admin | January 26, 2010
Should you be spending more time with your neighborhood pharmacist? Or less?
Recent studies suggest either could be true for people who take medicines for chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. For example, one new study suggests people who fill prescriptions by mail are less likely to run short of medication. But other studies show those who meet regularly with druggists stay healthier and save money for their insurers.
The studies come as pharmacists try to find their place in a world where prescriptions can be filled more cheaply by mail but where people struggle to use their medications consistently and correctly.
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admin | January 5, 2010
Drug-eluting stents (also called medicated or drug-coated stents) were invented in response to a common side effect of balloon angioplasty surgery in which the coronary artery became weak and prone to collapse. Stents are a metallic metal “scaffold” or tube that is inserted into the coronary artery in order to prevent collapse. Further developments in stent technology led to drug-coating in which the stent was coated with a pharmacological agent designed to prevent reblocking (restenosis) through the delivery of time-released drugs into the bloodstream.
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admin | January 5, 2010
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admin | January 1, 2010
Volcano Corporation Commends the Elevation of FFR to Level of Evidence A in New PCI Guidelines
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