People with mesothelioma — a form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure — have a higher survival rate when treated with a combination of two cancer drugs, a large multicenter study finds.
The first over-the-counter weight loss pill won approval from US FDA health officials. Dieters got a new tool to help them take off the extra pounds.
People who receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) as a preventative measure don?t need the same driving restrictions as people who get an ICD after surviving a life-threatening heart rhythm disturbance.
FDA is issuing this advisory to alert you to the potential hazards of using skin numbing products, also known as topical anesthetics, for cosmetic procedures.
An international consortium has been launched to tackle coronary artery disease using the latest scientific tools. Funded by the European Commission, the initiative will build on recent advances in genomic science and the understanding of our genes to develop effective strategies for preventing and treating the disease.
Doctors have implanted adult stem cells extracted from a man’s fat tissue through liposuction into his heart, in an experimental treatment for angina and heart disease.
More than 7,000 deaths and 27,000 cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, can be avoided over the next five years by modernising the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) said.
Aprotinin, a drug used for limiting blood loss in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, is associated with an increased risk of death during five years following the surgery, according to a new study in the Feb. 7 issue of JAMA.
Doctors have long known that patients treated for Hodgkin disease are at an increased risk for heart attacks.
A gene called m?nage-?-trois 1, or MAT1, plays a crucial role in the function of a master switch for production of energy in the heart cell — a finding that has important implications for understanding and maybe even treating heart failure.