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FDA Clears Critical Limb-Saving Vascular Device

...istration (FDA) today cleared for U.S. marketing a vascular shunt, a medical device that can help save the arms and legs of soldiers critically injured// in combat as well as individuals in other trauma settings and emergency situations. FDA reviewed the Temporary Limb Salvage Shunt (TLSS), made by Vascute...

Drug Used in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery may Increase Risk of Death

...ddition to the previously reported acute renal and vascular safety concerns, aprotinin use is associated with an increased risk of long-term mortality following CABG surgery. Use of aprotinin among patients undergoing CABG surgery does not appear prudent because safer and less expensive alternatives (i.e., am...

High BP During Pregnancy Linked To Heart Disorders

...during pregnancy could lead to diabetes and cardio vascular disease later. This study was conducted among 491// post-menopausal women. Among them, those who had a high BP during their pregnancy had a 57% chance of developing atherosclerosis than their counterparts who had a normal BP. The study which was pu...

Early Detection of Artery Weakening Can Be a Life-Saver

...le it was still small. For the next few years, a vascular surgeon at the University of Michigan monitored hi...n aneurysm before something bad happens,” says U-M vascular surgeon James Stanley, M.D., a director of the U-M Cardiovascular Center who operated on Spanos. “...

Ultrasound Technology - Boon or a Bane?

...sists in identifying blockages, stenosis and other vascular abnormalities. Ian Donald and colleagues at the Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital in Scotland conducted the first diagnostic procedures using ultrasonography. They applied these techniques to obstetrics to assess the growth of the foetus. As tec...

Gender No Bar-Heart Attacks Target Everyone

...men and 37,000 men each year. Dr. Sonia Anand, a vascular medicine specialist at McMaster University, says women’s symptoms usually differ from those of men and some doctors may not pick up their significance. “All doctors are trained to recognize typical symptoms of chest pain, but women seem to have a ...

28% Lower Mortality Rate In Top U.S. Hospitals

...ocedures that include orthopedic and neurosurgery, vascular surgery, prostate surgery and gall bladder surgery. · For those same procedures and diagnoses, Distinguished Hospitals reduced post-surgical complication rates by 3.39 percent. Seventy-five percent of this year's Distinguished Hospitals for Clini...

Europeans Developing First-Ever Dengue Fever Vaccine

...deed responsible for the increased permeability of vascular tissue. Once a protein inhibitor was introduced into the culture blocking the overactive metalloproteinase, natural permeability was restored. Their hypotheses concerning metalloproteinase were again supported through in vivo testing in mice. The...

Growing Popularity of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Raises Concern

... life-threatening health risks for those suffering vascular disease. Popularly called statins, these drugs a... its users did not portray substantial evidence of vascular disease, to warrant a cholesterol lowering drug. ‘It's not a trivial, minor thing. It's the bulk o...

New Cause of Chronic Liver Disease Identified in HIV-positive Patients

...troviral drugs have, to date, been associated with vascular liver disease. Yet, they also observe that all the patients had a history of therapy with ddI, which an earlier case-controlled study showed to be associated with cryptogenic liver disease. HIV itself is also considered as a cause, particularly as...

Syphilis on the Rise in China

...earch workers. Syphilis is said to affect cardio vascular and nervous system. It has a very strong and negative impact on reproductive system as well. It also causes Genetic Ulcers. Researchers aver that this disease can be brought under control if Chinese Government adopts the right kind of syphilis era...

Vision Loss Can Be Prevented in People With Diabetes

...se drugs block the pathways that contribute to the vascular disruptions that characterize diabetic retinopathy. Specifically, they aim to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels or the activity of proteins in the nerve cells of the retina. These treatments hold promise of intervention at earlier, non-sight-...

Uric Acid Levels (High-Normal) Associated With Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

...s are also researching links between uric acid and vascular damage in the brain and attempting to dissect which aspects of uric acid and its production help or hurt the nervous system. Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Surgery, the Best Option for Kids With High Blood Pressure

...y," says lead author James C. Stanley, M.D., a U-M vascular surgeon who has operated on dozens of children wit...idney specialists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons who make up the Michigan Pediatric Renovascular Group. Together, they treat children at the...

For Kids With High BP, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail

...y,” says lead author James C. Stanley, M.D., a U-M vascular surgeon who has operated on dozens of children wit...idney specialists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons who make up the Michigan Pediatric Renovascular Group. Together, they treat children at the...

Effects Of Age-related Vascular Diseases Can Be Reduced By Inactivating TNFa

...potential beneficial effects of TNFa inhibition in vascular aging//, "Vasculoprotective effects of anti-TNFa t... This study shows hope for significantly reducing vascular aging by inactivating TNFa, which has been linked to blood vessel dysfunction and cell death. Age-...

Link Between Nanoparticles and Kidney Stones

...cording to Virginia Miller, Ph.D., a specialist in vascular research at Mayo Clinic and a study author. In addition, researchers examined how urine proteins alter the way crystals and cells interact in binding to cells -- the way in which cells respond to the crystals and assume more of a bone-like morpholo...

Inherited Ischaemic Stroke More Common in Women Than Men

...erit ischaemic stroke, irrespective of traditional vascular risk factors, according to a study.// Ischaemic stroke is known to be partly heritable. However, the importance of genetic and environmental factors is uncertain. Emmanuel Touzé and Peter Rothwell of the Stroke Prevention Research Unit at the Radcli...

First Potential Treatment for Dengue

...us, responsible for increasing the permeability of vascular wall endothelial cells and hence blood loss. The r...ecifically the intercellular cement that binds the vascular walls. The research team demonstrated, in vitro, that Dengue-virus infection of certain targeted cel...

Cellular Cues Identified for Stroke Recovery

...ure neurons wrapped themselves around the immature vascular cells that were in the process of forming new blood vessels in the damaged area. The neurons were found to arrive at the site within the first two to four weeks after the stroke. Further, the researchers found that two proteins, stromal-derived fac...

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