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    Racial, Economic Disparities in Life Expectancy after Heart Attack

    September 28, 2015

    After a heart attack, black patients typically don't live as long as whites - a racial difference that is starkest among the affluent - according to a new U.S.

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    Compared to Open Repair, EVAR Reduces Mortality up to 3 Years

    September 22, 2015

    NEW YORK - Endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is associated with an initial survival advantage over open repair, according to a study of "real-world" data from California. However, the difference disappears in the long term, researchers report in JAMA Surgery, online

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    Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes in US

    September 21, 2015

    Diabetes affects up to 14 percent of the U.S.

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    CHADS2 Variant Calculates Stroke Risk in Heart Failure Patients

    September 18, 2015

    NEW YORK - A variant of the CHADS2 score that's used to estimate ischemic stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is also modestly accurate in heart failure patients, even in those without AF, researchers say. The variant, CHA2DS2-VASc, calculates stroke risk based on 10 possible point

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    US Behind the World in Telemedicine

    September 17, 2015

    NEW YORK - The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a baker's dozen of recommendations intended to guide the effective use of telemedicine in primary care settings. "The recommendations balance the potential benefits and expanded use of telemedicine with the importance of maintaining t

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    Coating on Endovascular Devices Could Cause Stroke or Death

    September 16, 2015

    NEW YORK - Coating on endovascular devices is associated with embolization and microvascular occlusion leading to purpura or livedo racemosa, according to a new report. Dr.

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    7 Hours of Sleep Can Reduce Heart Disease

    September 15, 2015

    Too little sleep, or poor-quality sleep, may be linked to early markers of heart disease in asymptomatic healthy adults, a new study from South Korea suggests. More than 47,000 men and women completed a sleep questionnaire and underwent assessments of coronary artery calcium and plaque as well as

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    E-cigarette Smokers Less Exposed to Carbon Monoxide

    September 14, 2015

    NEW YORK—Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes - even if only some of the time - may dramatically reduce their exposure to air pollutants including carbon monoxide and acrolein, a British study suggests. Researchers gave e-cigarettes to 40 smokers who said they wanted to quit.

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    Troponin Test Can Predict Mortality Risk in Cardiovascular Patients

    September 11, 2015

    NEW YORK — An experimental, highly sensitive troponin test cannot predict when type 2 diabetics with stable ischemic heart disease will benefit from prompt coronary revascularization, but it can show which patients are more likely to die from myocardial infarction, stroke, or other cardiovascular ca

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    Medicare Rule May Needlessly Extend Hospital Stay

    August 19, 2015

    (Reuters Health) - A decades old Medicare rule requiring a three-day hospital stay before patients can transfer to skilled nursing facilities may needlessly prolong hospitalizations, a study suggests. Researchers compared the average time patients were hospitalized between 2006 and