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Chest Pain Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Chest Pain.

Results 1 - 20 of 69 in Chest Pain

  1. YOU Docs: Gender-based research could help doctors tailor treatmentRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | TwinCities.com

    ... it raises heart attack risk but can't be spotted on regular heart scans, called angiograms. Women with persistent chest pain plus other heart-disease risk factors may have it. 2. Pain: Women seem to handle pain better than men (childbirth, anyone?). ...

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  2. Scented students a valid workers' compensation claimRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 10 | National Post

    A high-school custodian has won a surprising battle for workers' compensation after suffering a severe allergic attack she blames on perfume worn by students at a school dance.

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  3. A near missRead the original story

    Aug 12, 2009 | DB's Medical Rants

    ... post call rounds. The team presented a patient admitted from the oncology service. He was in his 50s and had new chest pain. He described the chest pain as substernal pressure with radiation down both arms. He received relief from stretching against ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Nitroglycerin (generic), Nitrostat, Medication

  4. More details regarding the hospital's Rapid Treatment Center

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Pocono Record

    ... in the area. But the influx of cases was inhibiting its ability to serve acute care cases like those with chest pain or difficulty breathing. Their answer - the Rapid Treatment Center (RTC). It provides outpatient treatment and observation of ...

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  5. Do companies have too much CRM and not enough common sense?Read the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | ZDNet

    ... at key symptoms and responses. The ER saw a 70-percent rise in successful diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes for chest pain treatments. The lessons from the Pentagon and Cook County Hospital experiences? As Gladwell wrote: "We take it, as a given, ...

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  6. Keesler doctor answers call for help while travelingRead the original story

    Nov 20, 2009 | Sunherald.com

    ... an overhead announcement requesting medical personnel to report to where a 59-year-old woman was complaining of chest pain," she said. "She was from Pensacola, flying with her husband on their way to Italy for a vacation. "The flight crew put us in ...

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  7. Receiving the Diagnosis of Acid Reflux

    Nov 20, 2009 | Natural Holistic Health Blog

    ... ruling out other disorders that share similar symptoms with acid reflux including dyspepsia, even angina and chest pain, asthma , gastrointestinal disease, and intestinal cancers. The doctor may order a barium-swallow radiograph because it can ...

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  8. CT Scans May Aid Chest Pain Treatment

    Nov 20, 2009 | InteliHealth

    A computed tomography scan can help diagnose the cause of chest pain faster than standard tests, a new study suggests.

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  9. Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For Lipitor(R) (Atorvastatin) To...Read the original story

    Nov 18, 2009 | Medical News Today

    ... cholesterol) as well. LIPITOR can lower the risk for heart attack , stroke , certain types of heart surgery, and chest pain in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease such as age, smoking, high blood pressure , low HDL, or ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Cholesterol, Health, Pain

  10. Pfizer Submits New Pediatric Data For LipitorRead the original story

    Nov 18, 2009 | BusinessWire

    ... cholesterol) as well. LIPITOR can lower the risk for heart attack, stroke, certain types of heart surgery, and chest pain in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease such as age, smoking, high blood pressure, low HDL, or ...

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  11. Prevent a heart attackRead the original story

    Nov 18, 2009 | Jamaica Gleaner

    ... at optimal levels. Signs of a heart attack People suffering from coronary-artery disease often complain of chest pain. This pain lasts for several minutes and is experienced as an uncomfortable pressure or squeezing in the centre of the chest. The ...

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  12. Nitroglycerin

    Nov 16, 2009 | BellaOnline

    ... has been in medical use since 1879 when it was noted that explosives workers had headaches during the week and chest pain on the weekends. It is an effective vasodilator, relaxing vascular smooth muscle. This leads to dilation of the arteries and ...

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  13. Quick response can reduce heart attack-related deathsRead the original story

    Nov 12, 2009 | The Progress Newspaper, Three Rivers, Texas

    ... the same symptoms, he warned. Some people have none at all. The earliest predictor of an attack may be recurrent chest pain that is triggered by exertion and relieved by rest. Certain factors may increase the risk of a heart attack, including but ...

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  14. Mesothelioma Cancer - Causes, Symptoms and Treatments

    Nov 12, 2009 | Associated Content

    ... can metastasize to every body part. Mesothelioma Cancer when influences the pleura, causes the symptoms of chest pain, dyspnea, anemia, pleural effusion, hoarseness, wheezing, and cough accompanied with or without blood. With severe Mesothelioma, a ...

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  15. Wyoming state treasurer has cancer surgeryRead the original story

    Nov 9, 2009 | KIFI Idaho Falls

    ... ople around the state. The cancer was discovered recently when the 68-year-old Meyer sought medical treatment for chest pain. The Republican was elected state treasurer in 2006. He also has served as Wyoming attorney general and secretary of state.

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  16. Students are sick of the new policyRead the original story

    Nov 8, 2009 | Western Courier

    ... students who aren't able to make it home. Serious illness is to be reported immediately, such as symptoms of chest pain and difficulty breathing, purple or blue discoloration of the lips, vomiting and the inability to keep liquids down, dehydration, ...

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  17. A Healthy Heart for Hunting

    Nov 6, 2009 | KMOT-TV Minot

    ... test," says Dr. Karthik Reddy. "They`re exerting themselves more than normal. They they get these symptoms of chest pain or shortness or breath. If they do, they need to stop, get rest if their symptoms resolve, get medical help. Go to their doctors ...

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  18. Watson gets boost in Q3 from new product introductionsRead the original story

    Nov 5, 2009 | Drug Store News

    ... increase over $352.2 million last year, thanks to the introduction of such new products as the hypertension and chest pain treatment metoprolol extended-release tablets. At the same time, lower sales of omeprazole a ' a generic version of ...

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  19. Health Matters : Heart Attack - The Causes and Symptoms.Read the original story

    Nov 2, 2009 | PR-inside.com

    ... especially high LDL ("bad") cholesterol and low HDL ("good") cholesterol * Chronic kidney disease Symptoms Chest pain is a major symptom of heart attack. You may feel the pain in only one part of your body, or it may move from your chest to your ...

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  20. The Heart of the MatterRead the original story

    Oct 31, 2009 | Georgia Women Vote!

    ... truth be told, for several weeks, I had occasionally been experiencing this ache right in the middle of my chest. Chest pain. There, I said it. I had mentioned it to my husband a couple of times over the last month, and then, that morning, as I was ...

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