Archive for the ‘Disease’ Category
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
New two-year data from the REACH Registry presented at the European Stroke Congress, highlight that among those who die after a stroke the vast majority (73%) will die from nonstroke cardiovascular (CV) events. The overall death rate is 4.45%, with 3.23% of these CV deaths from a nonstroke event.The two-year ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
May 14 -- A bundle of four offbeat biomarkers accurately predicted the risk of death from cardiovascular disease in a study of older Swedish men, researchers report.It is just a preliminary finding in a long process that might one day lead to widespread medical use of these biomarkers in ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
The nation's leading organization of assisted living providers urged the Senate Special Committee>Alzheimer's disease in the next 40 years and half of all people who reach the age of 85 will exhibit some symptoms of the condition. While drugs can slow the progression of the disease, there is no cure. ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Triple-drug therapy, including older drugs, is found to be the most effective for HIV treatment.A study by researchers from University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania examined 753 people from 55 countries. The study compared two three-drug therapies with a two-drug therapy and found that triple-combination therapy based>AIDS yet, and there are ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Overweight or obese people taking medications to cut heart disease risk can't benefit from drugs alone. They need to exercise regularly and maintain healthy weight.A study by researchers from Wake Forest University School of medicine in Winston-Salem, NC examined 6814 people aged from 45 to 84. From 60% to 85% ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Managing your cholesterol may also help you manage your prostate- specific antigen (PSA) level. Data presented today at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association explored the relationship between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and PSA prior to beginning statin therapy.Data collected from a study of 1,214 men ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 14 -- The path to heart disease begins in childhood, and that means preventive measures must be embraced by those at risk long before adulthood, researchers report.Two of the biggest threats to heart health that trace back to childhood are prehypertension -- blood pressure just below the official ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 14 -- Researchers report they have dramatically increased the survival rate for people with strokes caused by bleeding within the brain by fine-tuning the dosage and timing for administering the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator ."We've gone from what's usually an 80 percent death rate in patients with ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 14 -- Italian researchers have some advice for those with high blood pressure: Breathe slowly. Turn on some quiet, rhythmic music. And watch your high blood pressure take a little tumble.The researchers base their conclusions on a small new study. But they aren't suggesting anyone turn to breathing ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 14 -- A new Canadian study confirms that people given Trasylol, a drug used to reduce bleeding during heart surgery, increases their risk of death by 53 percent.Trasylol's German maker, Bayer AG, suspended marketing in the United States last November after preliminary results from this trial revealed problems ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 13 -- A major trial has dashed the hope that the clot-preventing drug Plavix could help in the delicate balancing act needed to establish a blood vessel suitable for dialysis for kidney patients.Giving Plavix did reduce the risk that a blood clot would block the vessel created ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 13 -- Smoking marijuana increases the body's production of a protein that raises levels of blood fats associated with heart attack and stroke, government researchers report.The finding helps explain the increased risk of such cardiovascular problems found in previous studies of marijuana, said Dr. Jean Lud Cadet, chief ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 12 -- Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often suffer from heart failure, but Viagra might prevent or delay the onset of this condition, a new Canadian study finds.In experiments with mice, researchers showed that Viagra improved heart performance by preventing the breakdown of a compound called cGMP, ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 12 -- Long-term exposure to the tiny, dirty particles in polluted air seems to increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis, which are blood clots in the thighs or legs, an Italian study finds."It is well-established that air pollution causes myocardial infarction [heart attack] and stroke," said Dr. ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 8 -- New information about the molecular mechanisms that cause cardiac arrhythmia and how it triggers sudden cardiac death has been uncovered by Rhode Island Hospital researchers.They said their findings could lead to the development of new, genetically targeted therapies to treat and prevent fatal arrhythmias. The ...
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