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Date: Jan 16, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Silent embolic cerebral infarctions occur in about one in six patients after undergoing coronary angiography, and the risk is related to the degree of platelet inhibition with aspirin and clopidogrel, a Korean study shows.
Date: Jan 14, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A fresh look at past research concludes that people who eat foods rich in magnesium have fewer strokes -- a finding that supports current diet guidelines.
Date: Jan 14, 2012
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese legends have long extolled the benefits of the Tian Shan Xue Lian, a rare white flower found in snowcapped mountains that is revered as a panacea, an elixir so powerful it can supposedly bring the dead back to life.
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of drug-eluting coronary stents (DES) in older patients has declined, with the largest decrease in patients 85 and older - even though these devices are associated with lower adverse-event rates than bare-metal stents (BMS).
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. watchdog group on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to hold a new vote about blood clot risks from popular birth control pills, after advisers to the agency were shown to have ties to the pill makers.
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Therapeutic hypothermia improves outcomes after cardiac arrest, but postponing it for a few hours might result in better survival, a preliminary study suggests.
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating stroke patients with thrombolytic drugs costs U.S. hospitals substantially more than Medicare pays, a new study finds.
Date: Jan 13, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Research funded by the National Institutes of Health shows that rituximab is an effective treatment for refractory mixed cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in patients with hepatitis C.
Date: Jan 12, 2012
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitalized stroke patients face a high risk of dehydration, researchers from Scotland point out.
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