Heart and blood vessel diseases already are the leading killers of Americans. They become deadlier as patients age. With so many of us growing older and into unhealthy habits, experts fear the onset of a cardiac crunch, with...more
Manufacturer Has Ceased Sales and Issued Urgent Letter Warning Physicians to “Stop Using” Unused Implants - Medtronic, the manufacturer of a medical implant that is alleged to have led to more than a dozen deaths,...more
Every time a natural disaster hits, we learn of at least one person who tragically died of a heart attack when placed in a stressful or unusual situation. Sadly, we hear little about the hundreds of thousands of other deaths...more
Medtronic recently announced that its Melody® Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) is the first transcatheter pulmonary valve to receive FDA approval for implantation in patients with failed surgical bioprosthetic pulmonary...more
In This Issue: - Who Takes Statins and Why - Evidence Tells the Truth - The Risk Calculator - Statin Side Effects - What Should You Do? - Excerpt from Introduction: Spotlight on Statins: The...more