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| 4 TALES OF NEUROSURGERY & A PIANO CONCERT BY DR. SPETZLER... Plus 2 books written by Survivors for Survivors! |
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| Robert F. Spetzler M.D. Director, Barrow Neurological Institute J.N. Harber Chairman of Neurological Surgery Professor Section of Neurosurgery University of Arizona |
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A pregnant mother..a baby..faith of a husband.. .plus... Cardiac Standstill: cooling the patient to 15 degrees Centigrade! |
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| Lou Grubb Anurism |
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| The young Heros - kids who are confronted with significant medical problems! |
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| 2 Patients...confronted with enormous decisions before their surgery...wrote these books to help others! |
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| A 1 MINUTE PIANO CONCERT BY DR. SPETZLER |
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Wednesday
Caffeine: How does it affect blood pressure? - MayoClinic.com
Monday
With Drinking decaffeinated coffee can raise the level of L.D.L., the bad cholesterol associated with cardiovascular disease risk
Drug quashes food, nicotine cravings, lowers heart-disease risk, researchers say
Drug quashes food, nicotine cravings, lowers heart-disease risk, researchers say
Drug quashes food, nicotine cravings, lowers heart-disease risk, researchers say
HOPKINS STUDY MAY CHANGE RULES FOR TREATING HEART FAILURE
A Johns Hopkins study has raised doubts about a long-accepted notion of what’s going on in many cases of heart failure, suggesting that nearly half of patients with the disorder may be getting the wrong treatment for their disease.
A team of Hopkins scientists found that people with so-called nonsystolic heart failure - marked by relatively normal pumping action - do not have a problem with refilling of the heart after the heart contracts and squeezes blood out. During exercise, the heartbeat does not increase as expected, which limits the capability of these patients to pump blood to the body.
Their findings suggest that these patients might be better off without beta blockers that slow down the heart and worsen blood vessel function. Instead, they may benefit from therapies such as pacemakers to speed up the heartbeat or drugs that enhance blood vessel dilation.
The results may also help explain why some people with heart failure and relatively normal pumping ability still have severe fatigue performing the simplest of daily tasks.
Although preliminary, the findings “could dramatically change the way we initially treat patients with this kind of heart failure, because a cornerstone of current therapy is the use of beta blockers that slow down the heartbeat and decrease the strength of contraction,” says lead study investigator and cardiologist Barry Borlaug, M.D.MORE
A team of Hopkins scientists found that people with so-called nonsystolic heart failure - marked by relatively normal pumping action - do not have a problem with refilling of the heart after the heart contracts and squeezes blood out. During exercise, the heartbeat does not increase as expected, which limits the capability of these patients to pump blood to the body.
Their findings suggest that these patients might be better off without beta blockers that slow down the heart and worsen blood vessel function. Instead, they may benefit from therapies such as pacemakers to speed up the heartbeat or drugs that enhance blood vessel dilation.
The results may also help explain why some people with heart failure and relatively normal pumping ability still have severe fatigue performing the simplest of daily tasks.
Although preliminary, the findings “could dramatically change the way we initially treat patients with this kind of heart failure, because a cornerstone of current therapy is the use of beta blockers that slow down the heartbeat and decrease the strength of contraction,” says lead study investigator and cardiologist Barry Borlaug, M.D.MORE
Sunday
VIDEO: Heart disease risk factors start young
Saturday
Re-opening Of Blocked Internal Carotid Arteries In Acute Stroke Has High Success Rate Using Stenting And Angioplasty
Tuesday
"Brief Exposure to Second Hand Smoke Can Cause Heart Disease in Non-Smokers"
Monday
"Viagra is rebranded to tackle fatally high blood pressure.
Saturday
Drug quashes food, nicotine cravings, lowers heart-disease risk, researchers say
Thursday
Thrill-a-Minute Roller Coasters May Be Dangerous to the Heart - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
Switching Some Carbs for Protein or Fat Helps Blood Pressure - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
CLICK HERE: "Patients with high blood pressure tend to do better on diets with higher levels of protein and even monounsaturated fats than on a restricted-calorie, high-carbohydrate regimen"
Switching Some Carbs for Protein or Fat Helps Blood Pressure - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
CLICK HERE: "Patients with high blood pressure tend to do better on diets with higher levels of protein and even monounsaturated fats than on a restricted-calorie, high-carbohydrate regimen"
Rimonabant can lower heart disease risk factors
Wednesday
VIDEO: New Clot-Buster For Strokes
Tuesday
Most with heart risk don't use aspirin: study
Daily Aspirin a Smart Move After Menopause
New findings presented Monday at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Dallas found that aspirin seemed to significantly reduce death rates for postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease.MORE
Sunday
Heart Disease, Diabetes Are Preventable
Better lifestyle habits -- think less junk food, more fish and more exercise -- can help prevent 80 percent of coronary heart disease and 90 percent of type 2 diabetes.MORE: Forbes.com
Saturday
EKG to Go...A new handheld heart monitor and subscription service may assuage heart-attack fears -- for people who can afford it
Enter EKGuard, a portable gadget and subscription service now available for the first time in the United States. EKGuard provides clients with a handheld electrocardiogram (EKG) monitor and a 24-hour call center staffed by cardiac specialists. Their goal: to drastically reduce the time between the onset of a heart attack and a patient's arrival at the hospital.MORE
EKG to Go...A new handheld heart monitor and subscription service may assuage heart-attack fears -- for people who can afford it
Enter EKGuard, a portable gadget and subscription service now available for the first time in the United States. EKGuard provides clients with a handheld electrocardiogram (EKG) monitor and a 24-hour call center staffed by cardiac specialists. Their goal: to drastically reduce the time between the onset of a heart attack and a patient's arrival at the hospital.MORE
EKG to Go...A new handheld heart monitor and subscription service may assuage heart-attack fears -- for people who can afford it
Enter EKGuard, a portable gadget and subscription service now available for the first time in the United States. EKGuard provides clients with a handheld electrocardiogram (EKG) monitor and a 24-hour call center staffed by cardiac specialists. Their goal: to drastically reduce the time between the onset of a heart attack and a patient's arrival at the hospital.MORE
Friday
US stem cell trial okayed for serious heart disease
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News : "A stem cell trial for chronic ischemia, a serious form of heart disease, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland have announced that they can now begin a study to evaluate the safety of using adult stem cells from bone marrow for chronic ischemia."
