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Bypass Surgery Significantly Better Than Stents for Treating Multiple Blockages in Diabetics
04 nov. 2012 07h58 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Patients with diabetes who have multiple clogged heart arteries fared significantly better when treated with bypass surgery than drug-covered stents. These patients were...
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Saturday News Tip - November 3, 2012
03 nov. 2012 14h30 HE | American Heart Association
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tip Highlight: Pulse loss after out-of-hospital cardiac resuscitation is linked to in-hospital death NOTE ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC. ALL TIPS ARE...
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People in "Crowdsourcing" Challenge Find Defibrillators in Philadelphia
03 nov. 2012 14h30 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Participants in a "crowdsourcing" challenge in Philadelphia used a smart phone application to locate, photograph and map more than 1,400 automated external defibrillators in...
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New Studies Reinforce American Heart Association's Stand on Limiting Sodium
02 nov. 2012 16h00 HE | American Heart Association
Advisory Highlights: New studies reinforce the American Heart Association's recommendation to limit daily sodium (salt) intake to less than 1,500 milligrams. Suggestions by some groups that...
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Regular Physical Activity Reduces Risk of Dementia in Older People
01 nov. 2012 16h00 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Physical activity significantly reduces the risk of dementia in older people. The effect of physical activity remained regardless of age, education or history of stroke or...
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Smoke-Free Laws Led Quickly to Fewer Hospitalizations
29 oct. 2012 16h00 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: Comprehensive smoke-free laws were associated with a rapid 15 percent decrease in hospitalizations for heart attacks, 16 percent for stroke and24 percent for asthma and other...
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Stroke Survivors Who Smoke Raise Risk of More Strokes, Heart Attack, Death
25 oct. 2012 16h00 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights Stroke survivors who smoke face greater risk of additional strokes, heart attack or death than those who never smoked. Those who quit smoking before their stroke had less...
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'Hercules' Star, Stroke Survivor Kevin Sorbo Urges Stroke Awareness
25 oct. 2012 04h00 HE | American Heart Association
DALLAS, Oct. 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kevin Sorbo, star of the television series "Hercules," was only 38 when he suffered three strokes. That was how he learned anyone can have a stroke. On...
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Nearly Half of U.S. Adults With High Blood Pressure Have it Under Control
22 oct. 2012 16h00 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights : Nearly half of U.S. adults with high blood pressure reported theirs was under control by 2010. The increase in blood pressure control may be due to more use of multiple...
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Hospital Uses 'Lean' Manufacturing Techniques to Speed Stroke Care
18 oct. 2012 16h00 HE | American Heart Association
Study Highlights: A hospital stroke team used auto industry "lean" manufacturing principles to accelerate stroke treatment times. The average time between patients arriving and receiving...