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    Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. UK scientists win funding for new kind of anticoagulant drug

    Reuters
    LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - British scientists have won early financial backing for a new kind of anticoagulant drug they believe may prevent dangerous blood clots without causing bleeding - a previously unachievable goal. Index Ventures, working with...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Investments, Pradaxa (drug), Johnson & Johnson Inc., University of Cambridge

    2. May 15, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  2. Pharmaceutical Firm's Growth Bucks State Trend

    At Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, the second-largest drug company in Connecticut, the local workforce increased by more than 40 percent over the last 10 years, at the same time its employee numbers worldwide grew by 35 percent.
    The Hartford Courant
    At Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, the second-largest drug company in Connecticut, the local workforce increased by more than 40 percent over the last 10 years, at the same time its employee numbers worldwide grew by 35 percent. A company that...

    Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Research and Development, Pradaxa (drug), Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance

    3. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. FDA approves a drug to reverse anticoagulation

    Ever since the drug warfarin was discovered to be a highly effective anti-clotting agent as well as a good rat poison in the early 1950s, it has been the frontline weapon in preventing stroke among those with atrial fibrillation. But its growing use has always raised the specter of dangerously hard-to-stanch bleeding if someone taking it is wounded or bleeds internally from a fall or a car accident.
    Ever since the drug warfarin was discovered to be a highly effective anti-clotting agent as well as a good rat poison in the early 1950s, it has been the frontline weapon in preventing stroke among those with atrial fibrillation. But its growing use has...

    Tags: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Dietary Supplements, Pradaxa (drug), Physical Conditions, Chemical Industry

    4. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors

    (Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs.
    Reuters
    (Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand. The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Safety at School, Cleveland Clinic, Vitamin B3, Yale-New Haven Hospital

    5. Nov 12, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  5. Cost becomes bigger question in treating heart disease

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The cost of treating heart disease has become a key factor in decisions by U.S. cardiologists grappling with the nation's No. 1 killer.
    Reuters
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The cost of treating heart disease has become a key factor in decisions by U.S. cardiologists grappling with the nation's No. 1 killer. Record prices for drugs and devices, reduced reimbursement by insurance plans and the...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Health Care Reform (2009), Germany, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics

    6. Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Reuters

  6. Green tea drinkers show lower cancer risks

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who regularly drink green tea may have slightly lower risks of colon, stomach and throat cancers than women who make no time for tea, a large study suggests.
    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who regularly drink green tea may have slightly lower risks of colon, stomach and throat cancers than women who make no time for tea, a large study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 69,000 Chinese women...

    Tags: Digestive System, Vanderbilt University , Nutrition, Herbal Supplements, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    7. Aug 27, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  7. OUR HEALTH: They call them "strokes". I'm not sure why.

    <em>Darrell Laurant, the Lynchburg News &amp; Advance columnist, writer, and author, suffered a stroke on June 8. This is his story, written especially for Our Health.</em>
    Darrell Laurant, the Lynchburg News & Advance columnist, writer, and author, suffered a stroke on June 8. This is his story, written especially for Our Health. In its most common usage, the word "stroke" conjures images that are smooth and gentle --...

    Tags: Diabetes, Brain, Physical Conditions, Blindness, Stroke

    8. May 4, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  8. LVH plays a role in aspirin-warfarin study

    Health
    Patients recruited through Lehigh Valley Hospital helped play a role in an important study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study took 10 years and was the largest double-blind comparison of aspirin and warfarin, a blood-...
    9. Jan 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    10. Dec 30, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. 'Tis the season for pets to encounter mouse poison

    Unless you live in northern Minnesota or the Black Hills, you've just enjoyed the opposite of a white Christmas. This has made life easier for people and animals in many ways. However, some animals are up to their normal routine whether snow is on the...

    Tags: South Dakota State University, Vomiting, Black Hills Corporation, Human Body, Human Body

    11. Aug 28, 2011 |Story| Reuters

  11. New Bristol, Pfizer clot drug saves lives in study

    PARIS (Reuters) - An experimental anti-clotting drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer saved more lives than standard treatment warfarin in a major study, giving it an edge over rivals in an emerging multibillion-dollar market.
    Reuters
    PARIS (Reuters) - An experimental anti-clotting drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer saved more lives than standard treatment warfarin in a major study, giving it an edge over rivals in an emerging multibillion-dollar market. Although Eliquis will...

    Tags: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Duke University, Brain, Johnson & Johnson Inc., Pradaxa (drug)

    12. Nov 14, 2011 |Story| Reuters

  12. Doctors reserve judgment on new blood clot drugs

    ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Cardiologists are not ready to jump to any conclusions about a closely-watched group of new blood thinners and said serious questions about their safety still need to be addressed.
    Reuters
    ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Cardiologists are not ready to jump to any conclusions about a closely-watched group of new blood thinners and said serious questions about their safety still need to be addressed. Three new medicines that offer potential...

    Tags: Cardiac Arrhythmia, Pradaxa (drug), Cardiologists, Food and Drug Administration, Wolters Kluwer NV

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