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Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn’t prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death /
newsroom.heart.org | Feb 4, 2012
Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn’t prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death / American Heart Association AHA Newsroom, AHA News, heart news, heart health news, news releases, heart news releases, stroke news releases, stroke news, advocacy news, advocacy news releases, press

Sleep Apnea Ups Risk of Silent Strokes Dresen Univ
www.biospace.com | Feb 3, 2012
People with severe sleep apnea may have an increased risk of silent strokes and small lesions in the brain, researchers have revealed. The researchers

Old Antidepressant Offers Promise In Treating Heart Failure - 01/05/2010
www.hopkinsmedicine.org | Jan 27, 2012
A team of Johns Hopkins and other researchers have found in animal experiments that an antidepressant developed over 40 years ago can blunt and even reverse the muscle enlargement and weakened pumping function associated with heart failure.

Strokes….Did you Know? - Rebecca Weingart | PRLog
www.prlog.org | Jan 2, 2012
Strokes….Did you Know? - Rebecca Weingart. Did you know that stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US right behind heart disease and cancer? What happens if you have stroke? - PR11761962

Viagra against heart failure: Researchers at the RUB and from Rochester throw light on the mechanism
www.eurekalert.org | Dec 26, 2011
How sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, can alleviate heart problems is reported by Bochum's researchers in cooperation with colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (Minnesota) in the journal Circulation. They studied dogs with diastolic heart failure, a condition in which the heart

Endologix's CEO Presents at Oppenheimer 22nd Annual Healthcare Conference - Event Transcript -
seekingalpha.com | Dec 13, 2011
< p > Endologix, Inc. ( < a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/elgx' title='Endologix Inc' > ELGX < /a > ) < /p > < p > Oppenheimer 22nd Annual Healthcare Conference < /p > < p > December 13, 2011, 09:40 a.m. ET < /p > < p > < strong > Executives < /strong > < /p > < p > John McDermott -

Studies: Stem cells reverse heart damage - CNN.com
www.cnn.com | Nov 16, 2011
Recent studies done by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles show that stem cell treatments can reverse heart damage.

United States Senate Passes Resolution Declaring September National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
www.prweb.com | Oct 3, 2011
On Friday, September 23rd, the United States Senate passed a resolution declaring September National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.

eplerenone | Study shows eplerenone significantly reduced the incidence of new onset atrial
www.pharmaasia.com | Sep 13, 2011
• Study also reveals that eplerenone reduces risk of death and the risk of hospitalization among patients with systolic heart failure and mild symptoms.

Hospital deaths from heart failure slashed in half - FierceHealthcare
www.fiercehealthcare.com | Aug 26, 2011
Hospital deaths from health failure were cut in half between 2000 and 2007, from 55 deaths to 28 deaths per 1,000 admissions, according to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality statistics Read more...