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June 5, 2009 -
Optimal Medical Therapy As Beneficial As Elective Revascularization Procedures in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Stable Coronary Heart Disease
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Landmark Study Also Finds No Difference Between Insulin-Providing and Insulin-Sensitizing Drugs
Optimal medical therapy for patients with diabetes and stable coronary heart disease is equally effective at lowering the risk of death, heart attack, and stroke as prompt revascularization procedures with either coronary bypass surgery or angioplasty, according to results from an international multicenter clinical trial supported by the National ...
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May 20, 2009 -
NHLBI’s First Grants Supported by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Will Study Lung Diseases
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health announced that it will award 22 grants totaling $3.3 million in funds provided from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to focus additional research on two common, yet complex and difficult-to-treat lung diseases. Recovery Act funds will allow a substantial ...
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May 19, 2009 -
NHLBI Media Availability: Awareness of Heart Disease as the Number One Killer of Women Continues to Increase, but Women Struggle to Manage Risk Factors
New data released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health show that among all women, the level of awareness of heart disease as their number one killer continues to increase, particularly among women in older age groups including those more at risk of getting heart disease.
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May 12, 2009 -
NHLBI Stops Enrollment in Study of Concentrated Saline for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped enrollment into a clinical trial testing the effects of highly concentrated (hypertonic) saline solutions on patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when given as soon as possible after the injury. After reviewing data on more than ...
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May 10, 2009 -
Researchers Uncover Genetic Clues to Blood Pressure
An international research team has identified a number of unsuspected genetic variants associated with systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and hypertension (high blood pressure), suggesting potential avenues of investigation for the prevention or treatment of hypertension. The research was funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, ...
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May 5, 2009 -
World Asthma Day - May 5, 2009
Today, on World Asthma Day, we at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, components of the National Institutes of Health, stand together with the international community to renew our dedication to understand the causes of ...
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