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Our principal cardiology investigator, Benedict Maniscalco, MD, FACC in a lecture on the development of pathological calcification in CAD. Dr. Maniscalco was the lead investigator for my NanobacTX clinical trial some years ago....the study was published in a cardiology journal. Please feel free to email me if any questions: info@nanobiotech.us or visit…

Context The role of diet composition in response to overeating and energy dissipation in humans is unclear.

Objective To evaluate the effects of overconsumption of low, normal, and high protein diets on weight gain, energy expenditure, and body composition.

Design, Setting, and Participants A single-blind, randomized controlled trial of 25 US healthy, weight-stable male and female volunteers, aged 18…

Conus, What is It?

As you go to conferences, you will hear more and more about the conus and its' importance. The conus is simply the pyramidal structure that is the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). The AV valve apparatus and the semi-lunar valve structure (conotruncal apparatus), is essentially the skeleton of the heart that is a fibromuscular structure that forms the valves of the heart.



The entire AV,…

3 D Echocardiography

3D echo is in the process of revolutionizing pediatric echocardiography. It is like the difference between looking at a crude snapshot of an infant's heart in the womb, as opposed to a 3D movie of that same infant's heart.



Many cities have 3D images of babies on their billboards advertising their hospitals, as if you have taken a picture of that baby in…

The investigation in the Dutch scientific misconduct case has now spread to the Leiden University Medical Center, according to media reports in the Netherlands. The case first came to public attention last month when the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam fired  prominent cardiovascular researcher Don Poldermans. (…

Lipitor (atorvastatin) was the top-selling prescription medication in the United States in 2010, earning its manufacturer, Pfizer, more than $7 billion in total revenue. The overall market for prescription lipid-lowering drugs continues to grow; this drug class had greater prescription volume than any other class in 2010, with statins dominating the market.1…

Background

Two treatments for smoking cessation—varenicline and bupropion—carry Boxed Warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about suicidal/self-injurious behavior and depression. However, some epidemiological studies report an increased risk in smoking or smoking cessation independent of treatment, and differences between drugs are unknown.

Methodology

From the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) database from 1998 through September 2010…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), a fixed-dose combination (FDC) prescription medication that contains two previously approved medicines in one tablet for use in adults who need both sitagliptin and simvastatin.

About 20 million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes, and they often have high cholesterol levels as well.…

Last fall, Sgt. Timothy Gall, an Army medic stationed at Fort Belvoir, sought clues to the multiple sclerosis and heart disease that ran in his family by looking into his DNA. All it took was some spit and about a thousand bucks.

He didn't go to a doctor. Instead, Gall, 30, joined the growing number of consumers ordering scans of their DNA directly from private companies. A handful of companies such as 23andMe, Navigenics and Decode Genetics offer customers a personal peek at their…

On September 13, 2011, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr).

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes one in three (approximately 800,000) deaths reported each year in the United States (1). Annual direct and overall costs resulting from CVD are estimated at $273 billion and $444 billion, respectively…

Elsevier, provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced its Braunwald's Heart Disease Practice Guides App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on the App Store.

The app includes content from Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ninth Edition, and provides the most up-to-date, evidence-based cardiology clinical practice guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart…

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