News tagged with valve
Scientists test superjet technology in Australia
May 22, 2009 |
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Australian and US scientists have successfully tested hypersonic aircraft technology which could revolutionise international flight, officials said.
'Healthy' sterols may pose health risk
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Plant sterols have been touted as an effective way to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. However, a research study in the July JLR has uncovered that these compounds do have their own risks, as they can ...
Heart valves implanted without open-heart surgery
Jan 07, 2009 |
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An innovative approach for implanting a new aortic heart valve without open-heart surgery is being offered to patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Known as the PARTNER (Placement of ...
Study details safe, effective, minimally invasive mitral valve repair
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Surgical treatment for mitral valve disease includes either repairing the patient's diseased valve or replacing it with a metal, mechanical valve or an animal tissue valve. The majority of those procedures are open-heart ...
Innovative spout will increase maple production up to 90 percent
Aug 18, 2009 |
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An innovative new maple spout developed by the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture secured by Senator Patrick J. Leahy, will have a dramatic ...
Prosthetic vein valve designed to direct blood flow shows promising pre-clinical results
Sep 15, 2008 |
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Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prosthetic vein valve to help improve the lives of those suffering from a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency. The condition, which ...
Study reveals continued damage from banned obesity drug
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Fenfluramine, the appetite suppressant drug banned in the US in 1997 due to fears over its links to heart conditions, has been shown to have serious long-term effects. In a report published today in the open access journal ...
Catheter-delivered Valve May Help People with Heart Defects Avoid Multiple Surgeries
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children born with certain heart defects have impaired blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery leading to the lungs, requiring implanted devices (known as right-ventricular ...
