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Neck Injuries Linked to High Costs for Patients and Spouses, Study Reports
March 11, 2013 — Patients with neck injuries incur increased health and social costs -- which also affect their spouses and may begin years before the initial injury, a new study ... > full story -
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Shock Teams and ECMO Save Lives in Massive STEMI
March 11, 2013 — The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, accompanied by mechanical CPR, in patients with massive myocardial infarctions can lead to unexpected survival. ECMO is an advanced technology that ... > full story -
New Anti-Clotting Drug More Effective Than Current Treatment, Study Suggests
March 11, 2013 — A new and experimental anti-clotting drug, cangrelor, proved better than the commonly used clopidogrel and was significantly more effective at preventing blood clots in a large trial of patients who ... > full story -
Fewer Adverse Events With 'Double Kissing' Crush Stent Than Culotte
March 11, 2013 — Patients with a type of coronary lesion linked with poor prognosis fared significantly better with the stent technique known as double kissing crush than with culotte stenting, according to new ... > full story -
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Encouraging Early Results for Redesigned Sapien Valve
March 11, 2013 — The new Sapien XT aortic valve showed a non-significantly lower rate of death and strokes at 30 days than the original model, and both valves demonstrated notably better short-term outcomes than seen ... > full story -
Drug Protects Against Kidney Injury from Imaging Dye in ACS Patients
March 11, 2013 — High doses of a popular cholesterol-lowering drug significantly reduced the rate of acute kidney injury caused by dye used in imaging in acute coronary syndrome patients who underwent a coronary ... > full story -
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Nerve Damage May Underlie Widespread, Unexplained Chronic Pain in Children
March 11, 2013 — Investigators have described what may be a newly identified disease that appears to explain some cases of widespread chronic pain and other symptoms in children and young ... > full story -
Anemia Drug Does Not Improve Health of Anemic Heart Failure Patients, Study Shows
March 11, 2013 — Researchers have found that a commonly used drug to treat anemia in heart failure patients -- darbepoetin alfa -- does not improve patients' health, nor does it reduce their risk of death from heart ... > full storyMore: -
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Robots to Get Stroke Patients Back on Their Feet
March 11, 2013 — Strokes are the most common cause of physical disability among the elderly. This often result in paralysis of one side of the body, and many patients suffer much reduced physical mobility and are ... > full story -
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Why People Put Themselves Under the Knife: Plastic Surgery Makes People Happy
March 11, 2013 — Scientists have investigated the psychological effects of plastic surgery on approximately 550 patients. Patients demonstrated more enjoyment of life, satisfaction and self-esteem after their ... > full story
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