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• Drug-Coated Stents Don't Boost Death Risk, U.S. Advisers Say

  THURSDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Although drug-coated stents might pose a clotting risk, they ...

• FDA Panel to Weigh Value of Drug-Coated Stents

  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- When a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee ...

• Common Surgery Leaves Knee Weaker

  THURSDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- People who undergo meniscectomy -- surgical removal of all ...

• Fetal Oxygen Test Fails to Deliver

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A new test that measures how much oxygen is ...

• CT Scans Aid Facial Reconstruction

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- High-tech scanning could help make better, more natural-looking implants ...

• Surgery Only Slightly Better for Herniated Disc

  TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Is surgery for sciatica resulting from herniated discs worth ...

• Tonsillectomy May Prevent Recurrent Strep Throat in Kids

  TUESDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Intact tonsils can increase the risk of recurrent strep ...

• One Dose of Antibiotics Prevents Post-Surgery Infection

  MONDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) --A single dose of antibiotics before surgery seems to prevent ...

• Animal-Tissue Heart Valves Appear Safe

  THURSDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Young patients who receive replacement heart valves made from ...

• Drug-Coated Stents Can Keep Leg Arteries Clear

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Drug-coated stents, the tiny mesh tubes that surgeons use ...

• Smoking Linked to Cognitive Decline in Heart Patients

  SUNDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Three weeks after she underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, ...

• Angioplasty Won't Always Cut Risk for Second Heart Attack

  TUESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Opening a patient's arteries with angioplasty plus a stent ...

• Doctors Debate the Merits of Drug-Coated Stents

  MONDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The question isn't so much whether to use stents ...

• Drug-Coated Angioplasty Balloons Keep Arteries From Reclosing

  MONDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Coating angioplasty balloons with a drug also used to ...

• Key Steps Speed Heart Attack Care

  MONDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Anyone who has had a heart attack understands how ...

• Smoking Worsens Prostate Cancer Therapy Side Effects

  MONDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Prostate cancer patients who smoke suffer worse acute gastrointestinal ...

• CT Scans Catch Lung Cancer at Earliest Stage

  WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that could change the landscape of ...

• Minorities Less Likely to Receive Care at High-Volume Hospitals

  TUESDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Race matters, at least when it comes to medical ...

• Artificial Lung Valve Could Aid Emphysema Paitients

  MONDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental umbrella-like valve appears to help improve breathing ...