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 Europe Information - January 7, 2009
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Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter Researchers at the National Center for Scientific Research in Montpellier, France and the European Hospital Georges Pompidou in Paris, transplanted mouse cells into nine sheep that had suffered heart attacks | | Researchers say a widely used pill can reduce the risk of death in elderly heart attack survivors by preventing their hearts from deteriorating through a process known as "remodeling." Perindopril, part of a group of popular anti-hypertension drugs called ACE inhibitors, reduces remodeling by 46-percent over a period of one year, when compared to a placebo. The findings are in a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress | | Researchers say a widely used pill can reduce the risk of death in elderly heart attack survivors by preventing their hearts from deteriorating through a process known as "remodeling." Perindopril, part of a group of popular anti-hypertension drugs called ACE inhibitors, reduces remodeling by 46 percent over a period of one year, when compared to a placebo. This according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress | | A trial published in this week's issue of the Lancet The study, called the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial, shows the technique, known as coiling, is more likely to result in survival without disability for one year, when compared to neurosurgical clipping, which involves a craniotomy and clipping of the aneurysm to prevent further bleeding | | A trial published in this week's issue of the Lancet The study, called the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial, shows the technique, known as coiling, is more likely to result in survival without disability for one year, when compared to neurosurgical clipping, which involves a craniotomy and clipping of the aneurysm to prevent further bleeding | |
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