News : "A stem cell trial for chronic ischemia, a serious form of heart disease, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland have announced that they can now begin a study to evaluate the safety of using adult stem cells from bone marrow for chronic ischemia."
Longer tamoxifen therapy cuts heart disease deaths
Reuters.co.uk: "Women with breast cancer who take tamoxifen for 5 rather than 2 years apparently lower their risk of dying from coronary heart disease, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute."
Arteries' 'Repair Crews' Key to Heart Disease
- Forbes.com: "It's the job of specialized bone marrow cells to repair damage to the lining of arteries, and the failure of these cells to keep up with that deterioration may be key to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), researchers report.Researchers at Duke University also identified clusters of genes that are expressed at distinct phases of atherosclerosis progression."
Women Receive Less Aggressive Treatment for Acute Coronary Syndrome - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
Women Receive Less Aggressive Treatment for Acute Coronary Syndrome
- CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "Women hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome are significantly less likely than men to have invasive treatments such as coronary angiography, investigators reported here today."
- CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "Women hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome are significantly less likely than men to have invasive treatments such as coronary angiography, investigators reported here today."
Wednesday
Sleep apnea doubles risk of stroke, death - study
MORE | Reuters.co.uk: "The common form of sleep apnea, in which the throat closes off throughout the night, at least doubles the risk of stroke or death, a study released on Wednesday showed"
Vitamin strategy may curb risk of second stroke
MORE| Reuters.co.ukA high-dose vitamin supplement may help reduce the risk of a second stroke, as well as death and cardiac events, according to a study published in the journal Stroke this month. The supplement consisted of vitamins B9 (folate), B6, and B12, which are known to reduce blood levels of homocysteine -- an amino acid linked to heart disease.
Monday
Sudden Exertional Stress Activates Hemostatic Markers in Heart Disease
High Blood Sugar Levels a Risk Factor for Heart Disease
Johns Hopkins Gazette | MORELowering blood sugar levels could reduce the risk of coronary heart disease in both diabetics and nondiabetics, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions.
Viagra Efficacy for PAH Sparks Debate
MORE - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "Viagra (sildenafil) is safe and effective in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with right heart failure, two research groups reported here.
But the reports sparked debate, with one leading expert suggesting it was just luck in one study that no patients died and others suggesting the studies sent a dangerous message to clinicians that Viagra can substitute for the current gold standard, intravenous Flolan (epoprostenol).
'I was a little taken aback' by the vigor of the attacks, said Shelley Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles."
But the reports sparked debate, with one leading expert suggesting it was just luck in one study that no patients died and others suggesting the studies sent a dangerous message to clinicians that Viagra can substitute for the current gold standard, intravenous Flolan (epoprostenol).
'I was a little taken aback' by the vigor of the attacks, said Shelley Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles."
Metal-free Patch Closes Hole in Heart: The Children's Hospital at The Cleveland Clinic
Friday
Clopidogrel Cuts Deaths after Heart Attack: Scientific American.com:
MORE: "Taking a blood-thinning drug in addition to aspirin daily after a heart attack significantly reduced the risk of death, follow-up heart attacks and strokes, according to a six-year study of nearly 46,000 patients in China. Researchers found that the drug, clopidogrel, increased overall survival by 9 percent.
'If early clopidogrel therapy was given in hospital to just 1 million of the 10 million patients who have a heart attack every year then it would, on present evidence, prevent about 5,000 deaths and 5,000 nonfatal reinfarctions and strokes,'"
Many blacks don't know stroke risk
United Press International - MORE: "Coretta Scott King, Luther Vandross and Robert Guillaume suffered a stroke, but only 43 percent of U.S. black adults know African-Americans are most at risk. Blacks are almost twice as likely to have a stroke as whites"
Drug may slash heart attack deaths
MORE: "A new drug designed to prevent blood clots can significantly reduce the risk of death by heart attack when used alongside aspirin, a study published on Saturday in The Lancet says.
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Thursday
FIRST-IN-MAN CLINICAL TRIAL OF THE HEARTPOD IMPLANTABLE HEART FAILURE THERAPY SYSTEM
Wednesday
Black diabetics safer from heart problems
Tuesday
Cardiac Rehab Offers Longer Life to Heart Attack Survivors
Air Pollution Associated With Increased Stroke Risk
MORE - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "Air pollution appears to increase the risk of ischemic strokes, according to a study involving nine major U.S. cities from coast to coast."