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  • Website News Spam Attacks ›› Wednesday 03rd of June 2009 11:37:50 AM
    Hello everyone! As you may have noticed, we have been getting attacked by spammers the past few days. Somehow our site has been submitted to quite a few spam bot lists.

    I have been working hard to delete these posts as quickly as I see them, as well as banning those accounts. I have also implemented a few more security measure that hopefully will stop them for a little while.

    Unfortunately, spam is an ongoing war, which currently we will not be able to win! We can however keep fighting as much as we can, and I intend to do so.

    My apologies to anyone who was subjected to the obscene content posted by these spammers. Please know that we do not condone this type of content, nor would we ourselves post it up.     		 
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  • Industry News More proof depression hurts women's hearts ›› Wednesday 18th of March 2009 08:44:04 AM
    WASHINGTON - Severe depression may silently break a seemingly healthy woman's heart.

    Doctors have long known that depression is common after a heart attack or stroke, and worsens those people's outcomes. Monday, Columbia University researchers reported new evidence that depression can lead to heart disease in the first place.

    The scientists tracked 63,000 women from the long-running Nurses' Health Study between 1992 and 2004. None had signs of heart disease when the study began, but nearly 8 percent had evidence of serious depression.

    The depressed women were more than twice as likely to experience sudden cardiac death - death typically caused by an irregular heartbeat, concluded the 12-year study, published Monday in the Journal of the American College of ...(read more)     		 
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  • Industry News FDA: New heart drug may cut hospitalizations ›› Wednesday 18th of March 2009 08:42:03 AM
    WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration says an experimental drug from Sanofi-Aventis could significantly decrease hospitalizations caused by irregular heart rhythms.

    Sanofi has asked the FDA to approve its drug Multaq to treat atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating effectively, potentially causing blood clots.

    On Wednesday an outside panel of cardiologists will give their opinion of the drug's safety and effectiveness. But regulators signaled Monday they already favor approval for the drug, also known as dronedarone, in briefing documents posted online.

    The positive assessment marks a significant comeback from Multaq, which was rejected by FDA in 2006 after a study linked the medication to ...(read more)     		 
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  • Industry News Medtronic says deaths linked to wires rose ›› Friday 13th of March 2009 08:47:33 PM
    Medtronic Inc said the number of deaths in which fractured defibrillator wires may have been a "possible or likely contributing factor" have risen to 13, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

    The wires, called "leads," went by the brand name Sprint Fidelis until they were pulled from the world market in October 2007. The leads are designed to carry electrical jolts to the heart and correct erratic heartbeats.

    The newspaper said the new numbers, contained in a letter to doctors, were the company's first update of its death estimate since the Sprint Fidelis -- once the No. 1 such device in the world -- was recalled.

    At that time, Minneapolis-based Medtronic said its device could have contributed to five deaths. An estimated 268,000 S...(read more)     		 
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  • Website News Website Launch ›› Tuesday 10th of March 2009 06:21:26 PM
    Welcome to the new website! If you came here from the old website, please be advised that you will have to register again. Sorry for the inconvenience!

    The site is still being worked on, so expect to see minor changes here and there. If you have any suggestions, please let us know! We want this website to be for the community, so don't be afraid to offer up ideas or criticism!

    Thank you, we hope you enjoy!     		 
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