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WHAT: A three-part Science of Sleep Series will launch Tuesday afternoons in August through Facebook Live . Researchers will discuss how children and adults can put the latest sleep science into practice to support optimal health outcomes throughout the lifespan. Other topics to be discussed include emerging research and public health opportunities...
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The heart procedure improved patients’ quality of life and symptoms Catheter ablation, a common cardiovascular procedure, appears no more effective than drug therapies in preventing strokes, deaths, and other complications in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, patients who get the procedure experience much greater symptom relief and long...
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Medicine is full of hard choices. For years, doctors have faced a difficult decision concerning surgery for patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat. These patients receive continuous treatment with a widely used blood thinner to prevent heart attack or stroke. But doctors often stop this treatment if surgery...
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Research Feature
Results from the COAG study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on November 19, 2013, to coincide with a presentation of the study findings at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Dallas. The NIH-funded clinical trial found that combining genetic data with clinical information to determine the initial dosage...
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Nine studies focus on heart, lung, and blood diseases The National Institutes of Health has funded nine new studies that will develop induced pluripotent stem cells , or iPS cells, from patients with genetic variations that have been associated with coronary artery disease, pulmonary hypertension, clotting disorders, diabetes, and other conditions...
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The human heart is an amazing biological machine controlled by an internal electrical system that produces about 100,000 beats a day. When abnormal electrical activity causes the heart to beat too quickly, too slowly, or erratically, the condition is called an arrhythmia . Although most arrhythmias are harmless, some can interfere with the heart's...