Heralded by radiographers as a revolution in heart and body imaging, the new generation CT scanner allows for one-stop, non-invasive disease diagnosis.Called a Dual Source CT Scanner, the machine is expected to have the biggest implications for people with possible heart complaints.Interventional c
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Nontrauma patients who develop transient or episodic hypotension in the emergency department are at significantly increased risk of dying in the hospital, research shows.
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The British Heart Foundation (BHF) today(20/11/06) launches its Doubt Kills campaign, urging people to call 999 immediately if they experience chest pain.
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The adjusted in-hospital mortality for more than 48,000 patients hospitalized with heart failure varied inversely with their admission systolic blood pressure (SBP) and was about 4 times higher when the SBP was lower than 120 mm Hg as compared with higher than 161 mm Hg.
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The first stage of the Swiss Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults showed that individuals with bronchial hyperreactivity(BHR) who are persistently exposed to passive smoking are at particular risk of developing early:onset chronic respiratory disease.
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Bringing LDL-cholesterol levels substantially below 100 mg/dL with high-dose atorvastatin can greatly decrease the risk of ischemic stroke and other cerebrovascular events in patients with stable coronary disease, according to an analysis of data from the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study.
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A virtual environment can safely reproduce potentially dangerous tasks as part of stroke rehabilitation. However, the system needs further work in order to mimic the real world more closely.
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Subjects enrolled in the Genetic Study of Aspirin Responsiveness inadvertently helped researchers measure chocolate's inhibition of platelet function and show that eating chocolate slows clotting time.
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Amyloid beta protein accumulates in the brain in Alzheimer's disease. A new test may help researchers understand why a toxin builds up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
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