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÷£16 Million Demonstrator Sites For Breaks, Healthchecks And Better Support From The NHS, UK
Carers across the country will be given better access to healthchecks, more support from the NHS and more opportunities to take time off thanks to a ÷£16 million demonstration programme announced by Care Services Minister Phil Hope today.

Patients Peeved About Cleveland Clinic 'Facility Fee'
A fee for patients at Cleveland Clinic is upsetting some patients who are complaining to the Ohio hospital, their insurance companies and even members of Congress. They say they can"t afford the expense in the current economy, according to The Plain Dealer.
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Medtronic Demonstrates Positive Results On First Pacemaker Designed For Use With MRI
New data announced at Heart Rhythm 2009, the annual congress of the Heart Rhythm Society, demonstrate that patients implanted with the investigational EnRhythm MRI™ SureScan™ pacing system experienced no complications related to the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Sponsored by Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), the study confirms that the pacing system can help cardiac device patients benefit from the use of MRI, a critical imaging technique commonly used in disease diagnosis. Currently, due to safety considerations, there are no implantable pacemakers or defibrillators approved for use with MRI in the United States. Commercially released in Europe last fall, the EnRhythm MRI SureScan system is the world"s first and only pacing system designed and approved for use with MRI.
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Response To Intracerebral Haemorrhage Study In The Lancet

Doctor David Werring, from The Stroke Association"s Expert Advisory Panel said: "Non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage is a major cause of death and disability which is becoming more common, in part because of the increasing use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents in older people who may have fragile blood vessels in the brain. More research is urgently needed to better understand the underlying causes of blood vessel damage and to try to prevent some intracerebral haemorrhages by controlling blood pressure and avoiding antithrombotic drugs in people identified to be at highest bleeding risk. However, people who have been prescribed anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications should continue taking these unless instructed otherwise by their doctor." The Stroke Association


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