Health Blog Gene of the Day: KIF6 for Statins, Heart Attacks
Another day, another gene variant linked to deadly disease. Today s Gene of the Day is KIF6, a common form of which appears to increa...

Defending the Hiding of Negative Clinical Trial Data
In the wake of the New England Journal of Medicine study that revealed a sizable discrepancy between the raw data on antidepressants an...

Emergency Medicine: Heart Attack and CPR
A blood clot is the most common cause of a blocked coronary artery. Usually, the artery is already partially narrowed by atheromas. An ...

Gross-out parental hygiene tasks
Filed under: Health and Safety, Moms, Toddler, DiapersI wouldn't say I enjoy changing diapers, but I guess I've gotten pretty used to i...

Laser infared energy for stroke treatment
Laser Light for Stroke TreatmentFiled under: NeurologyPhotoThera, a company out of Carlsbad, California, is currently conducting clinic...

Supercomputer Creates Most Advanced Heart Model
Montreal researchers have just used a supercomputer to create a mathematical model of the heart that is 1000 times more advanced than ...

German-made Heart Pump for Children Needing Heart Transplants
Back in 2005 we covered the Berlin Heart EXCOR, but now Texas physicians will utilize FDA's compassionate use rule to study its effe...

Immune Therapy For Heart Failure Patients
Now I have to be honest, I have not heard a heck of a lot about this but I did find it interesting. Heart failure and your immune syste...

Calcium marvel or menace? The evidence may not be what you suspect
One of the most egregious examples of inaccurate medical reporting and grossly exaggerating a study s findings, and needlessly fright...