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Stories about: heart attacks

New Find Explains Why Diabetes Drugs Affect the Heart Some time ago, researchers figured out that a specific class of anti-diabetes prescription drugs, known as thiazolidinediones (TZD), came with the risk of patients developing heart complications after use. The reason why this happened remained a mystery until recently, when a team of scientists managed to understand ... 23 June 2009 04:02 GMT Surgery to Reshape the Heart Ineffective The latest scientific data on the matter prove that a controversial type of heart surgery, in which doctors fold the scar tissue of the heart unto itself, has little significant results for the well-being of the patient. Rather, it poses a great danger to their health, on account of the fact that the procedure is ver... 30 March 2009 07:19 GMT