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A Slight Increase In BP Can Mean big Risks

...d pressure levels can give a higher risk of having another cardiac event .// The finding holds true even in t... and 139 were about 28 percent more likely to have another heart problem as those with readings in the 120-129 range. For the study more than 5,000 female he...

The Effectiveness Of The Breast Cancer Drug By Pfizer

...m breast cancer lowered their chance of developing another tumor by 32 percent if they switched to exemestane after two or three years of tamoxifen treatment. According to the research presented this week at a breast cancer conference , the median survival for patients taking exemestane was 10.9 months, co...

Exercise Effective in Reducing Cancer Risk

...r more of a cardiovascular regimen. Results from another study conducted by researchers from Brigham support the theory that exercise benefits at-risk cancer patients.After studying the exercise regimen of nearly 3,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers confirmed that the risk of death from br...

CPR! How Effectively is it being done ?

... a light when it’s time for the rescuer to perform another breath....

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

...enzymes checked every month. Viagra works by yet another mechanism, inhibiting an enzyme called phosphodiesterase 5. The drug relaxes blood vessels, allowing blood to flow into the penis - or, it is hoped, into the lungs. However specialists say , approved drugs typically allow someone who cannot climb e...

A Loving Relationship Found To Improve Heart Health

...A new study shows having a close relationship with another person, whether it be a friend, lover or relative, lowers the risk of further heart attacks by 50 percent. This was true even after taking into account the severity of the first heart attack and other risk factors. Researchers suggest those people wh...

A Drug That Protects The Heart, Found To Protect The Eyes

...ng older, but new research suggests there could be another risk factor -- Cholesterol. Researchers wondered if cholesterol-lowering drugs -- called statins -- would reduce the risk of macular degeneration.Therefore they studied the records of more than 5,500 men and they found that those who had macular dege...

Exercising Good For Stroke Survivors

...to seven times a week, can help reduce the risk of another stroke. Strength training, to build up weak muscles, should be done at least two to three days a week and include eight to 10 different exercises involving major muscle groups. Stroke survivors should also do flexibility training and stretching befo...

The Effects Of Coffee

...lood vessels that the heart must beat against. In another study by the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health shows during the past decade blood pressure has increased in adolescents, however the cause being obesity. Thus researchers say it is important to keep in mind that caffei...

The Beneficial Effects Of Breast Feeding

New research suggests another reason women may want to breastfeed. The study shows breastfed infants have less cardiovascular risks later in life.// Previous research indicated breastfeeding reduced cardiovascular disease, but the studies all had major weaknesses. In a recent s...

Laproscopic Surgery As Effective As Open Surgery

... study reports the cancer returned to the colon or another area at almost the exact same rate in both groups of patients. The survival rate, overall survival, and rates of complications were also nearly identical. However, those who had minimally invasive surgery required one less day in the hospital, one le...

The Importance Of Folic Acid Supplements

... is linked to neural tube defects. They speculated another form of the gene might also be associated with the birth defects. Researchers studied about 400 people with neural tube defects, comparing their folate-processing genes with those of about 850 people without neural tube defects. Results showed that ...

New Test To Detect Irregular Heartbeats

...derwent the Holter monitoring test, which revealed another seven patients with atrial fibrillation. Patients ... monitor the heartbeat. The new device identified another five patients with atrial fibrillation.Since treatment with anti-clotting drugs can significantly re...

Acne Drug Found To Have Dual Benefits

...ver researchers say they are currently involved in another study looking at the benefits of minocycline when combined with Copaxone, also known as glatiramer acetate, a drug approved to treat MS....

Elderly Women With Depression More Prone to Heart Disease

...sease and about 30 percent more likely to die from another cause. From the study it was concluded that a large proportion of older women report levels of depressive symptoms that are significantly related to increased risk of CVD [cardiovascular disease] death and all-cause mortality, even after controllin...

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Tolerated Well by Elderly Patients

...t of the doubt? There’s a good chance they’ll live another five years ... If it can keep the cancer from coming back “....

Blood Pressure An Early Warning Sign Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...ementia at the three-year follow up. At six years, another 91 people were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and 27 with dementia. When looking at blood pressure, researchers say those who had a drop of 15 millimeters of mercury in systolic blood pressure (the higher number in a blood pressure reading) were ...

Experimental SARS Vaccine

...hin five to eight days of receiving the virus. In another study, investigators tested another type of SARS prevention, known as a neutralizing human monoclonal antibody, in ferrets that were als...

Adding An Additional Drug May Help Patients With Glaucoma

...udy among 380 patients with open-angle glaucoma or another form of glaucoma known as exfoliation glaucoma who had originally used the drug in another three-year study. All elected to remain on the drug for another two years so investigators could con...

Computer-Assisted Knee Surgery

...d his new regime -- he plans on being able to work another 30 years. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, about 267,000 total knee replacement surgeries are performed each year in the United States. The computer-assisted surgery is now available at many major medical centers across the...

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