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July 11, 2010 HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL ADVISER Question: I had some sharp pains in my chest last week. I’m OK now, but it got me wondering how to tell if I’m really having a heart attack. Answer: This is a question that millions of people — and their doctors — face each year. Although people [...]
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Prediction rule could help CAD chest pain diagnosis in primary care By Lauretta Ihonor 06 July 2010 MedWire News: A new prediction rule can help to exclude coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients presenting with chest pain in primary care, a German study reports. The clinical decision rule called the Primary Care CHD Score is [...]
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I am in a door-less white square room the size of a hospital critical care room. Nothing is in the room but four beautiful black horses, each facing a corner, one of the Four Directions, and their trainer, who tells me the horses’ only role is to pull the dead person’s body into the next [...]
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Medical News Today May 16, 2010 UC San Diego Health System is enrolling a small group of patients in a two-year study to examine the safety of a non-invasive cardiac shock wave procedure for patients with chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart. Angina pectoris is a debilitating form of pain that [...]
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