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Failing Heart Failure Patients

... heart failure after a myocardial infarction (MI), otherwise known as a heart attack. “Heart failure is a common and potentially lethal complication of MI, conferring a four-to-fivefold increase in mortality,” says Professor Henry Krum, co-author of the study and head of the NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research...

Many American senior citizens fall into the “Doughnut Hole”!

...1,500 in benefits through Part D — an expense they otherwise would have borne themselves.” "Don't get caught up on how much you paid last month," Marchand said. "You really have to look at what the program provides for you during the course of the year." Enrollment between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31 for Part D pl...

Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance

...vices can perform tasks inside the body that would otherwise not be possible, such as entering most cells and moving through the walls of blood vessels. As a result, nanoscale devices can readily interact with individual molecules on both the cell surface and within the cell, in ways that do not alter the beha...

Deadly superbug on the rise

...ntified as the cause of serious skin infections in otherwise healthy athletes, children in daycare, prisoners, soldiers, and rural Alaskans”, said Arjun Srnivasan, a CDC medical epidemiologist. The community-acquired MRSA is not as harmful as its hospital-bred cousin. But even it has caused the death of four...

Genetics Of Mental Retardation

...n hand gave us, in a single experiment, what would otherwise have taken months of work using conventional methods, and allowed unprecedented insight into the underlying biology and mechanism of genomic disease." The deletion on chromosome 17 was seen in multiple children. Based on current data, this deletion...

Prostate Cancer Patients Sought for Database as Part of Joint Effort

...o allow tissue removed in any surgeries that would otherwise be discarded to be stored in the repository for future research purposes. This tissue is taken during a scheduled surgery or from a stored sample from a prior surgery; no additional tissue will be removed solely for research purposes. Participants al...

Antioxidants Could Halt Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

...transmitted by tick parasites. It usually afflicts otherwise healthy adults and children who are bitten by wood ticks or dog ticks. The illness can become life threatening if left untreated, and spotted fever can be difficult for physicians to diagnose because the earliest signs mimic less-serious viral illnes...

Discontinuing Overused Pain Medications Helps Revert Migraines

...graines to normal migraine. Transformed migraine otherwise called chronic daily headache occurs when individuals begin to experience a daily pattern of migraine. Aggressive treatment early in the course of migraine is essential to prevent the occurrence of an uncontrolled daily pattern and greater sensitivi...

Sub-Saharan Africans With HIV May Achieve Favorable Levels of ART Adherence

...unodeficiency virus (HIV) positive individuals who otherwise would have died. However, treatment effectiveness relies on sustained adherence, which is a serious challenge to those receiving ART, according to background information in the article. The regimens are often complicated, can include varying dosing s...

Abdomen Can Help In Gas Exchange In Lung Failure

...t-term proof of principle experiments performed on otherwise healthy pigs. What we found, however, was that the circuit was able to increase arterial oxygen levels by a significant degree and that the technique was simple and safe to perform in these short-term studies. We have shown that this technique has po...

Ultraviolet B (UVB) Radiation Reduces Risk of 16 Types of Cancer in U.S.

...s in the sun, and should spend the time walking or otherwise in motion.” William Grant added “The public receives a steady barrage of public service messages to avoid the sun and wear sunscreens in order to reduce the risk of skin cancer and melanoma. Unfortunately, such messages do not mention that these ri...

Study finds Adolescents Girls Have Lower Levels Of Vitamin-D

...hildren in Manchester, UK, in a study conducted on otherwise healthy teen girls// that they have a reduced amount of the vitamin. The researchers have also noted that white girls had significantly higher levels of Vitamin D when compared with the non-white counterparts. The study has also suggested that the ...

Sleep Apnea Doubles Stroke Risk In Elderly

... doubles the risk of stroke in elderly people, who otherwise have no known risk factors for stroke.// Sleep apnea is a disorder wherein the breathing stops or gets very shallow while sleeping and enough air cannot flow into your lungs through your mouth and nose even though you try to breathe. When this happ...

New Treatment Option in the Pipeline for Those Suffering From Lung Cancers

...ethods for the safe treatment of lung tumors which otherwise couldn't be treated with a high dose of radiation due to lack of sufficient real-time tracking accuracy in other, more conventional radiation therapy machines. Treating lung tumors with the enhanced Cyberknife requires only 1-3 sessions lasting 60-90...

The Lurking Tsunami: Are We Ready?

...nted in both its severity and impact. These waves, otherwise known as the Tsunami, was the most devastating that history has witnessed, and left behind an agonizing trail of death and destruction. It was triggered by an earthquake of the magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, which had originated off Sumatra, ...

Lupin Gets DCGI Nod For Phase II Clinical Trials On Desoside-P

... molecule forward and look forward to meeting this otherwise unmet market need,' Company Chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta said. LL-4218, a pure molecule, is obtained from a plant source and is intended for the treatment of chronic stable plaque type psoriasis. This molecule's novel mechanism of action leads to mark...

Gene Responsible For Mammary Gland Function, When Mutated Results in Leukemias

...specific genes linked to mammary gland function in otherwise healthy female mice is part of a larger story,' he added. 'It's a significant step that also gives us insight into the manner by which MKL1 mutations cause leukemia and represents progress on the long road to ultimately increasing the cure rate for A...

Discovery of Agile Molecular Motors Could Aid in Treating Motor Neuron Diseases

...ss-cross and where other cellular components would otherwise pose an impediment to motion. Defects in myosin V function also result in neurological defects. Most of these molecular motors are associated with specific diseases or developmental defects, so understanding the puzzling aspects of their behavior i...

Stress and Pollution are Major Cause of Infertility Among Urban Couples

...t will also help poor patients get treatment which otherwise would be out of their reach," he said. Noted gynaecologist B.D. Mukherjee said: "We need a body like LEAF Foundation to dispel myths around infertility. It will also help remove male ego about infertility, since 50 percent cases of infertility are ...

Health Care Costs Unaffected by Rebate

...ebate,saves up to two dollars in health costs that otherwise would have to be picked up by taxpayers.' Labor's health spokeswoman, Julia Gillard, disagreeing with the Government's claim of "one person with private health cover is one less person relying on public hospitals" said that while admissions to priv...

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