New cardiovascular score developed to improve heart attack and stroke detection
• Heart • • Stroke • Jun 24 08
A new and more accurate method of assessing people at risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is set to improve national diagnosis rates and identify…
Stroke Study Reveals Key Target for Improving Treatment
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jun 23 08
For over a decade, the drug called tPA has proven its worth as the most effective emergency treatment for the most common kind of…
Controling Risk Factors Reduces Risk of Stroke by 42 Percent
• Stroke • Jun 20 08
Results of a new analysis of the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study show that intensive low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol-lowering in patients with stable…
Researchers seek children for a study of antibiotics for a urinary tract disorder
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Jun 20 08
Researchers conducting a study to learn if children with a urinary tract disorder known as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) should be treated with an antibiotic…
High school baseball could be made safer
• Children's Health • • Trauma & Injuries • Jun 18 08
Baseball, the American pastime, appears relatively safe compared with other high school sports, researchers report. Nonetheless, injuries do occur and many could be prevented,…
Coffee drinkers may live longer than non-drinkers
• Dieting • • Fat, Dietary • Jun 17 08
Middle-aged adults who enjoy a few cups of coffee every day apparently have a lower risk of dying from heart disease than people who…
Engineers Develop Novel Device to Help Treat Ear Infections
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Infections • Jun 16 08
One of the most common surgeries performed on pediatric patients could become faster and safer thanks to a new surgical tool developed by a…
Spring Into Sunny Weather but Stay Sun Safe
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Jun 13 08
As the weather grows warmer, people’s thoughts turn to outdoor activities and enjoying the sunshine. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute physicians and nurses are encouraging people…
Low thyroid function common in chronic kidney disease
• Endocrinology • • Urine Problems • Jun 11 08
Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have mild reductions in thyroid function, or subclinical hypothyroidism—a condition that becomes more common as kidney function…
Less hemorrhaging after stroke, but not fewer deaths
• Neurology • • Stroke • Jun 11 08
Published in the “New England Journal of Medicine” / The Department of Neurology at the University of Heidelberg Hospital coordinated the study in Europe
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Vitamin D recommendations for teens may be too low
• Children's Health • Jun 11 08
Adolescents can safely take, and may need, vitamin D doses that are up to 10 times what is generally recommended, a small study suggests.
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Gene Variation Linked to Earlier Onset of Alzheimer’s Symptoms
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jun 10 08
Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a genetic variation associated with an earlier age of onset in Alzheimer’s…
New approach promising against multiple sclerosis
• Neurology • Jun 10 08
Treatment with an immune-suppressing drug may help people with the incurable disease multiple sclerosis, researchers said on Monday.
Their small study showed that…
Keeping Patients Awake During Surgery?
• Surgery • Jun 10 08
Think anesthesiologists only keep patients “asleep” during surgical procedures? An “awake craniotomy” performed on Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy on June 2, 2008 should challenge…
Anorexia nervosa may not stunt growth, short term
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 06 08
Adolescent girls with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa may reach normal height once they recover from the disease, new research suggests.
However, growth may…
Quitting Smoking Increases the Chance of Staying Sober
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 05 08
People who are dependent on alcohol are also likely to smoke cigarettes. Many experts believe that it’s important to counsel alcohol-dependent individuals to give…
Regular Tipple May Curb Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Arthritis • Jun 05 08
Alcohol cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50%, reveals research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic…
Early smoke exposure ups serious infection risk
• Infections • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 04 08
Children who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke early in life are at greater risk of being hospitalized for infections than those brought up…
Human stem cells show promise against fatal children’s diseases
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Jun 04 08
Scientists have used human stem cells to dramatically improve the condition of mice with a neurological condition similar to a set of diseases in…
Short antibiotic course effective in COPD flare-ups
• Drug News • • Respiratory Problems • Jun 04 08
In people who suffer flare-ups of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a short course of antibiotics is as effective as a standard longer…
Most American Adults Have at Least One Chronic Medical Condition
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jun 03 08
About six of every 10 people in the United States age 18 and older have at least one chronic medical condition, according to the…
Long-term cannabis users may have structural brain abnormalities
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 03 08
Long-term, heavy cannabis use may be associated with structural abnormalities in areas of the brain known as the hippocampus and amygdala, according to a…
More Girls than Boys Benefit from Breast-feeding
• Children's Health • • Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Jun 02 08
Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research led by Johns Hopkins Children’s Center investigators suggests that when it…
Infection Control Intervention Helps Keep Kids in School
• Children's Health • • Infections • Jun 02 08
A study from researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston published in Pediatrics found that a simple infection control intervention in elementary schools – disinfecting frequently-touched…
Smoking and quitting problematic with arthritis
• Arthritis • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 31 08
Among people with rheumatoid arthritis, heavy smokers appear to have a greater loss of muscle mass than those who smoke fewer cigarettes or do…