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Diabetes Heart Treatments May Cause Harm - New York Times

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:53:45 GMT+00:00


ABC News

Diabetes Heart Treatments May Cause Harm
New York Times
Three aggressive treatment strategies doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes and some who are the verge of developing it have proved to be ineffective or even harmful, new studies show. ...
Aggressive measures to treat diabetics make many of them worse, studies showLos Angeles Times
Cholesterol, BP Control Does Little Good for DiabeticsABC News
Common treatments fail to lower diabetic heart risk: studyAFP
Times of India -BusinessWeek -MedPage Today
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Abbott's heart valve device proves safe, effective - Reuters

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:59:25 GMT+00:00


Tampabay.com

Abbott's heart valve device proves safe, effective
Reuters
ATLANTA, March 14 (Reuters) - An experimental, minimally invasive technique to repair the most common type of heart valve problem proved to be far safer and nearly as effective as open heart surgery, ...
Abbott Heart Device GainsWall Street Journal
Abbott Heart Clip May Gain $1 Billion as Surgery AlternativeBusinessWeek
Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgeryThe Associated Press
MSN Money -USA Today -AFP
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Catholic hospitals support health care bill - The Associated Press

Published on: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:23:22 GMT+00:00


Boston Globe

Catholic hospitals support health care bill
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A group representing Catholic hospitals is rallying behind President Barack Obama's health care bill. Support from the Catholic Health Association could help persuade anti-abortion lawmakers to provide critical votes in the House for the ...
Catholic directive may hamstring living willsTulsa World
Catholics Start to Show Cards on Health ReformTIME (blog)
Enter Your E-Mail Address to Sign UpNational Review Online (blog)
Hot Air (blog) -First Things (blog) -Huffington Post (blog)
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More Evidence That Swings in Blood Pressure Raise Stroke Risk - BusinessWeek

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:19:39 GMT+00:00


BBC News

More Evidence That Swings in Blood Pressure Raise Stroke Risk
BusinessWeek
SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) --Following on recent, similar research, a large five-year study points to fluctuations in blood pressure over time as a key indicator of stroke risk. In the study, British researchers tracked the health of more than ...
Health Buzz: Variable Blood Pressure May Boost Stroke RiskU.S. News & World Report
Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?WebMD
People with variable blood pressure at stroke riskThe Associated Press
TheMedGuru -StaffNurse.com -BBC News
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CPSC Cautions Infant Deaths Caused by Baby Sling Carriers - HealthCMI

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:26:07 GMT+00:00


New York Daily News

CPSC Cautions Infant Deaths Caused by Baby Sling Carriers
HealthCMI
The CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission) has identified 14 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers. Three infants died in 2009 and 12 deaths involved babies under 4 months of age. The highest risk babies are those with low birth ...
Local Baby Sling Maker Cautions ParentsWXII The Triad
Infant Deaths Spur Baby Sling WarningWebMD
Infant deaths prompt gov't warning on slingsThe Associated Press
CBS News -ABC News -The Money Times
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Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery (AP)

Published on: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:50:51 GMT

This undated photo illustration made available by Abbott Laboratories shows the MitraClip mounted on the end of a catheter. The clip, a fabric-covered clothespin, inserted through a blood vessel in the groin, clips the two flaps of the mitral valve together and keeps in the heart's main pumping chamber from backing up into the smaller upper chamber.  (AP Photo/Abbott Laboratories) NO SALESAP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.





Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics (AP)

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:20:51 GMT

AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.


Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests (AP)

Published on: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:07:53 GMT

Traders work in the newly renovated section of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AP - Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.





Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes (AP)

Published on: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:20:02 GMT

AP - Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests.


Women on the pill may live longer (AP)

Published on: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:06:44 GMT

Contraceptive pills are seen at news conference in Tokyo August 26, 1999. REUTERS/Kimimasa MayamaAP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.




 

CNN

Vaccine court finds no link to autism

Published on: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:58:23 EST

A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases.



Boundaries always teacher's duty

Published on: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:41:10 EST

A 33-year-old California teacher is charged with having sex with a 14-year-old student. Whatever strong bonds students and teachers may have, it's always the adult's responsibility to set boundaries, experts say.



U.S. maternal deaths 'scandalous'

Published on: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:06:19 EST

Deaths from pregnancy and childbirth in the United States have doubled in the past 20 years, a development that a human rights group called "scandalous and disgraceful" Friday.



Report: 12-year-olds abusing inhalants

Published on: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:51 EST

When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants.



Study: 9/11 workers show heart trouble

Published on: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:36:57 EST

Exposure to debris at Ground Zero may be linked to heart problems in police officers, according to a new study announced Saturday.


 

MSNBC

Intense treatment hopes for diabetics dashed

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:07:10 GMT

Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.


Israel launches radical way to boost organ supply

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:00:10 GMT

Israel's plan to increase organ donation has raised resistance from within Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish minority. In this photo, an orthodox Jewish man walks past an ambulance next to a hospital in central Jerusalem. Israel is launching a potentially trailblazing experiment in organ donation: Sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed.





Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:47:55 GMT

Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.


Health care bill heads for make-or-break week

Published on: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:40:02 GMT

March 14: Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. discusses the process of finding enough votes to pass health care reform with NBC’s Tom Brokaw on “Meet the Press. (Meet the Press)The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break  week.





Study: Hearts may swoon when stocks do

Published on: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:54:57 GMT

Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.

 

ABC News

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