Behind the Headlines Heart & Vascular Health Archive

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Can You Trust What's Published in Medical Journals?
Posted Thu, Aug 07, 2008, 12:48 pm PDT
A spate of medical and media publications has recently highlighted possible conflicts of interest in a number of clinical trials.
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Heart Trouble: Should You Get a Defibrillator?
Posted Fri, Aug 01, 2008, 8:36 am PDT
Purchasing a defibrillator may seem like a good idea since about 80 percent of sudden cardiac deaths outside of hospitals occur in the home. But there…
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Tim Russert's Heart Condition Affects Many
Posted Wed, Jun 18, 2008, 2:30 pm PDT
Medical professionals have been encouraged for some time by the improvements in treatments for coronary heart disease (CHD) and by the greater…
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Does Daily Aspirin Really Protect Your Heart?
Posted Mon, May 12, 2008, 5:53 pm PDT
Taking an aspirin daily or every other day has become a common health ritual. But are you sure your daily aspirin is really protecting you?
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Posted Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 5:32 pm PDT
An abdominal aortic aneurism is a local enlargement or bulge in the abdominal portion of the aorta, the largest artery in the body.
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Glucose Control: Increased Heart Attack Deaths in Type 2 Diabetes
Posted Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 10:30 am PST
People with type 2 diabetes should continue their efforts to control their blood glucose levels enough to prevent retinopathy, nephropathy, and…
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Emergency: Mouth-to-Mouth vs. Chest Compressions
Posted Fri, Jan 11, 2008, 4:56 pm PST
If someone suffers from a cardiac arrest in your presence, you may be able to save that person's life and preserve their brain function by rapidly…
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CT Scans and Cancer Risk: Should You Worry?
Posted Fri, Dec 14, 2007, 12:55 am PST
Now we're getting worrisome news about cancer because CT scans expose people to much larger doses of radiation than conventional x-rays.
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Avoid a Holiday Heart Attack
Posted Tue, Dec 11, 2007, 12:10 pm PST
More people have heart attacks in December and January than at any other time of the year, probably due to the excessive stress, alcohol, and eating…
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Taxpayers' Money Wasted on Unneeded Clinical Trial
Posted Mon, Dec 03, 2007, 3:54 pm PST
Advocates of chelation and other questionable therapies formed an organization, now named the American College for Advancement in Medicine.
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