Giving patients extra doses of a protein that occurs naturally in the body may effectively treat meningoccemia, a frequently fatal childhood disease, researchers at Ut southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report in the Nov. 15 issue of The Lancet.
WINSTON-SALEM -- Omega 3 fatty acids, the kind found in fish oil, may offer better protection against atherosclerosis than monounsaturated fats, the kind found in olive oil, according to research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Robots are being tested as a new way to help surgeons perform heart operations, according to researchers who spoke here today at the American Heart Association's 70th Annual Sessions.
SS97 Wednesday Tips 11-14 11. Gene therapy prevent smooth muscle cell growth 12. Obstructive speel apnea syndrome 13. Banning of popular weight loss drugs 14. Pioneering drug used to break up coronary clots
SS97 Wednesday Tips 6-10 6. Right-hert catherization 7. Hepatitis C and inflammatory heart disease 8. New treatment for angioplasty 9. Short stature equals higher risk of death from stroke 10. Folic acid and birth defects
SS97 Wednesday Tips Morning 1-5 1. AED 2. Automation comes to the diagnostic lab 3. Balloon angioplasty 4. Doctor, watch what you say during surgery 5. Managed care and acute stroke
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol -- about one drink a day -- cuts the risk of a deadly heart attack in men who already had one heart attack or stroke, according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Young athletes who drop dead without warning of unsuspected heart defects are widely publicized. But another type of sudden death on the playing field also kills many young sports participants each year -- and its victims have perfectly normal hearts.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- Compact devices that shock the heart into a correct rhythm to treat cardiac arrest are found on many firetrucks, police cars and even in casinos. But are the devices, called automated external defibrillators (AEDs), in your doctor's office?
ORLANDO, Nov. 12, 1997 -- Using a laser to drill tiny holes in the heart to provide new blood flow dramatically reduces chest pain and cuts hospitalizations for individuals whose heart disease makes them poor candidates for surgery or angioplasty, according to a report today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- The odds of surviving a heart attack may have as much to do with a patient's health insurance policy as the hospital to which the heart attack victim is rushed or whether a cardiologist treats the patient, according to a new study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 12 -- For the first time, researchers have linked high blood pressure to sexual problems in women, according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
Nearly one in four people suffers from depression after a heart attack, according to a study by Johns Hopkins researchers, who found that these patients are less likely to comply with their doctors' advice to modify their diets and exercise more often.
One in five people who has a stroke associated with heart surgery dies before leaving the hospital and only one in four is able to return straight home after hospitalization for their surgery, according to a study by Johns Hopkins physicians. These stroke victims also required hospital stays more than twice as long as other heart surgery patients.
Stomach bleeding is a well-known side effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the most commonly used drugs in the world. Researchers at Stanford University have now ranked the risk of stomach bleeding for each of 16 different NSAIDs, including the nonprescription drugs aspirin, ibuprofen, ketoprofen and naproxen.
Pop "Muzak" may lower stresss and help fight the common cold. That's according to the results of a new study, "The Influence of FM-1 on Immunoglobulin A," two psychology professors at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Their paper has been accepted for presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association Convention which takes place in Boston on February 8, 1998.
Despite the fact that the United States spends more money per capita on medical care than any other industrialized nation in the world, it ranks in the bottom quartile of a list of 29 industrialized nations in both life expectancy and infant mortality and its relative ranking in both these categories has been declining since 1960.
A method of reducing the fat and cholesterol content of chicken eggs has been developed at LSU.
Scientists at Yale University School of Medicine used physiological techniques to map the prefrontal cortex of primates as they were shown visual stimuli. Research reveals that neurons code individual items of visual information.
A University of Georgia study released today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Fla., may help explain why African Americans have a higher incidence of cardio- vascular disease than Caucasians.
The same genetic "secret formula" that gave unusually large muscles to the "mighty mice" engineered by Johns Hopkins is also at work naturally in specially bred cattle that have extra muscle, according to a new report from the researchers.
Adenoviruses, viruses that cause common upper respiratory infections, may also cause life-threatening heart muscle inflammation in adults, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.
A new agent blocks a key substance that helps cause cartilage destruction in osteoarthritis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology National Scientific Meeting Nov. 9-12 in Washington, D.C.
