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Federal officials ordered an early halt to a clinical trial of emergency treatments for cardiac arrest underway in Portland and nine other cities because preliminary results showed that none of treatments improved survival.

The National Institutes of Health has prematurely terminated a clinical trial testing two techniques designed to improve survival when paramedics treat heart attack victims, concluding that neither one provided any benefit.

These valves separate the chambers of the heart and separate the heart from the systemic and pulmonary circulation.

Esmon's research has already yielded two FDA-approved drugs. Main results Extracellular histones released in response to inflammatory challenge contribute to endothelial dysfunction, organ failure and death during sepsis.

Congestive heart failure means the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the body.

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.

Story Published: Oct 28, 2009 at 5:55 PM CDT Story Updated: Oct 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM CDT Most of us know high blood pressure is bad for you.

The pressure that blood exerts on the walls of our blood vessels is known as blood pressure.

Impotence or erectile dysfunction can be a devastating experience for any man ans it is not just the older men who suffer with impotence.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have tried to stay healthy by walking every day. I was doing two or more miles.

Posted in the American Heart Journal, a new Swedish study could not find a link between coffee consumption and heart failure, according to Red Orbit news.

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Men's health New research from Denmark suggests that where middle-aged men and women carry excess body fat affects their risk of developing blood clots like deep vein thrombosis , with apple-shaped men who carry excess fat mainly around the waist and ...

Continuing from Part 3, Dr. Richard L. Page, president of the Heart Rhythm Society expounds upon the two recently released Heart Rhythm Society consumer research reports regarding Sudden Cardiac Arrest .

With Halloween upcoming the end of this month, there will be plenty of tricks out there.

Main Category: Vascular Also Included In: Blood / Hematology Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 6:00 PDT Red blood cells, which make up 45 percent of blood, normally take the shape of circular cushions with a dimple on either side.

A mother spends sleepless nights after the unexplained overnight death of her previously healthy 22-month-old daughter.

The location of excess body fat appears to affect the risk of dangerous blood clots in veins, although that location differs in men and women, a new Danish study indicates.

The location of extra pounds appears to affect the risk of blood clots in middle-aged people, but affects men and women differently, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association .

It contributes to thousands of deaths every year yet nobody knows for sure how many Canadians have PAD.

Main Category: Stroke Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT Award-winning neurologist Dr.