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Study questions fish oil benefit before heart attack

Study questions fish oil benefit before heart attack

May 8, 2013 5:03 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fish oil supplements did not prevent heart problems in people who hadn't had a heart attack yet, in a large long-term study from Italy.The study ... Read more

Heart risk rises with breast cancer radiation

Heart risk rises with breast cancer radiation

March 13, 2013 5:18 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The radiation that might cure a breast cancer may also raise a woman's risk of having a heart attack or heart disease later in life, ... Read more


Seeing failed CPR of loved one may help coping

Seeing failed CPR of loved one may help coping

March 13, 2013 5:15 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When family members were allowed to watch emergency personnel try but fail to resuscitate a loved one, the relatives were less likely to have post ... Read more

Canadian study: Requiring doctors to report at-risk drivers reduces accidents

Canadian study: Requiring doctors to report at-risk drivers reduces accidents

September 26, 2012 5:04 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A system where doctors routinely reported drivers who might be impaired by chronic illness cut the risk of car crashes by 45 percent in a ... Read more

Berlin Heart’s ventricular assist device helped children more than heart-lung machine

Berlin Heart’s ventricular assist device helped children more than heart-lung machine

August 8, 2012 5:03 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hooking seriously-ill children to a pump that assists the heart helps them live longer than those hooked to a heart-lung machine while they await a ... Read more