SS97 Tuesday Afternoon Tips 1. Mediterranean diet 2. Cutting Balloon 3. Genetically engineered growth hormone 4. High-fat diet not so bad--if it's the right kind of fat 5. anti-arrhythmic drug, amiodarone
SS97 Tuesday Tips (Morning) 1. Vigorous exertion can trigger cardiac arrest 2. Estrogen replacement therapy 3. Fine-tuning diet/lifestyle programs can be more effective 4. How effective are nicotine skin patches? 5. Angioplasty is three times safer
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- People should start paying attention to their blood levels of cholesterol early in life, according to a study that finds cholesterol levels during middle age are more strongly tied to heart disease risk than cholesterol levels during older-age.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Further deepening a decade-old medical controversy, Finnish researchers have linked the amount of iron in the body in men to heart attacks. The new study, which uses more precise techniques than earlier research, was reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Eating fish -- lots of fish -- is better than a vegetarian diet in reducing the level of one heart-imperiling fat in the blood, an international research group reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Many eligible heart attack patients are not receiving appropriate artery opening treatments -- including the powerful clot-busters -- according to a study reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- Researchers may have found another cause and a possible new approach to treatment for individuals with severely failing hearts, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 11 -- If you don't have time for a 30-minute workout each day, it may be just as good to divide the exercise time into several shorter-duration episodes a week of at least 10 minutes or longer, report scientists today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
Simple exercise of the quadriceps muscle can reduce knee pain and disability associated with osteoarthritis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology National Scientific Meeting Nov. 9-12 in Washington, D.C.
A group program of moderate conditioning exercise for people with rheumatic diseases can have significant therapeutic long-term effects, according to research presented at the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals National Scientific Meeting Nov. 9-12 in Washington, D.C.
A new polymer which can be introduced into a joint using minimally invasive techniques may one day provide relief for millions of people with osteoarthritis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology National Scientific Meeting.
SS97 Monday Tips (Morning) 1. How low should bad cholesterol be? 2. Doctors identify those like to have problems after heart surgery
SS97 Monday Tips (Afternoon) 1. Excess of clotting fibrin linked to stroke 2. Older people without spouses more vulnerable after heart attack 3. New clot-busting medicine called TNK 4. Electron beam computed tomography
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- A simple, widely available test may help identify young children at risk of developing life-threatening rapid heartbeats, report researchers today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- Long considered the "good" cholesterol, HDL under some circumstances can be made to act like its evil twin LDL and promote atherosclerosis, according to researchers who spoke today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- "Blowing off steam" can be extremely dangerous, according to a study that finds men who get angry are almost twice as likely to have a stroke as those who are better at diffusing their anger. The study was presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 10 -- For people with heart disease and high blood levels of cholesterol, heavy exertion -- even mowing the lawn -- may trigger a sudden heart attack by rupturing the plaque obstructing the arteries of the heart, according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
An antibiotic commonly used to treat acne also provides significant improvement for people with early rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study presented at the American College of Rheumatology National Scientific Meeting Nov. 9-12 in Washington, D.C.
Two drugs already on the market show promise in the fight against steroid-induced osteoporosis, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology National Scientific Meeting Nov. 9-12 in Washington, D.C.
SS97 Sunday Tips 1. Soy Protein protects arteries from atherosclerosis 2. Men and women react differently to Step 2 Diet 3. Death rates after heart surgery improve for octogenarians
ORLANDO, Nov. 9 --Through gene therapy, researchers have grown new blood vessels for humans, according to a report presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions.
ORLANDO, Nov. 9 -- A form of genetic engineering is being tested that may prevent blockages that occur after bypass surgery in the coronary arteries of the heart and the arteries of the legs, scientists reported today at the American Heart Association's 70th Scientific Sessions.
New research on ameliorating arthritis through exercise and a new technique to replace cartilage in arthritic knees will be presented at the National Press Club main lounge on Monday, Nov. 10, 8:30-11 am.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- New technologies and scientific research are finding innovative ways to detect, attack and prevent food safety problems caused by the microorganisms that are linked with some 90 percent of all food-related contamination outbreaks, according to an article published in the Nov. 10 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found the first gene defects associated with rheumatoid arthritis, a common and debilitating disease affecting 1 percent of the world's population. Mutant p53 genes were found in synovial tissue taken from the joints of patients with severe, chronic rheumatoid arthritis (RA)who were undergoing joint replacement surgery.
Managed care programs have placed a major portion of health care delivery squarely in the community. The new book, Nurse-Social Worker Collaboration in Managed Care: A Model of Community Case Management, examines ways in which nurses and social workers can collaborate effectively in the community-based care era.
An unlikely team of heart surgeons and brain chemistry experts at Johns Hopkins has experimental evidence that some common drugs including anti-seizure medications may reduce or eliminate the most feared risk to people facing heart bypass surgery -- inevitable, if often subtle, brain damage.
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