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Patients awaiting heart transplant fared best when supported by left-ventricular assist devices in an analysis of more than 13,000 patients. Survival was superior to all other mechanical circulatory support pathways, and is equivalent to inotropic therapy, reported Dr. Tara Karamlou at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
NEW ORLEANS – An investigational clot-retrieval device completely recanalized blocked cerebral arteries, improved neurologic... »
The Congressional Budget Office released a grim economic outlook predicting a $316 billion price tag for repealing... »
Above, researchers and public health experts gather to discuss ways to confront the diabetes crisis, the theme of January's Health Affairs journal. One report showed that office-based diabetes prevention programs can help patients lose weight, and that lay community educators are as effective as physicians.
While researchers and policymakers are making progress in finding ways to prevent and diagnose diabetes, physicians can... »
NEW ORLEANS – The largest, best controlled comparison of aspirin and warfarin ever done in patients with heart failure... »
NEW ORLEANS – Patients with a very low or a very high hematocrit are at higher risk for death after a stroke, and anemic... »
NEW ORLEANS – Compared with warfarin, the new-generation anticoagulant rivaroxaban was associated with a 40% lower risk of... »
Medicare officials have released a coverage proposal for transcatheter aortic valve replacement 3 months after the procedure... »
MIAMI BEACH – Devices for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms are evolving, with new sizing or other... »
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – Patients on one of the powerful new oral anticoagulants are left without a good antidote for... »
Twenty-four percent of 525 pediatricians surveyed agreed that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder should... »
Asymptomatic episodes of atrial fibrillation are common in elderly hypertensive patients with pacemakers and no history of... »
As the GOP presidential candidates begin campaigning in Minnesota this week, they will face the critical health policy... »
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, established by the Affordable Care Act, has issued a draft of its initial... »
In another example of the continuing scrutiny being given to cardiac procedures, a cardiologist has filed a whistleblower... »
Lawmakers are looking at options for fixing Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate formula, including how to pay for it.... »
As the Republican presidential race heats up, supporters and opponents are amping up their arguments. The White House is... »
Evident from the growth in the size of exhibit hall and the number of participants attending the mHealth Summit this year... »
Hopes, ideas, and hundreds of apps, are floating in the hallways during the third annual mHealth Summit, marking the... »
Question: A 15-year-old boy develops excruciating testicular pain from torsion of the testis. The family internist urged... »
Renal sympathetic denervation is a promising new therapy that – at least over the short term – has proved to be an... »
It has been 17 years since the first publication of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (Lancet 1994;344;1383-9)... »
Government officials have stood before doctors many times and talked about the need to change the perverse incentives that... »