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Cancer breakthrough to prevent heart failure and increase survival rates

A breakthrough by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast could help reduce heart failure in cancer patients around the world, and ultimately increase survival rates.
Scientists at Queen’s Centre for Vision and Vascular Science have discovered …

Using chest compressions first just as successful as immediate defibrillation after cardiac arrest

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health System….