 1-8-1 Kishinoura, Kitakyushu 806-8501, Japan.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Medicine, Chest Pain, Health, Pain, Nitroglycerin (generic), Nitrostat, Medication, Isordil, Imdur, Isosorbide (generic)

Mon Apr 20, 2009

About.com

Tell Us Why You Got Your Stent

For people who have coronary artery disease which is producing an acute coronary syndrome , then immediate angioplasty with stenting can significantly reduce the risk of further heart attacks, and of dying.

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Rehab Management

For Reducing Mortality, Current and Emerging Therapies Have No...

For Reducing Mortality, Current and Emerging Therapies Have No Advantage Over Carvedilol in the Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease WALTHAM, Mass.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Coreg, Carvedilol (generic), Waltham, MA, Cardiology

Wed Apr 15, 2009

Science Blog

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 to researchers at Yale School of Medicine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Diabetes

Thu Apr 02, 2009

MediLexicon

Results Of Two Randomized Controlled Studies On Vasomedical EECP...

Results Of Two Randomized Controlled Studies On Vasomedical EECP Therapy Presented At The American College Of Cardiology 58th Annual Scientific Vasomedical, Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Vasomedical, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, University of Florida, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL, Health, Switzerland, World News

Tue Mar 31, 2009

TheSpectrum.com

Angina: It's when the heart gasps for air

Mesa View Regional Hospital Health Tip Heart attack is the leading killer of American adults, and chest pain is widely recognized as the most prominent symptom.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Chest Pain, Nitroglycerin (generic), Nitrostat, Medication

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