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.
Texas Christian University's engineering researchers are tiny thinkers. Edward S. Kolesar, professor of engineering, and his research assistants are making microscopic machines. Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny gadgets too small to see with the naked eye. But if Kolesar is right, MEMS someday will be a vital part of almost everything. The researchers are developing projects now for Lockheed Martin and for possible use in prosthetic lenses for the human eye.
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.
New studies supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and published in today's issue of the journal, Health Affairs, present the first comprehensive look at what is currently happening in the health care marketplace. The articles form an invaluable evidence-based core of information for current discussions of policy options by all health care system participants -- both public and private.
University of Michigan geochemists have made the most accurate estimate yet of the age of our moon and discovered that it formed later in the development of the solar system than many scientists believed---almost certainly as the result of a collision between Earth and another planet at least as large as Mars.
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.
Scientists at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new class of large, organic molecules which could one day be used for focusing and converting sunlight into electricity. They're called dendrimer supermolecules and can harvest and convert sunlight with great efficiency.
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 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.
Evidence is mounting that the sun's magnetic field looks more like a wild cyclone than a tidy lawn sprinkler---the image scientists had accepted for almost 40 years. The cyclone-like shape comes from a mathematical model first proposed last year by University of Michigan space scientist Len Fisk.
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 (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.
A late-model lander and rover, equipped with a Cornell University scientific instrument package called Athena, will roam and study a large corridor of the Martian highlands and ancient terrain. The mission, to be launched in April 2001, will seek out the geological record of ancient Martian waterways and possible biology.
Cornell University scientists have discovered a wild tomato's chemical secret for repelling insect pests: a complex, waxy substance that commercially grown tomatoes have "forgotten" how to make. A simplified formulation of the wild tomatoes' chemical has been granted a U.S. patent on "Non-cyclic Esters for Pest Control" and could become the next-generation nontoxic insect repellent for a long list of crops.
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.