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Gulping down TEN alcoholic drinks a day slashes heart disease risk in men By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:58 AM on 19th November 2009 Men who have four to ten units a day can apparently halve their risk of heart problems At last, some good news for those who like a tipple.

Definition Mayo Clinic services Heart disease treatment at Mayo Clinic A heart attack usually occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood through a coronary artery - a blood vessel that feeds blood to a part of the heart muscle.

Nov 20, 2009 - Pfizer announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Revatio Injection, an intravenous formulation of Revatio.

By- Dr. Jonathan Wood This Thursday, Nov 19th, 1009, is the 34th Annual Great American Smokeout.

Nutritionist Melanie Rozwadowski says the best brain foods are available at the supermarket in their raw, fibre-filled form.

AstraZeneca announced the results of the phase II studies, ONSET/OFFSET and RESPOND for ticagrelor ) at the annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL, with ONSET/OFFSET study results being simultaneously published in the medical journal Circulation .

After years of little progress, three new trials suggest that the latest generation of blood thinners may outperform the old standbys warfarin and clopidogrel .

Main Category: Heart Disease Also Included In: Diabetes ; Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Stroke Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher ...

A Florida cardiologist is using stem cell therapy to treat patients who suffer from a range of heart, lung and vascular illnesses.

Fear about the risk of surgery is among the reasons half of eligible patients are not getting aortic valve replacement surgery, according to a study by physicians at the University of Michigan Health System.

Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark Hlatky, MD.

Miracle baby Jasmine Tanner needed 11 life-saving blood transfusions - while she was still in her mother's womb.

A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov.

Approximately 24 million people living in the United States have diabetes, but many of them don't know it.

On Sunday, November 15, 2009, Florida Atlantic University researcher Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., the first Sir Richard Doll Research Professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science will present at the American Heart Associationa s Annual Scientific Sessions meeting in Orlando, FL, the first data in humans to show that all doses of ...

Chilling the brains of cardiac- arrest patients as theya re raced to the hospital may help reduce neurological damage, a study found.

The over-activity of a gene known to boost a woman's risk for breast cancer may have a good side, making arteries healthier, a new study suggests.

My husband has diabetes and has had a wound on his foot for six weeks. Despite getting treatment, the wound has not healed.

This lives and breeds in the outdoor pools of some spas in Turkey where they feed on the skin of bathing patients suffering from skin disorders such as psoriasis and eczema.

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Neurology / Neuroscience IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result.