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'Sex safe for most heart patients'

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:00 +0200

Good news: sex is safe for most heart patients.
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Home monitoring may help manage and reduce costs for heart failure

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:27:00 +0200

New findings indicate that hospitalisation in the event of heart failure might not always be required if the necessary monitoring of a patient takes place in the home and the patient's condition is constantly assessed.
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Eating fish boosts heart health in young women

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:49:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, USA: Women of childbearing age can reduce their risk of heart problems by regularly eating fish rich in omega 3 fatty acids, said a Danish study out on Monday, 5 December.
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Most hospitals miss critical window for heart attack transfer patients

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:14:00 +0200

USA: Most heart attack patients transferred between hospitals for the emergency artery-opening procedure called angioplasty are not transported as quickly as they should be, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the first national study of "door-in door-out" time for transfer patients.
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Scientists identify area that could sever communication between brain and heart in disease

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0200

A team of neuroscientists and anaesthetists, who have been using pioneering techniques to study how the brain regulates the heart, has identified a crucial part of the nervous system whose malfunction may account for an increased risk of death from heart failure. The findings, published online (ahead of print) in the Journal of Physiology, could lead to more targeted therapies to help reduce serious illness and death in cardiovascular disease.
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How do you mend a broken heart?

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0200

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A study involving University of Sydney cardiac researchers has shown the loss of a loved one can really break your heart.
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Adcock still awaiting response from DoH on DPP issue

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:59:00 +0200

Pharmaceutical group Adcock Ingram has had no response yet to its request to the Department of Health to expedite its appeal committee process of the Medicines Control Council into the review of products containing the analgesic Dextropropoxyphene (DPP), the group's CEO Dr Jonathan Louw, confirmed on Tuesday.
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Yale researchers find genetic link between heart disease and brain aneurysms

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:24:00 +0200

Yale School of Medicine researchers have discovered that a variant of a gene linked to heart disease also increases the risk of deadly aneurysms of blood vessels in the brain. The discovery of this link raises hopes for new treatments for intracranial aneurysms, which affect more than a half million people worldwide annually.
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Non-communicable diseases: Africa must 'spend a lot more'

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +0200

BERLIN, GERMANY: According to scidev.net, Olive Shisana, CEO of the South African Human Sciences Research Council, said at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany that infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, are expected to decline while non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes, will increase in Africa over the coming decades.
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Insomnia linked to higher heart attack risk

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:15:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, USA: As if you didn't have enough to worry about during those sleepless nights, a Norwegian study out Monday suggests that people with insomnia face a 27% to 45% higher risk of heart attack.
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