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Secretary of State Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital on Sunday with a blood clot linked to a concussion...

Early scheduling gets more patients to cardiac rehab

Scheduling heart patients' first cardiac rehabilitation session within 10 days of hospital discharge gets more of them to...

Indian rape victim surviving against the odds, Singapore hospital says

An Indian gang-rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests earlier this month has suffered "significant...

Turkish ex-president's son wants autopsy report made public

The full report of an autopsy on late President Turgut Ozal, who led Turkey out of military rule in the 1980s, should be...

One in 12 in military has clogged heart arteries

Just over one in 12 U.S. service members who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had plaque buildup in the arteries around...

'Dystextia': Gibberish texts sound stroke alarm

Imagine you were a devoted husband, waiting to hear from your wife about her due date after a visit to the obstetrician,...

FDA approves cholesterol drug with strongest warning

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug Juxtapid (also known as lomitapide)...

Chest compression-only CPR shows long-term benefit

People who suffer cardiac arrest - in which the heart stops beating - were less likely to die in subsequent years when bystanders...

Two cups of milk daily enough for most kids: study

Two cups of cow's milk per day may be enough for most kids to have the recommended amount of vitamin D in their blood while...

Iraqi president in hospital after suffering stroke

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday...

Daylight savings tied to bump in heart attack rates

Setting the clock ahead for daylight savings time may set the scene for a small increase in heart attacks the next day, according...

CORRECTED: Mental health scars common after cardiac arrest

A quarter of cardiac arrest survivors suffer long-term psychological problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder...

Mental health scars common after cardiac arrest

A quarter of cardiac arrest survivors suffer long-term psychological problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder...

Fewer cancer patients pick CPR after video demo

Dying cancer patients are less likely to want aggressive end-of-life care if they watch a short video about CPR than if they...

Lilly likens Alzheimer's race to 1920s insulin quest

Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is confident it will do for Alzheimer's patients what it did almost a century ago for diabetics...

Omega-6 fats not linked to heart failure risk

Despite evidence suggesting omega-6 fatty acids might protect the cardiovascular system, a large new study of men finds the...

Hormone disorder and the Pill tied to blood clots

Women who have a hormone disorder called polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and who take the birth control pill have twice...

Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes

Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, in a new study from Ohio and Kentucky....

Deaths more common on popular heart drug: study

People with a common type of abnormal heart rhythm were more likely to die within several years if they had been prescribed...

Journals to heart researchers: Get your words right

When it comes to describing medical findings, researchers may need to tone it down a bit, according to a group of heart journal...

Ranbaxy recalls generic Lipitor in U.S., shares fall

Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has voluntarily recalled its cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin in the United...

Sex won't bring on labor: study

Despite a widespread belief that sex during the later stages of pregnancy can jumpstart labor, a new study from Malaysia...

Prognosis "very poor" for boxing champ Camacho: doctor

Doctors treating Hector "Macho" Camacho for a gunshot wound to the face and neck said the three-time world boxing champion...

Pfizer, Bristol get EU nod for blood clot preventer

European health regulators on Tuesday approved an eagerly anticipated blood thinner developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co...

[RGLT] - Pfizer, Bristol get EU nod for blood clot preventer

European health regulators on Tuesday approved an eagerly anticipated blood thinner developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co...

Heart attacks more common among the unemployed

People who have recently lost their jobs are more likely to suffer a heart attack than their employed peers, a new study...

No increase in heart disease after food poisoning

Despite earlier evidence tying an outbreak of E. coli infections in Canada to later heart disease, an expanded follow up...

Repeat testing common among Medicare patients

In a new study, up to half - or more - of older adults on Medicare who had a heart, lung, stomach or bladder test had the...

Do people turn to Twitter for CPR info?

Amid snarky comments and links to cat videos, some Twitter users turn to the social network to find and post information...

Study suggests timing may be key in fish-asthma link

Among thousands of Dutch children included in a new study, those who first ate fish between the ages of six months and one...

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