Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, a Louisiana Democrat on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the
About 10 percent of patients with eating disorders show an onset of their symptoms before age 10
Regulators cleared the device under a program reserved for devices that treat rare diseases affecting fewer than 4,000 patients per year
A common lung condition, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) diminishes the heart's ability to pump effectively even when the disease has no or mild
The new label says the drug should not be taken by patients with heart failure, hypertension, irregular heart beats and other problems
Added salt in your diet or, if necessary, salt supplements, can allow your blood stream to keep more water on board
Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.
Thoratec's Heait helps the heart's lower left chamber pump blood throughout the body
The seven essentials to heart health are just a click away in this hearty report on the seven secrets to good heart health.
As many as 369 patients may have received stents they did not need
The FDA is not required to follow the group's advice, though it usually does
Stents are mesh wire tubes that are inserted into arteries to hold them open after they are surgically cleared of fatty plaque
Two new studies find shortfalls in the Food and Drug Administration's approval process for heart devices such as pacemakers and stents.
Heart devices fall into a category of high-risk devices that require the toughest review before they can be marketed
If the heart rate should be too fast or the heart beats in an irregular fashion, the heart's ability to pump blood can be compromised
The new study is one of the first big efforts to look at how survival is affected by the "dose" of rehab that heart patients get
