Development of end stage renal disease following an acute cardiac event

sea-maid submitted, created time 5 months 1 day (www.nature.com)

The author determined the rate and risk factors for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in consecutive patients discharged after a cardiac event in a large, unbiased Canadian cohort that receives universal health coverage.

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Consequences of sleep deprivation can add up

jane2007 submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (www.bcm.edu)

Depriving yourself of sleep can have a detrimental effect on your overall health. Research shows that several body functions are disturbed when you're not getting enough sleep. This ranges from neuropsychiatric disruptions to general cardiovascular function.

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Technology Insight: magnetic navigation in coronary interventions

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Magnetic navigation is rapidly emerging as a useful technology in the field of interventional cardiology. Precise control of the direction of a guide wire or a device in three-dimensional space offers a means to access vessels and areas of the heart that are often challenging to access with conventional methods. In this comprehensive Review, we detail the development of magnetic navigation technology and how this tool has been adapted for use during percutaneous coronary intervention

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Tubercular myocarditis presenting with ventricular tachycardia

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A previously fit and healthy 30-year-old man reported experiencing palpitations accompanied by nausea, sweating and presyncope. These symptoms were found to be associated with episodes of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. The article represents the diagnosis and management of tubercular myocarditis.

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Diabetes study has surprising results

Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 1 week (www.signonsandiego.com)

The doctors' challenge: explain to 21 million Americans with diabetes how they might be affected by a major study's surprise discovery that lower blood sugar levels are linked to greater numbers of deaths.

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Reviewer leaked Avandia study to drug firm

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A peer reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM ) broke confidentiality and leaked a damaging report about the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia to the drug's manufacturer weeks ahead of publication. The drug would increase the risk of heart attack.

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Key protein could help to keep the heart in rhythm

Lilly clot drug works, but more bleeding seen

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ORLANDO, Fla./NEW YORK - Eli Lilly and Co's investigational anti-clotting drug was better able to prevent heart attacks than the standard treatment Plavix, but the drug led to excess bleeding, a study released on Sunday found, a shortcoming that could curb its usefulness.

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Chest Presses, Not Breaths, Better CPR

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not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - seems to be the key in helping someone recover from cardiac arrest, according to new research that further bolsters advice from heart experts.

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Study: Chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth better for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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A study published March 17, 2007, in The Lancet, one of the world's foremost medical journals, finds that the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting are almost twice as high if bystanders perform chest-compression-only resuscitation instead of traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with mouth-to-mouth breathing. The report confirms experimental findings obtained at the Sarver Heart Center at The University of Arizona in Tucson where chest-compression-only resuscitation was developed.

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