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We have a chance to make history. In the pursuit of scientific, rational, effective, safe and inexpensive healthcare, does it not make sense to do all we can to prevent heart attacks? A scientific trial has been underway since 2003 which is designed to test the hypothesis that chelation therapy is effective for exactly this purpose.

In a week when the celebrity world lost 50-year-old infomercial king Billy Mays and pop superstar Michael Jackson, could it be any wonder that Ralph Wildman, 53, was eating a veggie sandwich and a banana during his lunch break on Thursday? "I was beginning to get a little paunchy around the waist," the Palm Beach Gardens salesman explained.

Fulton County, Pa., community leaders broke ground Tuesday for a new Fulton County Medical Center facility they say will create jobs and help the county's distressed economy.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug on Thursday to treat an age-related heart rhythm disorder affecting millions of people, bolstering the prospects for the beleaguered Paris-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis . The F.D.A. approval for Multaq, or dronedarone, gives cardiologists and electrophysiologists their first new ...

Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest. And still, that's really all we know for sure.

An analysis of studies supports a growing belief that guidelines for prescribing cholesterol-lowering statin drugs should be expanded to include healthy people without established heart disease, cardiologists say.

Each year coronary heart disease claims the lives of more than 90,000 people in the UK.

Five Charlotte-area cardiologists announced Tuesday they are leaving practices owned by Carolinas HealthCare System to join Mid Carolina Cardiology, a group affiliated with cross-town rival Presbyterian Healthcare.

Frank Martin, NMTa s President and Chief Executive Officer stated, a oeThis non-equity based credit facility will provide NMT with additional financial flexibility in order to fund its ongoing clinical trials and development programs as well as its future progress in the treatment of structural heart disease.

Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. While what caused that isn't yet known, Dr.

Main Category: Heart Disease Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 29 Jun 2009 - 1:00 PDT Transferring heart attack patients to specialized hospitals to undergo angioplasty within six hours after receiving clot-busting drugs reduces the risk of life-threatening complications, according to a Canadian-led study published today.

The loss of Michael Jackson was like a 9.5 earthquake hitting Los Angeles. Jackson had been rehearsing his performance for his fifty-night concert tour in England at his Holmby Hills home.

An attorney for Michael Jackson's doctor says the cardiologist is owed $300,000 by the promoter of the star's planned concerts in London.

The physician who was in Michael Jackson's Holmby Hills mansion before his death has hired an attorney from a Houston-based law firm to represent him as they meet with LAPD officials at an undisclosed location at 4 p.m. today.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Michael Jackson's family wants an independent autopsy following the pop star's sudden death at age 50.Jesse Jackson said after a Chicago press conference Saturday that there are unanswered questions surrounding the King of Pop's death, including about the role of the personal cardiologist who was with him.The Los Angeles ...

The doctor who was with Michael Jackson at the time of his death has been identified as a cardiologist from Houston, Texas.

Michael Jackson was with a cardiologist when he collapsed at his rented home in Los Angles and a person with knowledge of the situation says he appeared to have had a heart attack.

Pop star Michael Jackson probably did not die on Thursday of a heart attack but perhaps something even more deadly -- sudden cardiac arrest, experts say.

The baby was carried to the aircraft and taken to Salisbury District Hospital. The babya TMs mother had successfully carried cardio-pulmonary resuscitation before the helicoptera TMs arrival.

Gloria Davis almost went into cardiac arrest the day of her daughter's wedding. When cardiologist Sumeet Chugh was a medical resident in Minneapolis in 1992, a beautiful 19-year-old woman was rushed into the emergency room after collapsing while dancing.