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• Scientists exit Hawaii dome after yearlong Mars simulation

  28-08-2016 21:40
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.
  
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• EU's Sentinel satellites dissect Italian quake

  28-08-2016 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe’s Sentinel radar satellites map Italy's Apennine mountains, revealing the scale of ground movement in Wednesday's big earthquake.
  
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• Houthis say ready for fresh Yemen talks if attacks stop

  28-08-2016 17:59
  Yemen's Houthi-run governing council said on Sunday it was ready to restart peace talks with the country's exiled government provided a Saudi-led coalition stopped attacking and besieging Houthi-held territories. U.N.-sponsored negotiations to end 18 months of fighting in the impoverished country on Saudi Arabia's southern border collapsed earlier this month and the dominant Iran-allied Houthi movement there resumed shelling attacks into the kingdom. At its weekly meeting at Sanaa’s presid
  
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• Spacecraft reveal diversity in solar system's landscapes

  28-08-2016 15:00
  
  The latest generation of interplanetary spacecraft have revealed diverse landscapes on planets, asteroids and comets throughout the solar system.
  
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• How a $64M hack changed the fate of Ethereum, Bitcoin's closest competitor

  28-08-2016 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Picture this: A thief steals millions of dollars by hacking into an investment fund, and the whole theft is undone with a simple software update. That is, in effect, what happened recently at Ethereum, an upstart digital currency platform second only to Bitcoin in dollar value.
  
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• Mock Mars Crew Will Return to Civilization Today, After 1 Year in Isolation

  28-08-2016 14:20
  
  The crew members have been living in an isolated habitat on the bare, rocky slopes of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, as part of the HI-SEAS program (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulation), based out of the University of Hawaii. The program is helping scientists to understand how the isolation of a deep space mission would impact human participants. This is the fourth and longest HI-SEAS mission to date.
  
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• Envoy says Saudi policies on Iraq will not change - TV

  28-08-2016 14:05
  The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Iraq, reacting to a reported request by Baghdad that Riyadh withdraw him, told Al Arabiyah television on Sunday that the kingdom's policies on Iraq would not change, and Saudi ties with Iraqi politicians were amicable. "Frankly I tried to fulfill my duties ... Saudi Arabia’s policies in Iraq will not change," Thamer al-Sabhan told the Saudi-owned station. "We have a very amicable relationship with Iraqi politicians that the media does not capture." "This is
  
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• Up to 80 percent of heart failure patients denied therapy to reduce hospitalization and death

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) A study in nearly 15,000 heart failure patients has found that up to 80 percent may not be receiving treatment at doses proven to reduce hospitalizations and improve survival. The research presented at ESC Congress 2016 today highlights the need for doctors to ensure patients are treated appropriately so that the high levels of serious illnesses and death associated with heart failure can be reduced.
  
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• Traffic accidents increased by 50 percent in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) The risk of traffic accidents is increased by 50 percent in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator compared to age and gender matched controls, according to a Danish nationwide registry study presented at ESC Congress 2016 today.
  
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• The REM-HF trial: Remote monitoring of implantable cardiac devices: No added benefit

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) For heart failure patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), remote monitoring of their condition does not improve outcomes compared to usual care, according to Hot Line results presented at ESC Congress 2016 and to be simultaneously published in JAMA.
  
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• Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy rarely associated with exercise

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is rarely associated with exercise, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2016today by Dr. Gherardo Finocchiaro, a cardiologist at St George's University of London, UK. Nearly 80 percent of patients in the study had no symptoms and only one in five had been diagnosed with HCM before their death.
  
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• Shorter dual antiplatelet duration holds up in NIPPON

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) A short-term course of dual antiplatelet therapy is non-inferior to a longer course in patients who have undergone placement of a particular kind of drug-eluting stent, researchers reported here.
  
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• SAVE - sleep apnea treatment: No cardiovascular benefit

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) More than 3 years of nightly treatment with a continuous positive airway pressure machine did not reduce cardiovascular risk more than usual care among patients with cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnea.
  
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• Parkinson's study could pave way for early detection test

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (University of Edinburgh) A test that can detect Parkinson's disease in the early stages of the illness has moved a step closer.
  
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• MORE-CARE: No clinical benefit for cardiac device remote monitoring

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Heart failure patients fitted with biventricular defibrillators fared no better with remote monitoring of their condition compared to those whose devices were monitored during in-clinic visits, according to results of the MORE-CARE study.
  
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• Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of death in cardiovascular disease patients

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) The Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of death in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, according to results from the observational Moli-sani study presented at ESC Congress 2016 today.
  
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• Infused stem cells in heart failure: Improved health status but not cardiac function

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) A single dose of mesenchymal stem cells delivered intravenously to patients with chronic non-ischemic cardiomyopathy was not associated with significant cardiac structural or functional improvements, but did result in several clinically relevant benefits, according to results from a phase II-a randomized trial.
  
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• Increased risk of death for heart failure patients with each NHS hospital admission

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Heart failure patients have a 2 percent increased risk of dying with each admission to NHS hospitals, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2016 today. The 15-year study in more than 450,000 patients from the ACALM Study Unit, Birmingham, UK, included 13,416 patients with heart failure.
  
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• Heart failure in the elderly set to triple by 2060

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Heart failure in the elderly is set to triple by 2060, according to new data from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES) -- Reykjavík study presented at ESC Congress 2016 today.
  
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• Defibrillators could save many more lives if associated with basic life support education

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Automatic external defibrillators fail to save lives when the public does not have basic life support education, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2016. The study found that public access defibrillation programs are unevenly deployed across France, with an obvious impact on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate.
  
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• DANISH: No overall survival benefit with ICDs in non-ischemic heart failure

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure did not improve overall survival compared to usual clinical care -- although a secondary outcome, risk of sudden cardiac death, was halved with ICD placement, according to new research reported here.
  
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• CHART-1: Largest cardiac regenerative therapy trial brings new insights

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) A therapy that uses bone-marrow stem cells to promote heart repair did not significantly improve the primary outcome over a sham procedure among patients with congestive heart failure. However, it revealed critical new insights, according to investigators of the CHART-1 trial.
  
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• ANTARCTIC trial antiplatelet monitoring: No benefit in elderly patients

  28-08-2016 06:00
  
  (European Society of Cardiology) Monitoring platelet function in order to individualize antiplatelet therapy did not improve outcomes for elderly patients after a heart attack compared to a standard, unmonitored approach, results of the ANTARCTIC trial show.
  
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• Success as the Juno spacecraft comes the closest to Jupiter we've ever got

  28-08-2016 00:03
  
  Scientists can’t wait for the wealth of information the probe will gather about the planet.
  
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