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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 -
Antibiotics Are Unique Assassins
March 11, 2013 In recent years, the notion that there is a single mechanism by which antibiotics wipe out bacteria has permeated the field of microbiology. Now, new research questions that ... > 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 -
Coffee and Tea During Pregnancy Affect Fetal Growth
March 11, 2013 Drinking just two cups of coffee a day is associated with the risk of low birth weight, according to a study on 59,000 ... > 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: -
Mummy CT Scans Show Preindustrial Hunter Gatherers Had Clogged Arteries
March 11, 2013 Like nearly 4.6 million Americans, ancient hunter-gatherers also suffered from clogged arteries, revealing that the plaque build-up causing blood clots, heart attacks and strokes is not just a result ... > full story -
Therapies for ALL and AML Targeting MER Receptor Hold Promise of More Effect With Less Side-Effect
March 11, 2013 Studies show that the protein receptor Mer is overexpressed in many leukemias, and that inhibition of this Mer receptor results in the death of leukemia cells -- without affecting surrounding, ... > full story -
ECG Screening for Competitive Athletes Would Not Prevent Sudden Death, Experts Say
March 10, 2013 The risk of cardiovascular sudden death was very small and only about 30 percent of the incidence were due to diseases that could be reliably detected by pre-participation screening, even with ... > full story -
Coronary Intervention Procedures: Validated Pre-Procedure Risk Score Reduces Bleeding Complications and Can Shorten Stays
March 10, 2013 A clinical decision support tool helped physicians identify patients at high risk of bleeding complications prior to undergoing a coronary intervention procedure and helped guide the use of bleeding ... > full story -
Mutated Gene Causes Nerve Cell Death
March 10, 2013 The British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is likely to be the world's most famous person living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a progressive ... > full story
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