EXCELLENT: Everolimus-eluting stent noninferior to sirolimus-eluting stent in …Cardiology TodayThe prospective, randomized, open-label, multicenter trial was designed to compare angiographic outcomes of everolimus-eluting stents vs. sirolimus-eluting…
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Crosses Pivot Point Support at $31.45Financial News Network OnlineThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ transplant reje…
Global Cardiac Biomarkers Market to Reach US$3.39 Billion by 2017, According …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)A major factor driving growth in the global cardiovascular biomarker market is the ability of these biomarkers to make accurate predi…
AASLD: Many Liver Recipients Fare Well 20 Years OutMedPage TodaySAN FRANCISCO — Quality of life and mental health for 20-year survivors of liver transplantation was comparable to that of the general population, and pediatric recipients had similar phy…
Micell Technologies Announces Positive Preliminary Data from DESSOLVE I Study …Sacramento BeeThe MiStent Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System is designed to optimize healing in patients with coronary artery disease. Micell's rapid-absorbing dr…
Heart failure: An update on current careJournal of the American Academy of Physician AssistantsThree specific beta-blockers have been shown to be effective in reducing mortality from heart failure: bisoprolol, carvedilol, metoprolol succinate. ■ ACE …
BBC NewsVIDEO: MP backs woman's NHS drug fightBBC NewsPenny Wheeler, who has an incurable auto-immune disease called scleroderma and pulmonary fibrosis, should get rituximab on the health service, Conservative MP for Mid Derbyshire, Pauline Latham,…
Platinum todayPromus platinum-chromium stent demonstrates 'excellent outcomes'Platinum todayBoston Scientific Corporation said its Promus Element Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Stent System has delivered "excellent" results in p…
University of Michigan kidney specialists lead national effort to monitor …HealthCanal.comUniversity of Michigan nephrologist Dr. Rajiv Saran leads effort to monitor chronic kidney disease in the United States. The University of Michigan Health Syste…
Systemic Hydrocortisone To Prevent Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in preterm …BMC PediatricsHydrocortisone has been suggested as an alternative therapy. So far no randomized controlled trial has investigated its efficacy when administered after the first…