LOS ANGELES — Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients’ own cells for helping restore ...

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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a first-of-a-kind heart-zapping implant from Boston Scientific that that does not directly touch the heart. Implantable defibrillators use thin wires to send electrical signals that disrupt dangerous heart rhythms. ...

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Dr. James S. Gammie has been named chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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An Eastern Shore cardiologist has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for implanting unnecessary heart stents in more than 100 patients. A jury convicted John McLean in July of six counts of health care fraud. Federal prosecutors say ...

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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is recommending stricter safety measures for heart-zapping defibrillators after years of increasing problems with the emergency medical devices. Under the agency’s proposal posted online Friday, makers of external defibrillators would need to submit ...

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BOSTON, Mass. — Plaintiffs’ personal injury attorneys are gearing up to initiate an onslaught of litigation against makers of the popular painkillers Darvon and Darvocet. After the voluntary withdrawal of the drugs from the market following a recommendation by the ...

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A former St. Joseph Medical Center cardiologist accused of unnecessarily implanting stents in hundreds of patients filed a $60 million lawsuit against the hospital Thursday. Dr. Mark G. Midei alleges that St. Joseph’s has pursued an “epic campaign of corporate ...

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