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The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

...bined data from 8 studies of clot-dissolving drugs involving 3,890 patients. They found that those treated within the first 90 minutes after the start of symptoms have almost three times the chance of a full recovery compared to people who are not treated. However, those treated in the second 90 minutes have o...

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

...epeat angioplasty or bypass surgery. A new study, involving 1,456 patients in 12 countries, has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs could reduce the risk of these complications by 30%, compared with patients taking a placebo. The risk reduced by 40% in patients with more than one clogged artery, and by 45% ...

Blood Vessel Surgery Safe for Diabetics

...o die or suffer heart problems after major surgery involving the blood vessels than people without the condition. Diabetes, in which a person either loses the ability to respond to the sugar-processing hormone insulin //or doesn't produce the hormone at all, is a major risk factor for heart disease, kidney fai...

Compressed DNA aids gene patients

...g liposomes. Now basic safety trials have begun involving human patients, suffering from cystic fibrosis also. This disorder, which involves faulty production of the mucus which lines the lungs, is caused by a single faulty gene....

New operation for swallowing problems

...paralysis. Swallowing is a very complex operation, involving the co-ordinated action of various of the cranial nerves. One of these, the vagal nerve, controls the swallowing at the upper end of the digestive tract// - that is, above the esophagus, but below the mouth. When this nerve is paralysed, aspiration o...

Patients with testicular cancer dying through unfamiliarity

...rom the Texas base their argument on a case study involving a young man who was involved in a car accident and suffered minor injuries. Four days later he died of a blood clot in the lung which, following a postmortem, was discovered to be a consequence of cancer that had spread from a testicular tumor. Afte...

Humming helps sinusitis

...occurring after a cold. It is a grievous condition involving blockage// of the area between the nasal cavity and the sinuses, and it oftensreoccurs. Researchers in Sweden studied the effect of daily humming on the ventilation of the sinuses in a group of 15 healthy males. The practice led to a speeding up of ...

Innovative device aids in advanced heart failure

...ax. A nationwide trial of the CSD is now underway, involving a group of 120 patients....

Hormone restrains appetite in man

...ever, regulation of appetite is a complex business involving many other hormones. It's not clear that treatment with PYY3-36 alone would be a solution to obesity. Further research is still on....

Multiple organ disease cured by genes

... ever use of gene therapy, in dogs, to cure a gene involving multiple body organs.// Mucopolysaccharidosis VII ...irst time gene therapy has been used for a disease involving multiple organs. It could replace the standard treatment - which is to give injections of the missin...

Useful device makes spinal surgery safer

Spinal surgery has always been a major one involving many tedious procedures. A useful monitoring device has been accepted that assures that spinal surgery does not affect movements in the arms and legs.// Operating on tumours and other problems in the spine is risky, because the surgeon might separate...

Conserving the larynx

...atment approaches for laryngeal cancer. In a study involving 500 patients, three different treatment regimes were tried. In the first, the patients received two chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin and fluorouracil, followed by radiotherapy if there was a good response to chemotherapy. In the second, patients got cis...

Resolving Autism

...er-order thinking abilities, including impairments involving language, working memory, and voluntary response inhibition. These problems lead to the typical symptoms of the disease, which is characterized by inflexibility, the tendency to insist on adhering to strict rules, and difficulty adapting to new situa...

Drug for pediatric brain cancer

...brain tumors and suggest the need for more studies involving the drug alone or possibly in combination with other agents....

Drug for pediatric brain cancer

...brain tumors and suggest the need for more studies involving the drug alone or possibly in combination with other agents....

Novel test for bowel cancer

... is, pre-cancerous or cancerous cells. In a trial, involving both bowel cancer patients and healthy controls, 30 out of 45 in the patient group tested positive for MCM2, compared to none in the control group. It's an exciting development - but more research is needed to assess the role of the MCM2 test. The r...

Sepsis treatment functions best in difficult cases

...searchers then confirmed their findings with tests involving 1,125 rats, exposed to varying doses of anti-inflammatory agents....

Causes of weakness in the aged

... They report from the Cardiovascular Health Study, involving nearly 6,050 people aged 67 or older. This shows that those who are frail are more likely to have inflammation, altered carbohydrate metabolism and increased blood clotting activity....

Dealing heart disease risk in ethnic minorities

...ital, Georgia have carried out a population survey involving 1250 men and women of various ethnic origins, looking at their heart disease and stroke risk factors. They find that people of African origin have the lowest risk of heart disease, and the highest risk of stroke. Meanwhile, south Asians have the hi...

A new male contraceptive

...ility. They tested their theory in an animal study involving mice. The mice were given doses of the drug that were 10-times lower than those used to treat Gaucher's. The drug effectively altered the mice's sperm so that they were rendered completely infertile for up to six months. After they were taken off the...

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