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Delegates from all over the world will attend the 60th Annual British Microcirculation Society Meeting (ABMSM), which is to be held at the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter on 19th and 20th April this year. The British Microcirculation Society has a membership of over 250 scientists, academics and clinicians with an interest in the circulation of blood and other tissue fluids in smaller vessels ...
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) Early life stress is likely to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adulthood, researchers suggest.
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) Maternal obesity dramatically increases the risk of inflammation-related diseases like heart disease, stroke and others in the offspring, a study says.
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that results from its Phase 2 EXPLORE-Xa clinical trial of betrixaban, an investigational oral direct Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant, will be presented during a late-breaking results session at the American College of Cardiology's 59th Annual Scientific Session in Atlanta in March.
Non-hospitalised patients with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are 16 times more likely to suffer a blood clot (venous thromboembolism) than the non-hospitalised general population. These results suggest that active IBD in ambulatory patients might be a far greater risk factor for venous thromboembolism than previously recognised, and these patients could be a target for prophylaxis ...
Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Gout is known to boost the risk of a heart attack in men. But to date, little has been known about the impact of gout on women's cardiovascular health. Gout is common and caused by inflammation in the joints as a result of excess ...
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin calcium) to reduce the risk of stroke, myocardial infarction (heart attack) and arterial revascularization procedures in individuals without clinically evident coronary heart disease but with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) based on age (men 50 and over, women 60 ...
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Statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels, have been successfully fighting heart disease for years. A new study from Tel Aviv University has now found that the same drugs cut the risks of cataracts in men by almost 40%.
QR Pharma, Inc. (QR), a developer of novel drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD), announced today that it began a clinical trial of its lead compound, Posiphen, in early stage AD patients.
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