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Doctors perform investigational procedure on six patients using ADRCs to treat …
News-Medical.net … announced that they have performed an investigational procedure on six patients in a new FDA-approved clinical trial to evaluate therapy that uses regenerative cells derived from a patient’s own adipose (body fat) tissue to treat a severe form of … |
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Editorial: A missing link? Monocyte activation by uremic toxins in cardiorenal …
Journal of Leukocyte Biology (subscription) Editorial: A missing link? Monocyte activation by uremic toxins in cardiorenal syndrome. Ehrin J. Armstrong*,; Jennifer L. Granick† and; Scott I. Simon*,1. *Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis … |
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Chronic Kidney Disease: Symptoms and Treatment
LiveScience.com Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the gradual and permanent loss of kidney function over time, usually over months to years. The most common causes of chronic kidney failure are diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure, which directly damage the kidneys … Chronic kidney disease – a silent killerTimes of Swaziland |
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Heart failure claims city musician
Windsor Star (blog) Ironically, Lewis himself recently lamented the sudden death by heart failure of his friend and musical colleague, Johnny “V” Mills. “My dad and Johnny were planning to do shows together over the summer,” said son Ryan Lewis, 31. “Dad was really broken … |
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Death Rates Decline for Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Renal Business Today LOS ANGELES—UCLA researchers examining outcomes for advanced heart-failure patients over the past two decades have found that, coinciding with the increased availability and use of new therapies, overall mortality has decreased and sudden cardiac … |
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CoQ10 Cuts Heart Failure Deaths
Natural Products INSIDER LISBON, Portugal—Daily coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation may improve survival of chronic heart failure (HF), according to research presented on May 25, 2013, at the annual Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology meeting. HF Hospital Deaths Higher in WinterMedPage Today |
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Pensioner suffered severe blood loss and heart failure
Northampton Chronicle & Echo A pensioner who suffered significant blood loss in an accident at home later died of heart failure in hospital, an inquest has heard. Cynthia North, aged 89, cut a varicose vein on her leg while carrying out chores at her home in Holdenby Road … |
Ventricular reshaping surgery rises again in heart failure: CONFIGURE-HF …TheHeart.OrgLisbon, Portugal – An off-pump surgical procedure designed to restore the failing heart to normal morphology improves left ventricular end-systolic volumes (LVESV) …
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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Reports Results From GCS-100 Phase 1 …
MarketWatch (press release) Chronic kidney disease (“CKD”) currently affects 14% of Americans or approximately 49 million people. The United States Renal Data System, 2012 Annual Data Report, states that in 2010, costs for CKD reached $41 billion for Medicare alone. … GCS-100 … |
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Heart failure accelerates male ‘menopause’
UPI.com The study found andropausal syndrome affected almost one-third of men with heart failure, regardless of their age group. In men ages 40-59, heart failure led to a four-fold increase in the prevalence of andropausal syndrome and an increase in the … Heart Failure Accelerates Aging, Brings On Early AndropauseScience World Report Heart failure speeds up male menopauseiTech Post |