Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the HTWR, HIN.AU, a heart-pump for heart patients awaiting heart transplants. This is welcome news for more than five million heart patients in the U.S., 150,000 with severe heart failure, awaiting heart transplants with a limited supply of hearts available. The pump, created by HeartWare International Inc., […]
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Researchers report that stem cells donated by strangers provide a safe alternative to restoring heart tissue in heart attack cases. This breakthrough study proves that anyone’s cells can be used to treat damaged heart tissue, which means stem cells can be banked for off-the-shelf use, similar to blood banks with no blood or tissue matching […]
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Middle-aged men who have been taking a daily multivitamin for several years will not see a decreased risk of heart disease, according to a large, new study out of the US. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week, revealed that the longterm benefits of taking these vitamins is uncertain, […]
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A new University of Toronto study found that men whose parents were divorced are at increased risk of stroke, compared to men whose parents stayed together. The research found that men whose parents were divorced before they turned 18 were three times more likely to experience a stroke than men whose parents did not divorce. […]
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Men with divorced parents are reportedly three times more likely to suffer a stroke than those whose parents stayed happily married during childhood. A new study out of the University of Toronto reveals a threefold risk that a man with divorced parents will suffer a stroke. “A threefold risk is really quite a worrisome number,” […]
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