Heart, immune experts to get top U.S. medical awards
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Pioneering heart surgeons Alain Carpentier and Albert Starr and immunologist Ralph Steinman were named on Saturday as recipients of Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, sometimes dubbed "America's Nobels."
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NEW YORK  - The American Heart Association  (AHA) recommends in a statement issued Monday that doctors  strongly encourage their cardiac patients to participate in  rehabilitation programs aimed at preventing a recurrence of  heart problems.
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I&#8217;m not sure if this is a mixed metaphor, but Harvard and the mayor of New York have gone logrolling in the trans-fat cascade. The Harvard School of Public Health announced that it&#8217;s giving its highest honor, the Julius B. Richmond Award, to Mayor Michael Bloomberg for demonstrating &#8220;extraordinary leadership in protecting and promoting the [...].
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MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- The American Heart Association has issued revised guidelines to help doctors and nurses diagnose, treat, and manage care for children with Kawasaki disease.
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TRENTON, N.J. - Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the country, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors...
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Doctors at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates came out on top in the state's most ambitious physician report card, ranking highest among major physician networks in seven of 16 measures, from treating depression to screening women for sexually transmitted disease.
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The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly, potentially life-saving implanted heart devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp., Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical Inc.
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By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 17--At St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, heart attack patients are receiving faster treatment.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the recent article on Dr. John Armitage and the open-heart program at Mary Washington Hospital [&quot;Vital Medicine,&quot; Dec. 12].
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US researchers say they have developed a more accurate way of predicting heart disease risks in women.
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For the first time, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans under 85, health officials said Wednesday. The good news is that deaths from both are falling, but improvement has been more dramatic for heart disease.
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The CardioWest artificial heart developed at University Medical Center is &quot;a triumph of medical technology&quot; that saves the lives of patients dying from heart disease, a leading medical journal is reporting today.
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Scientists in the United States said on Wednesday they had identified a protein produced by the heart during development which they believe could help the organ repair itself after a heart attack.
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The nation's highest honor for science will be awarded to eight individuals next month, while technology awards will go to six people, a company and a foundation.
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A founding father of molecular biology and a surgeon who developed the standard operation for removing cataracts are among the winners of this year's Lasker awards for medical research.
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TORONTO - Doctors in the United States tend to treat heart attacks more aggressively than their Canadian counterparts, which improves chances of survival for patients, researchers say.
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Background and biographies of this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor.