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Drug Therapy Offers Little Benefit for Some Patients Undergoing Angioplasty or Stent Procedure

...ion pexelizumab in conjunction with primary PCI in lowering the risk of death from STEMI. The double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study include 5,745 patients, of whom 2,885 were randomly assigned to receive placebo and 2,860 to receive pexelizumab, prior to PCI followed by infusion over the subsequent ...

What’s Luck Got to Do With Cancer

...arch UK, explaining the importance of education in lowering the risks to cancer said “It is alarming that such a large percentage of the British population do not realize that half of all cases of cancer can be prevented by lifestyle changes. We can give people information about how to do this but it is serio...

Study Reveals That Folate Does Not Prevent Heart Attacks

...ting smoking, increasing your exercise if you can, lowering your blood pressure, lowering your cholesterol. "We know that those things have a major benefit and significantly reduce your ri...

Increasing HDL – Still A Worthy Way To Prevent Heart Disease

...enture. Increasing HDL lowers event rates, while lowering LDL cholesterol does the same, explained Dr. Robert Myerburg, a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. "That's pretty well-established. There's good supporting data, and the rationale is there." ...

Dr. Reddy's To Launch 'Polypill' For Treating Heart Disease

... aims to confirm that the polypill is effective in lowering cholesterol and blood pressure - known causes of heart attacks and strokes. The Health Research Council of New Zealand invested NZ$350,000 to support the overall co-ordination of the trial and recruitment in New Zealand. Dr. Reddy's will invest NZ$ ...

Common PTSD Drug is No More Effective Than Placebo

...chronic PTSD.” Neylan speculates that instead of lowering the overall level of norepinephrine, a more effective approach might be to inhibit the ability of brain cells to respond to the neurotransmitter. He notes that this is the action of prazosin, a blood pressure medication that has been found by other r...

A New Study Analyses Benefits Of Statin Drug

...ed among the family of drugs, help the patients in lowering levels of artery-clogging 'bad' cholesterol, calle...nternal Medicine. They concluded that statins help lowering the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people who are at risk from heart disease or high cholester...

Chinese Red Yeast Rice Lowers Lipid Levels

...or fluvastatin.In comparison with non-statin lipid lowering agents, RYR preparations were better than nicotinate and fish oils, but more or less equal to or less effective than fenofibrate and gemfibrozil. There was no significant difference in lipid profile between Xuezhikang and Zhibituo. RYR preparations...

Folic Acid Usage Could Cut the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke

...netic studies), while others tested the effects of lowering homocysteine levels (random controlled trials). ...t the evidence was sufficient to justify action on lowering homocysteine concentrations, although it could be reviewed when new evidence from ongoing clinical t...

Premature Babies- What should be done about them?

...gh the House of Commons may have recently rejected lowering the limit to 21 weeks this should not be the final word. The health care system and its experts should take the lead in persuading MPs to reopen the debate. NLA...

Exposure To Dioxins Affects Male Reproductive System

...sulting in the limited growth of prostate gland or lowering testosterone levels. The cohort study involved more than 2000 Air Force veterans who served during the Vietnam War and was published in the November issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. "Until now, we did not have very good ev...

Drug Boosts Platelet Production, Reversing Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

...41 patients did show some temporary post-treatment lowering of their platelet counts, but this later resolved. The drug's efficacy impressed the researchers. "We were very pleased," says Dr. Bussel. Hoping to boost platelet counts to between 50,000 to 450,000 per cubic millimeter, the researchers report ...

Even 6 months or more of hormone therapy treatment does not impact longevity of prostate cancer patients

...a hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer by lowering the level of male hormones (androgens) to shrink or slow down the growth of prostate cancer. It has been shown to dramatically slow advanced prostate cancer that has already spread to the lymph nodes or the bone, and improves survival when combined w...

A Wonder Drug From Milk Thistle

...d. Some substances may appear to have an effect on lowering glucose levels in blood but they cannot offer a cure and cannot replace traditional therapies, they say. 'Studies have shown that the best method of controlling glucose levels is through a combination of regular physical activity, a healthy diet a...

Wants To Live Longer? Stay Cool!

...rm-blooded animals could be lengthened by slightly lowering their core body temperature, reported the health portal News Medical. Lowering the body temperature of mice extended their lifespan by up to 20 percent, the researchers said. The mice in the study published in the journal Science were allowed to ea...

More Stress, More Cancer

...ass of drugs known as beta-blockers that lead to a lowering of blood pressure levels. Glaser and Yang wanted to see how these same drugs affected these tumor cells. They added propanol, a beta-blocker, to the tumor cells and then exposed them to both norepinephrine and epinephrine. With the drug present, t...

Lack of Evidence on Treatment for Narrowed Kidney Arteries

...uate to determine whether the treatments differ in lowering the risks of death, kidney failure, or heart disease. * The risks of adverse events have not been adequately measured. Some studies suggested up to 3 percent of angioplasty patients died within 30 days. Other risks of angioplasty include kidney det...

Taking Statins May Help Smokers' Lungs

... these effects were not related to the cholesterol lowering properties and that statins probably cleared inflammation in the airways. However further studies are required to corroborate the findings. Dr. Younis also stressed the need for smokers to give up their habit, since statins have no effect on lung c...

Clinical Trial Shows Liquid Eggs Enriched with Omega-3 Deliver Heart Health Benefits

... cent and 210 per cent respectively, significantly lowering their estimated cardiovascular risk status. Published studies show excess amounts of triglycerides in the blood and high blood pressure levels, as well as low DHA/EPA blood levels, have been linked to coronary artery disease and stroke in some peop...

Widely Prescribed Diabetes Drug Falls Short of Promise, Says New Review

...r uptake of glucose into the cells of the body and lowering blood glucose levels. Physicians in the U.S. prescribe drugs such as Actos to patients with type II diabetes, whose bodies either do not produce enough natural insulin or don't use the insulin as effectively as those not affected by diabetes. HbA...

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