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Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2012 – one of only 164 hospitals nationwide to do so. NORMAL, ILL. (PRWEB) August 01, 2012 Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal has received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2012 – one of only 164 hospitals nationwide to...

Adding computed tomography (CT) scans to standard screening procedures may help emergency room staff more rapidly determine which patients complaining of chest pain are having a heart attack or may soon have a heart attack, and which patients can be safely discharged, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Researchers in the study focused on a condition known as acute coronary syndrome, which includes...

DENVER, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Pharma didn't invent aspirin. Mother Nature did. "Today, most people think of aspirin as a harmless wonder drug -- able to stop pain, fever and even prevent heart attack and stroke, without risk. But that's not true," said The People's Chemist, Shane Ellison, who holds a M.S. degree in organic chemistry and is author of "Over-The-Counter Natural Cures" book. "Thousands of years ago, humans witnessed injured bears gnawing on the bark of...

Study finds mechanism behind recognized risk, suggests new treatment strategy A heart attack doesn't just damage heart muscle tissue by cutting off its blood supply, it also sets off an inflammatory cascade that worsens underlying atherosclerosis, actively increasing the risk for a future heart attack. These findings from a study receiving advance online publication in Nature suggest an important new therapeutic strategy for preventing heart attacks and strokes, both of which are caused...

LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cancer was the leading cause for critical illness insurance claims last year according to just-published study findings. Stroke was the second leading cause followed by heart attack. "Every year millions of Americans hear the dreaded words from a doctor, you have cancer or had a heart attack," notes Jesse Slome, director of the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance. "Today, they are likely to survive but the same can't be...

According to the US Drug Watchdog, "We are now offering to help women who used the birth control pills called Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella, and then had a heart attack, blood clot, or other very serious health side affects get to the best attorneys." According to the New York Times, "In September of 2009, the US FDA released a warning letter sent to Bayer Pharmaceuticals over Yaz & Yasmin. The letter indicates that the drug maker hid out-of-specification test results for key...

According to court documents, on April 26th, 2012, an Illinois couple, Barbara and Joseph Potuznik, filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court (case no. 2:2012cv02252) alleging that Barbara suffered a heart attack caused by Avandia. Avandia is a popular drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline and approved by the FDA in 1999.The lawsuit was filed in the Avandia multi-district litigation (07-01871). More than 2,500 cases are consolidated before Judge...

According to a study published in the journal PLoS ONE, exposure to traffic noise could lead to a higher risk of having a heart attack. A new study shows a clear relationship between traffic noise and heart attack risk, with a 12 percent higher risk per 10 decibels of noise. Previous work investigated whether combined effects of noise and air pollution caused by traffic could increase the risk of having a heart attack.  However, those results were inconsistent. The new study, which...

Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on a June 14, 2012 study which found that combined hormone birth control products such as NuvaRing were linked to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke, adding to growing concerns about NuvaRing adverse effects. New York, New York (PRWEB) June 19, 2012 Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing clients who experienced NuvaRing adverse effects, reports on a June 14, 2012 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that found an...

Study reveals new targets for diagnosis and therapy After people with type 1 diabetes have a heart attack, their long-term chance of suffering even more heart damage skyrockets. But the reason has long puzzled scientists. Now researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified the misstep that sparks this runaway chronic damage and a promising way to block it. "The problem arises from autoimmunity, a condition that people with type 1 diabetes already have ," says Myra A. Lipes, M.D,...