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Can you avoid heart disease by staying cheerful?

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:18:00 +0200

A recent study looks at whether mood has any effect on the risk of heart disease. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of stroke

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:46:00 +0200

Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as two years, according to a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Namibia's first open-heart surgery a success

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:54:00 +0200

A team of health professionals from South Africa and Namibia have successfully performed three open-heart surgeries in Namibia, the first time the operation has been performed in the country. Read full story... | Send to a friend

High dose Lipitor can reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in bypass surgery patients

Mon, 26 May 2008 14:29:00 +0200

Pfizer Inc announced recently that Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 27 percent in patients with heart disease who had previous coronary bypass surgery compared with patients taking the 10 mg dose of Lipitor. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Europe's finest to learn from SA cardiologist

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:28:00 +0200

Thousands watch the screen carefully as his hands work. On screen, a living heart pumps while a small wire threads its way across the image - carefully, deliberately - far finer and more delicate than imaginable. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Results of largest-ever cardiovascular trial announced

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:28:00 +0200

Landmark trial ONTARGET® establishes telmisartan 80 mg as the only ARB clinically proven, to be as protective, but better tolerated than ramipril 10mg, in a broad high-risk cardiovascular population. Read full story... | Send to a friend

US doctors uncertain about approaches to care for heart failure patients

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:26:00 +0200

Fewer than one quarter of US physicians specialising in geriatrics, internal or family medicine or cardiology believe they can accurately predict the whether patients with heart failure are at risk of dying, new Saint Louis University research found. How do SA doctors compare? Read full story... | Send to a friend

Abnormal ECG in athletes may be sinister sign

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:20:00 +0200

An abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) in a young, highly trained athlete might be the first expression of underlying cardiomyopathy. Read full story... | Send to a friend