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Health university V-C urges doctors to fine tune the 'art of practising medicine' Half of people suffering from CVD in world are expected to be in India by 2050 Standardisation of treatment cost and tax benefits to health insurance providers favoured Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar NTR University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor A.V. Krishnam Raju ...

Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. My post last week, on the rationing of health care, prompted many commentaries, two of which asked whether reductions in physician fees constitute rationing.

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HYDERABAD: Global Hospitals will offer a fellowship programme to train cardiologists in 'complex coronary angioplasty,' a treatment without bypass surgery for patients with complicated blocks in the blood vessels of the heart.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Heart Disease ; Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 08 Jul 2009 - 4:00 PDT Atrium Medical is pleased to announce that is has received CE Mark for a new generation Cobalt Chromium Coronary Stent System called Cinatra.

Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake Physician Appointed by Governor Perry to Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 0 Ratings / 0 Comments Gov.

The University of Iowa has named a cardiologist as head of the department of internal medicine.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Heart Disease Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT A UCSF study for the treatment of heart failure after heart attack found that the extract derived from bone marrow cells is as effective as therapy using bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function, decreasing the formation of ...

Dominican Hospital's response to cardiac arrest cases is much swifter than the national benchmark, according to hospital administrators.

We have a chance to make history. In the pursuit of scientific, rational, effective, safe and inexpensive healthcare, does it not make sense to do all we can to prevent heart attacks? A scientific trial has been underway since 2003 which is designed to test the hypothesis that chelation therapy is effective for exactly this purpose.

In a week when the celebrity world lost 50-year-old infomercial king Billy Mays and pop superstar Michael Jackson, could it be any wonder that Ralph Wildman, 53, was eating a veggie sandwich and a banana during his lunch break on Thursday? "I was beginning to get a little paunchy around the waist," the Palm Beach Gardens salesman explained.

Fulton County, Pa., community leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new Fulton County Medical Center facility they say will create jobs and help the county's distressed economy.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug on Thursday to treat an age-related heart rhythm disorder affecting millions of people, bolstering the prospects for the beleaguered Paris-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis . The F.D.A. approval for Multaq, or dronedarone, gives cardiologists and electrophysiologists their first new ...

Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest. And still, that's really all we know for sure.

An analysis of studies supports a growing belief that guidelines for prescribing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs should be expanded to include healthy people without established heart disease, cardiologists say.

Each year coronary heart disease claims the lives of more than 90,000 people in the UK.

Five Charlotte-area cardiologists announced Tuesday they are leaving practices owned by Carolinas HealthCare System to join Mid Carolina Cardiology, a group affiliated with cross-town rival Presbyterian Healthcare.

Frank Martin, NMTa s President and Chief Executive Officer stated, a oeThis non-equity based credit facility will provide NMT with additional financial flexibility in order to fund its ongoing clinical trials and development programs as well as its future progress in the treatment of structural heart disease.

Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. While what caused that isn't yet known, Dr.

Main Category: Heart Disease Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 29 Jun 2009 - 1:00 PDT Transferring heart attack patients to specialized hospitals to undergo angioplasty within six hours after receiving clot-busting drugs reduces the risk of life-threatening complications, according to a Canadian-led study published today.