Gene Emery

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Ten-Year Results Find that Bypass Lowers the Odds of Cardiovascular Death

Author:: Gene Emery

Publish date: April 14, 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year results from a comparison of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with medical therapy alone has found that byp...

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Study Shows Non-diabetics can Benefit from Taking the Diabetes Drug Pioglitaztione

Author:: Gene Emery

Publish date: March 1, 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The diabetes drug pioglitazone, given to non-diabetics with a recent history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA),...

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Younger Type 2 Diabetics Face Greater Mortality Risks

Author:: Gene Emery

Publish date: November 11, 2015

NEW YORK - People with type 2 diabetes are 15 percent more likely to die from any cause and 14 percent more likely to die from a cardiovascular cause ...

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New Studies Find RIPC Ineffective

Author:: Gene Emery

Publish date: November 4, 2015

NEW YORK - The theory that heart surgery can be made safer by periodically cutting off blood flow to an arm has been called into serious question. ...

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Troponin Test Can Predict Mortality Risk in Cardiovascular Patients

Author:: Gene Emery

Publish date: September 11, 2015

NEW YORK — An experimental, highly sensitive troponin test cannot predict when type 2 diabetics with stable ischemic heart disease will benefit from p...