17May/14

Regulator Rejects Novartis Heart Failure Drug – Fox Business

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Regulator Rejects Novartis Heart Failure Drug
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U.S. health regulators turned down an application to approve Novartis’ (NAR) experimental heart failure drug due to insufficient evidence that it improves symptoms, the Swiss drugmaker said on Friday. Novartis said in a statement the Food and Drug …
US regulator rejects Novartis heart failure drugReuters
FDA Rejects Novel Novartis Drug For Acute Heart FailureForbes
FDA Says No to Serelaxin for Heart FailureMedPage Today

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17May/14

Mount Sinai Beth Israel earns prestigious designation for improving quality of … – News-Medical.net

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Mount Sinai Beth Israel earns prestigious designation for improving quality of …
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Mount Sinai Beth Israel is the proud recipient of the 2014 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award. It is one of only three hospitals in New York City to have earned the prestigious designation.
Doylestown Hospital recognized for cardiac careThe Intelligencer

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16May/14

Early Menopause Increases Heart Failure Risk In Smokers – University Herald

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Early Menopause Increases Heart Failure Risk In Smokers
University Herald
Smoking, current or past, raises the rate even more. Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden found a link between early menopause and heart failure, the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. Like …
Early menopause may up heart failure riskBusiness Standard

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16May/14

Viagra For Heart Failure: Little Blue Pill Works Differently In Men And Women – Medical Daily

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Viagra For Heart Failure: Little Blue Pill Works Differently In Men And Women
Medical Daily
According to Takimoto and his colleagues, heart failure is the most common reason for hospitalization among patient enrolled in Medicare as well as the leading cause of death among Americans. The heart’s ability to pump blood has been improved by …
Gender differences stand out in measuring impact of Viagra as therapy for …Medical Xpress

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