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Health Mar 07

For depression, primary care doctors could be a barrier to treatment

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

Health Sep 14

These new heart failure treatments show promise, but at a huge price

Two new treatments for congestive heart failure cost too much in the short term and would drive up spending by insurers and government programs, a nonprofit group said in an analysis released Friday, just days after the same researchers took…

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News

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Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo (L), Chief of General Internal Medicine University of Miami, sits with Juan Gonzalez as he conducts a checkup on him at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, as the United States House Republicans in Washington, DC were poised to approve a bill repealing the health care law that last year was signed into law overhauling the U.S. health care system on January 18, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Dr. Carrasquillo said that anyone that wants to roll back the gains made by the overhaul of the health care law should spend one morning in a public hospital and you would not want to repeal the bill. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
If you avoid these 3 risk factors, scientists can count how many healthy years you’ll add

For the first time, scientists have quantified how many heart failure-free years you add to your life if you avoid risky habits that harm your body and contribute to chronic illness.

By Laura Santhanam

Health Aug 31

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New drug may ‘change the foundation’ for treating heart failure

An experimental heart drug developed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis shows promising results. The new drug, currently referred to as “L C Z 696” may change the course of treatment and prolong the lives of patients suffering from heart…

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Film Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79

Film and fashion icon Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 79.

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Heart Failure Death Risk Declining, Study Says

An American's risk of dying from heart failure has fallen by about one-third since the 1950s, according to a study published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.

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