17-06-2013

The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that the effects of the painkiller diclofenac on the heart and circulation when given systemically (by means such as capsules, tablets or injections) are similar to those of selective COX-2 ...

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03-06-2013

Patients with advanced kidney disease who are undergoing hemodialysis are known to be highly susceptible to heart attacks and other cardiovascular complications, and now scientists likely know why. New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology show that uremic toxins, ...

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Evidence lacking that digoxin increases mortality

19-04-2013

A study published in the European Heart Journal found no evidence that digoxin increases mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the opposite of results just published by another group in the same journal analyzing the same data. Older patients with AF also often have heart ...

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25-02-2013

Cell therapy is a promising alternative to tissue and organ transplantation for diseases that are caused by death or poor functioning of cells. Considering the ethical discussions surrounding human embryonic stem cells, a lot is expected of the so-called 'induced pluripotent stem cells' (iPS ...

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20-02-2013

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is an effective tool for determining the risk of heart attacks and other adverse cardiac events in patients with suspected coronary artery disease but no treatable risk factors, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, according to a new ...

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12-02-2013

Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology and the Lillehei Heart Institute have utilized molecular genetic engineering to optimize heart performance in models of diastolic heart failure by creating an optimized protein that can aid in ...

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Doctors should no longer prescribe these medicines and should review patients’ treatment options

23-01-2013

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has confirmed the recommendation to suspend the marketing authorisations of Tredaptive, Pelzont and Trevaclyn (nicotinic acid / laropiprant) used to treat adults with dyslipidaemia.The CHMP decision follows ...

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11-01-2013

Alize Pharmaannounces the launch of the PREMAG collaborative research program. This program will be conducted within a consortium of partners focusing on the development of AZP-531, Alize Pharma’s unacylated ghrelin analog and biomarkers; for therapeutic applications in muscular protection ...

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01-08-2012

In a two-day-old mouse, a heart attack causes active stem cells to grow new heart cells; a few months later, the heart is mostly repaired. But in an adult mouse, recovery from such an attack leads to classic after-effects: scar tissue, permanent loss of function and life-threatening ...

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20-06-2012

Two research groups at the University of Oxford will use Population Genetics Technologies to enable studies on gene variants associated with myocardial infarction, diabetes and metabolic disease. The company has signed a collaboration agreement with the University of Oxford to provide ...

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