The Montreal Heart Institute presents findings on congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation

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Simpler approach to atrial fibrillation treatment in heart failure patients eliminates need for repeated cardioversions and reduces hospitalization rates
The results of a major international clinical trial coordinated by the Montreal Heart Institute were reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure Trial (AF-CHF) was a prospective, multicentre project involving patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation.


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Patients will face delays in getting diagnostic scans due to severe shortage of imaging agents

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A global shortage of medical isotopes* used in over 80% of routine diagnostic nuclear imaging procedures such as heart imaging, bone scans and some cancer detection procedures, will cause delays and cancellations to diagnostic ...

Parsing the genome of a deadly brain tumor

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The most comprehensive to-date genomic analysis of a cancer – the deadly brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme – shows previously unrecognized changes in genes and provides an overall view of the missteps in the pathways that ...

How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV

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Individuals who have a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia) and women with yeast and bacterial vaginal infections have an increased risk of becoming infected with HIV if ...

Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study

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(AP) -- Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.

Pill that boosts productivity gaining favor, raising concerns among medical ethicists

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In a place like Silicon Valley, where career prospects often hinge on a person's intelligence and ability to work hellishly long hours, "brain doping" probably was inevitable.
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