The patients who had an additional stent implanted as emergency treatment for their stent thrombosis were at an increased risk for cardiac death or recurrent thrombosis, Dutch researchers said on Saturday.
Heart stents are tiny metal devices that are inserted into the arteries to keep them from clogging up with damaging plaque which can lead to heart attack. Companies manufacturing such devices in the U.S. include Boston Scientific Corp., Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic Inc. A fourth company, Abbot Laboratories Inc. is expecting approval to enter the market in the near …

Irvine, Calif – /PRWEB/ScienceDaily/ – an online source for research news, reported on March 21 the findings of a Brigham Young University study in which professor, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, found that happily married adults have lower blood pressure than singles with supportive social networks, suggesting marriage may literally be a matter of the heart. Today, Steve Hochman, founder of Next Level Fitness in Irvine and a certified personal trainer, agrees with Holt-Lunstad’s findings based on his own experiences and suggests that putting a new relationship partner through a grueling fitness workout …

The Michelle Reesman, RN, Executive Director, Passport Health Colorado, says far too many international travelers, from business travelers to the more adventurous types, leave home without taking the basic steps she suggests below. “People need to put the same kind of preparation into their health as they do into their destination choice, passport acquisition or flight plans,” Reesman advises.
1) Get advice from a travel health professional. Four to six weeks
before departure, consult a travel medicine specialist …

CHICAGO (AP) — Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin.
Millions of Americans already take the drug or one of its components, Zetia. But doctors were stunned to learn that Vytorin failed to improve heart disease even though it worked as intended to reduce three key risk factors.
“People need to turn back to statins,” said Yale University cardiologist Dr. Harlan Krumholz, referring to Lipitor, Crestor and other widely used brands. “We know that statins are …

HealthDay News — Parkinson’s disease has been linked to exposure to pesticides in a new study comparing people with the neurological disorder and their unaffected relatives.
The study, published online in the open-access journalBMC Neurology, found the strongest ties to the use of herbicides and insecticides, such as organochlorides and organophosphates. Drinking well water or living or working on a farm, two common experiences for pesticide exposures, did not appear to be associated with Parkinson’s.
Many Parkinson’s disease cases are thought to be due to an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. …

JAKARTA – Two Indonesian youths have died from bird flu, a health ministry official said on Monday, taking the confirmed death toll in the country worst affected by the virus to 107.
A 15-year-old boy from Subang, in West Java, died on Wednesday in an area where chickens had died, said Nyoman Kandun, director general of communicable disease control at the ministry.
An 11-year-old girl from Bekasi, east of Jakarta, who died on Friday also tested positive for the virus, the official said.
“There were dead chickens in the boy’s neighbourhood, but in …

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