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Polymer-based stents noninferior for patients with high bleeding risk
(HealthDay)—Polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting stents are noninferior to polymer-free drug-coated stents among patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study published online Feb. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Stephan Windecker, M.D., from Bern University Hospital in Switzerland, and colleagues conducted a randomized, single-blind trial to compare polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting […]
Drug treatment could offer new hope for some patients with brain bleeding
A drug treatment, already approved for use in patients, could offer new hope for some patients with brain bleeding and strokes. New research, led by the University of Glasgow and published today in Human Molecular Genetics, has shown that the compound sodium phenyl butyric acid could be used to reduce brain bleeding which can cause […]
Serena Williams Experienced Bleeding During Early Pregnancy
Serena Williams has revealed that she was particularly surprised to discover she was pregnant because she believed she had a period the week before finding out. In an interview with InStyle the tennis superstar – who found out she was seven weeks along while competing in the 2016 Australian Open – says she only took a test to “shut up [her] friend” […]