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07
Feb
2020
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14:26 PM
America/Los_Angeles
nts in women.Even today, experts say, awareness of the dangers and the quality of the treatment females receive continue to suffer from the legacy of heart disease long being regarded as mainly a problem for men.The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai spotlighted those issues Friday, Feb. 7, at it ...
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03
Feb
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
For the 10th consecutive year, the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai ranked first in the country for completing more adult heart transplants than any other U.S. medical center.“This is a remarkable testament to the selfless generosity of hundreds of patients and their families, transformin ...
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02
Feb
2020
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10:41 AM
America/Los_Angeles
KFI-AM 640, a Los Angeles news radio station, recently interviewed Richard Bergman, PhD, director of the Sports Spectacular Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center at Cedars-Sinai, about a new study identifying that a liver condition may be the root cause of diabetes.The study, published i ...
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Jan
2020
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14:01 PM
America/Los_Angeles
transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), had similar key 5-year clinical outcomes of death and stroke as patients who had traditional open-heart surgery to replace the valve.The study, the PARTNER 2A study, compares long-term outcomes of the two different approaches to treating aorti ...
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27
Jan
2020
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08:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
50 years old. The new study, published in the journal Nature Medicine, focuses on these young-onset patients."Young-onset Parkinson’s is especially heartbreaking because it strikes people at the prime of life,” said Michele Tagliati, MD, director of the Movement Disorders Program, vice chair and ...
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21
Jan
2020
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06:29 AM
America/Los_Angeles
season."Flu patients who are very young or very old can develop complications, as can pregnant women or those with chronic medical conditions such as heart disease or cancer."For more vulnerable populations, it’s really important to talk to your doctor early so that if treatment is needed it can b ...
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20
Jan
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
n the national pastime can be as jolting to fans as a home plate collision between a barreling base runner and a burly catcher. They encourage broken-hearted Dodger loyalists to keep things in perspective – baseball, after all, is just a game – while acknowledging that the revelations ha ...
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15
Jan
2020
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08:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
d serially over a 43-year period, from 32,833 study participants ranging in age from 5 to 98 years old.Because a person’s risk for developing a heart attack, heart failure, or a stroke typically begins with having high blood pressure, Cedars-Sinai researchers combed through their massive data ...
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12
Jan
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
lains, tainted drugs have made headlines in recent months. More than a thousand lots of generic ARBs (angiotensin II receptor blockers, used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure) from roughly two dozen drug manufacturers were recalled between July 2018 and mid-October 2019 after unsafe lev ...
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10
Jan
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
d the different causes of chest pain, Wei said. “Life-threatening causes of chest pain usually have to do with chest pain that is due to a heart condition or a lung condition,” said Wei.Lung and heart-related causes of chest pain include serious, life-threatening conditions suc ...
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