| Heart Test May Be Overused - Wall Street Journal Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:11:13 GMT+00:00 Washington PostHeart Test May Be OverusedWall Street JournalThe patients weren't previously diagnosed with heart disease, but because of symptoms, family history or other reasons ended up getting the test. ...Heart Angiograms Show No Disease in Almost 40%BusinessWeekStudy suggests too many invasive heart tests givenThe Associated PressStudy: Too many angiograms?ABC7Chicago.comall 189 news articles »
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| Assessing Your Risk of a Heart Attack - New York Times (blog) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:49 GMT+00:00 New York Times (blog)Assessing Your Risk of a Heart AttackNew York Times (blog)Michelle from Cleveland asks the Consults blog: My family, on my mother's side, is at risk for heart disease. My grandfather died of a massive heart attack ...and more »
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| Cardiac Catheterizations: Too Many Performed? - WebMD Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:28 GMT+00:00 News & ObserverCardiac Catheterizations: Too Many Performed?WebMDMarch 10, 2010 -- A large percentage of patients without known heart disease who undergo invasive cardiac catheterization to check for ...Hearts probed too oftenNews & ObserverNew methods needed to ID cardiac catheterization candidatesEurekAlert (press release)Doctors Turning to Cardiac Catheterization Too QuicklyBusinessWeekall 11 news articles »
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| Doctors fail to cut cholesterol enough - Reuters Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:16:41 GMT+00:00 ReutersDoctors fail to cut cholesterol enoughReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer ...Doctors 'failing to give correct cholesterol targets'BBC NewsGPs failing to lower cholesterol levelsIrish HealthDoctors fail to give patients safe cholesterol adviceOnMedicaInTheNews.co.uk -EurekAlert (press release)all 37 news articles »
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| Invasive heart test may be overused, researchers say - Los Angeles Times Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:09:46 GMT+00:00 Invasive heart test may be overused, researchers sayLos Angeles TimesAlmost 66% of patients who undergo cardiac catheterization despite no previous diagnosis of heart disease receive results indicating no 'significant' ...and more »
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