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A new recovery for heart attacks

...tation to low-oxygen conditions. These drugs would prevent the binding of hydroxyl groups to the HIF protein and in turn boost the amount of the protein around to improve oxygen delivery. The researchers have patented the asparagine-hydroxyl part of the HIF protein as a possible target for drugs, and will n...

Defibrillators saving lives but price is an issue

...blood. Implantable defibrillators were designed to prevent sudden death in people with a severe, life-threatening ventricular fibrillation, in which the heart quivers and can't pump blood. The new study involved 2,008 patients, half of whom received an implantable defibrillator. The other half received conv...

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

Cholesterol-lowering drugs that help prevent heart disease also appear to cut the risk of a hea... Several large studies demonstrated that the drugs prevent heart attacks and heart-disease deaths. Cardiologist Robert Harrington of Duke University said the r...

Aspirin deflated

...ctors often recommend daily use of aspirin to help prevent heart attacks.// Aspirin works by blocking the formation of thromboxane A2, a chemical in the body that makes platelets sticky and promotes blood clotting. The study found that as many as 75% of patients showed some resistance to the blood-thinning...

Aspirin surpasses Modern Anti-clotting Drugs

...rful pill will //reduce pain, fever, inflammation, prevent blood clots, and even reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. In the more than 35 years since aspirin's potent anti-clotting effects were first discovered, relatively few drugs have been developed that can even be compared to the efficacy, eas...

Blood test can predict pre-eclampsia

...eclampsia, a complication of pregnancy, in time to prevent it before symptoms appear.// This study showed that a risk factor that can be detected many weeks before symptoms appear may be able to predict who will develop pre-eclampsia. Women who developed pre-eclampsia had higher-than-normal levels of a prote...

Meningitis C vaccine a cost-effective success

...llion. The team calculated that the campaign would prevent 9,980 cases of meningitis C and 666 deaths over the cohort’s lifetime, resulting in almost 23,000 discounted life years saved. That saving would avoid costs of about ￡29 million in treatment and control. They estimated the campaign would cost betwee...

Exercise is necessary in daily life

...vity level. Even small increases of activity could prevent over half of new cases of type 2 diabetes,// one of the major contributors to death from heart disease. Exercise physiologist Dr. Gary Hunter of the University of Alabama at Birmingham points to our modern way of life as being the major cause of ph...

Children's snoring may indicate a serious problem

... cause it to constrict, and fat in the stomach can prevent the diaphragm from functioning properly. Some30% to 50% of obese children suffer from the syndrome. If a child has obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, he or she may be getting too little oxygen and too much carbon dioxide. The condition can lead to po...

One IV treatment a year rather than a pill a day

One IV treatment a year may prevent osteoporosis. The research involves a drug called ...s before doctors know whether the drug really does prevent fractures, because the study was only a one-year look at the medicine's effect on bone itself. The m...

Liver key to extending life

...s is why we are actively investigating new ways to prevent age-related disease." Professor Le Couteur said that many age-related illnesses were caused by toxins and fats and that this is where his interest in the liver came from. The liver's role in the body is to process blood coming from the gut by absor...

Drug trafficking via Internet a growing threat

...lance and international cooperation are needed “to prevent the Internet from turning into a worldwide web of drug trafficking,” said Hamid Ghodse, the INCB’s president. In the United States, Internet swapping of techniques for manufacturing amphetamine sin underground laboratories has become so widespread, ...

Elevating Manganese Levels hold back HIV

...hich could block replication of the virus and help prevent it from causing acquired immune deficiency syndrom...target PRM1 and increase manganese levels may help prevent the development of resistance, Boeke said. HIV may still develop resistance but "a new class of age...

DNA of deceased ones stored in Funeral Homes

...ceased loved ones in the funeral homes in order to prevent disease in their descendants .The DNA could help future generations// determine whether they are genetically predisposed to conditions such as breast or colon cancer. According to Bernard Naegele, president of Cincinnati-based DNA Analysis Inc., the...

Mutating viruses helps produce antibodies

...ules, much as a person might switch their locks to prevent someone with a key from getting in. "In the world of microbial biowarfare, standing still in the face of a ferocious viral attack is a recipe for disaster," explained microbiologist Graham Hatfull of the University of Pittsburgh. Bordatella can swit...

Important substance in curry conciliate Inflamed Colon

... the curry spice turmeric may help reduce and even prevent inflammation of the intestines. The spice contains curcumin, a compound thought to be a potent anti-inflammatory agent effective in wound healing. Dr. Ken Sugimoto, of the department of internal medicine at the Hamamatsu University //School of Medici...

Antioxidants found in chocolates

... and other health problems. Antioxidants also help prevent blood clots and inflammation. The reason for recommending lots of fresh fruits and vegetables is because they contain antioxidants. Professor Catherine Rice, of King's College School of Biomedical Sciences in London, has been looking at some less o...

New breast cancer genes discovered

...discovered a pathway on which just one mistake can prevent normal DNA repair processes. This discovery could lead to new tests for breast cancer susceptibility and even advances in treatments, which could target the damaged genes....

Body mass index guide needs revision

...tes. The researchers calculated that if they could prevent gains in BMI beyond 22, then 46 per cent of diabetes cases could be averted and 30 per cent of cases of impaired glucose tolerance. This only applies to aborigines - previous research has shown that certain ethnic groups are more vulnerable to the he...

New technique for heart enlargement

...ith this disease as well as help us understand and prevent sudden death in our population, particularly in young athletes....

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