Marilynn Marchione

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Study backs nonsurgical way to fix heart valves

Marilynn Marchione · March 29, 2014 7:23 pm

Study to test ‘chocolate’ pills for heart health

Marilynn Marchione · March 17, 2014 12:00 am

HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014 AT 1:01 A.M.; THIS STORY MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014 AT 1:01 A.M. - In this Wednesday, March 5, 2014 photo, Dr. Joshua Jacobs, orthopedics surgery chief at Rush University Medical Center and president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in Chicago, holds a model of a cementless hip replacement. About two of every 100 Americans now has an artificial joint, doctors are reporting. That's 2.5 million with a new hip and 4.7 million with a new knee, according to the first major study to look at how common these operations have become. Results were reported Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons conference in New Orleans. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Study: 2 percent of Americans have new hips, knees

Marilynn Marchione · March 11, 2014 5:15 am

Jennifer Fontaine kisses her baby daughter, Morgan, at her parents' home in Methuen, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. A simple test that looks for fetal DNA in a pregnant woman's blood is far more accurate at detecting or ruling out Down syndrome and other common chromosome disorders than other screening methods used now, a major study finds. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

DNA blood tests show prenatal screening promise

Marilynn Marchione · February 26, 2014 11:07 pm

Avastin fails studies in new brain tumor patients

Avastin fails studies in new brain tumor patients

Marilynn Marchione · June 2, 2013 2:46 pm

Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer’s in big study

Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer’s in big study

Marilynn Marchione · May 7, 2013 1:47 pm

Studies tie stress from storms, war to heart risks

Studies tie stress from storms, war to heart risks

Marilynn Marchione · March 10, 2013 5:00 am

This Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo shows a hamburger and tater tots at a restaurant in Charlotte, N.C. Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks were more likely to suffer a stroke, according to a new study released Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Southern diet, fried foods, may raise stroke risk

Marilynn Marchione · February 7, 2013 5:00 am

Lilly drug chosen for Alzheimer’s prevention study

Lilly drug chosen for Alzheimer’s prevention study

Marilynn Marchione · January 18, 2013 8:11 pm

A blood clot’s danger depends on where it is

A blood clot’s danger depends on where it is

Marilynn Marchione · January 1, 2013 3:00 am

Study could spur wider use of prenatal gene tests

Study could spur wider use of prenatal gene tests

Marilynn Marchione · December 5, 2012 10:02 pm

Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

Marilynn Marchione · December 5, 2012 7:24 pm