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Study Highlights: Hospitalized heart failure patients showed some benefit from taking an investigational drug called serelaxin that helps relax the blood vessels. Patients given serelaxin...

Study Highlights: Cooling resuscitated cardiac arrest patients to lower body temperatures may be associated with a better chance of survival and greater functional ability after...

Study Highlights: Taking a multivitamin daily didn't prevent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death among men 50 and older. The multivitamin didn't cause harm. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5,...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more information Nov....

Study Highlights: Drug-releasing balloons are effective in treating restenosis in bare metal stents. The drug-eluting balloon may also help people at high risk for bleeding complications...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. ALL TIPS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL TIME OF PRESENTATION OR 4 P.M. ET EACH DAY, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. For more information Nov....

Study Highlights: Older adults with low income are at increased risk for heart failure. Income status better predicts who develops heart failure than education level. Despite Medicare...

Study Highlights: In an animal study, stem cells from the placenta migrated to injured tissue in the mother's heart during pregnancy. The cells then became a range of cardiac cell...

Study Highlights: Adults with congenital heart disease who have implanted defibrillators often have shock-related anxiety about the device delivering a shock during sex. The anxiety can...

Study Highlights: In its first preliminary tests in humans, an injectable medication lowered bad cholesterol in healthy volunteers. The substance disables a protein that interferes with the...