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ESC: Finding Young Athletes' Heart Defects by 12-Lead ECG

By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage Today Published: September 04, 2008 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco MUNICH, Sept. 4 -- Screening...

ESC: Experimental Anticoagulant Shows Promise in Phase II Study

MUNICH, Sept. 4 -- Apixaban, a Factor Xa inhibitor, may reduce ischemic events among patients with acute coronary syndrome, but bleeding is an issue, researchers said here. "The net clinical benefit of apixaban appears...

IDC bestätigt: Secure Computing führender Anbieter im Sicherheitsmarkt

04.09.2008 - 10:05 Uhr - Laut dem IDC-Report "Worldwide Web Security 2008-2012 Forecast and 2007 Vendor Shares" vom August 2008 ist Secure Computing Marktführer in dem Bereich Web-Security-Appliances. Dem Report zufolge...

Guest Post: The trip from the U.S. to Rome

The following is a guest post by my wonderful mom, Lois. It’s the story of the rest of the family flying to Rome to meet me (and later the rest of the group). It’s part of an upcoming photobook/travelogue/diary that I’m...

Walter Breinl appointed speaker of the management of Railpool GmbH

Frankfurt am Main (ots) - HSH Nordbank and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH have appointed Dr. Walter Breinl speaker of the management of Railpool GmbH. The Munich-based railway asset manager was established as a joint venture by both...

ESO's camera spots smaller look-alike of Milky Way

Munich, Wed, 03 Sep 2008 ANI Munich, September 3 (ANI): The European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Wide Field Imager has captured the intricate swirls of a spiral galaxy, which is a smaller look-alike of our own Milky...

UPDATE - Bristol, Pfizer drug shows risk and reward -study (at Reuters)

By Ben Hirschler MUNICH, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY.N: ) and Pfizer's apixaban blood clot preventer raised rates of bleeding in a six-month study, but showed some encouraging signs of protecting at-risk...

Rapid pulse rate increases heart attack risk: study (ABC)

New research presented to the European Society of Cardiology in Munich has revealed patients with a rapid pulse rate are much more likely to have a heart attack. The study of 11,000 patients with heart disease found a...

CORRECTED - Prasugrel better for diabetes patients than Plavix (at Reuters)

MUNICH, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly (LLY.N: ) and Daiichi Sankyo's (4568.T: ) new blood-thinning drug prasugrel appears better for diabetes patients than Plavix, researchers said on Sunday. Prasugrel -- a rival to Plavix...

ST Elevation Infarction

The new 2008 ESC ST-segment-elevation acute myocardial infarction guidelines were approved by the ESC Guidelines Committee on August 19 2008 and will be presented for the first time at the Annual Congress in Munich on...