Still puzzling: Best care for the frail and elderly with coronary artery disease July 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study from Duke University Medical Center finds that patients treated solely with medications after suffering from chest pain, heart attack or coronary artery disease are more likely to die during the first year following ... | |
PCI preference -- will that be an arm or a leg? July 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When it comes to stenting – using metal tubes to prop open blocked arteries – physicians are continuing to choose to gain entry to the circulatory system through an opening in the leg instead of the arm, even though the latter ... | |
Averting postsurgical infections in kids: Give antibiotics within hour before first incision July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Giving children preventive antibiotics within one hour before they undergo spinal surgery greatly reduces the risk for serious infections after the surgery, suggests a Johns Hopkins study to be published in the August issue ... | |
Researchers discover primary sensor that detects stomach viruses July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the primary immune sensor that detects the presence of stomach viruses in the body. They show that the sensor – a protein called MDA-5 – ... | |
Heart attack not a death sentence July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Survivors of cardiac arrest who received intensive care can expect long-term quality of life at reasonable expense to the health care system. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care ... | |
Early study reveals promising Alzheimer's disease treatment July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A drug once approved as an antihistamine in Russia improved thinking processes and ability to function in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a study conducted there, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. ... | |
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). | |
Heading circulatory disease off at the pass July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have devised an ultrasound imaging technique that picks up subtle early evidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) that current conventional tests miss. | |
Old eyes can learn new tricks; findings offer hope for adults with 'lazy eye' July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also called amblyopia, the condition is the most ... | |
Insight into mechanisms of diabetes-induced microvascular disease reveals new therapies July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New findings from Bristol scientists could lead to future treatments to prevent lower limb amputations in diabetes - which currently affect 100 people a week in the UK (source Diabetes UK). | |
Researchers link Huntington's disease to overactive immune response in the brain July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The damage to brain tissue seen in Huntington's disease may be caused by an overactive immune response in the bloodstream and the brain, according to new findings from two teams of researchers at the University ... | |
Booster vaccination may help with possible future avian influenza pandemic July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New evidence suggests that a booster vaccination against H5N1 avian influenza given years after initial vaccination with a different strain may prove useful in controlling a potential future pandemic. The study is published ... | |
Chronic fatigue patients benefit from cognitive behavior therapy July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cognitive behaviour therapy is effective in treating the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a recent systematic review carried out by Cochrane Researchers. | |
Turning on hormone tap could aid osteoporosis fight July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A potential new drug that 'opens the taps' for the release of useful hormones could stimulate new bone growth – and may eventually bring relief to osteoporosis sufferers. | |
Oxygen therapy might ease pain of migraine, cluster headaches July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Two types of oxygen therapy could offer some relief to adults who suffer from disabling migraine and cluster headaches, according to a new research review from Australia. | |
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