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New Drug May Hold Promise for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
November 06, 2012 19:51 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Hospitalized heart failure patients showed some benefit from taking an investigational drug called serelaxin that helps relax the blood vessels. Patients given serelaxin...
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Cooling Cardiac Arrest Patients to Lower Body Temps Improved Survival
November 06, 2012 19:29 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Cooling resuscitated cardiac arrest patients to lower body temperatures may be associated with a better chance of survival and greater functional ability after...
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A Multivitamin a Day Doesn't Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Men
November 05, 2012 12:48 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Taking a multivitamin daily didn't prevent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death among men 50 and older. The multivitamin didn't cause harm. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5,...
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Wednesday News Tips, Nov. 16, 2011
November 16, 2011 16:00 ET | American Heart Association
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more information Nov....
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Drug-Eluting Balloons are a Promising Tool in Treatment of Narrowed Metal Stents and in Patients at High Risk for Bleeding Complications
November 16, 2011 09:00 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Drug-releasing balloons are effective in treating restenosis in bare metal stents. The drug-eluting balloon may also help people at high risk for bleeding complications...
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Monday News Tips, Nov. 14, 2011
November 14, 2011 16:00 ET | American Heart Association
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more information Nov....
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Low-Income Older Adults More Likely to Develop Heart Failure
November 14, 2011 15:00 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Older adults with low income are at increased risk for heart failure. Income status better predicts who develops heart failure than education level. Despite Medicare...
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Babies' Placenta Could Help Repair Mothers' Injured Heart
November 14, 2011 14:00 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: In an animal study, stem cells from the placenta migrated to injured tissue in the mother's heart during pregnancy. The cells then became a range of cardiac cell...
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Heart Implant Patients' Fears About Shock Leads to Sexual Dysfunction
November 14, 2011 10:10 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Adults with congenital heart disease who have implanted defibrillators often have shock-related anxiety about the device delivering a shock during sex. The anxiety can...
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Injection Lowers Cholesterol in Preliminary Human Trial
November 14, 2011 09:00 ET | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: In its first preliminary tests in humans, an injectable medication lowered bad cholesterol in healthy volunteers. The substance disables a protein that interferes with the...