Aggressive heart therapies still underused, despite blood chemical status
NEW ORLEANS -- Physicians are underutilizing aggressive therapies such as anti-clotting drugs and invasive procedures in heart patients, despite the presence of biochemical markers in the blood indicating heart muscle death, according to a new analysis by cardiologists at Duke University Medical Center. T...OHSU scientists advance fertility preservation procedure
...al Nature. "With some of the most successful but aggressive cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, up to 90 percent of women prematurely lose the ability to have children," said David Lee, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility...Emory researchers find race and gender gaps in treatment of heart attack
...rican women and men have continued to receive less aggressive management than white men after myocardial infarction," says Emory investigator Viola Vaccarino MD, Ph.D., lead author of the study. Gender and racial differences were greater for reperfusion therapy, coronary angiography and coronary artery bypass g...Coronary aneurysms are independent predictor of mortality, should be aggressively monitored
...phic evidence of coronary aneurysms should receive aggressive modification of coronary risk factors -- whether or not serious coronary disease is present. This research shows that clinicians should take all coronary aneurysms, regardless of size, seriously and monitor them aggressively."...Center for Health Law and Policy presents symposium on developing innovative therapies
...izens and creating a favorable environment for the aggressive development of life-saving drugs and vaccines. On March 12, 2004, from 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m., Brooklyn Law School's Center for Health Law and Policy and The New York Academy of Medicine will co-host a symposium exploring the necessity and dangers inher...Off-label use of migraine drug gives children relief, study says
... drugs," said Pakalnis. "Their parents want a more aggressive treatment. They understand that it's probably the best thing to do for their child, even if means an off-label use." The findings appear in a recent issue of the Journal of Child Neurology. Pakalnis conducted the study with Donna Kring, a nurse at Co...Problems controlling anger lead to weight gain for teens
... "Anger out" is yelling, slamming doors and other aggressive behaviors. The "anger control "score measured the level of maturity and healthy expression of feelings. The "anger expression" score is calculated by adding the "anger in" score with the "anger out" score and dividing that number by the "anger cont...Policy highlights from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
...s depression. "The higher a woman's risk, the more aggressive recommendations she and her physician may need to follow," explained Lichtenstein who also holds the Gershoff Chair in Nutrition Science and Policy at the Friedman School. The new guidelines recommend that all women, in addition to decreasing ...New index measures risk of death from blood clot
...ex, are at increased risk of death and may require aggressive treatment such as catheter-directed thrombolysis or thrombolytic therapy in intensive care. Five of the six patients (83 percent) with large clots indicated by a CTPE Index of 60 percent or greater died, while all but one of the 53 patients (98 pe...Mayo Clinic study helps patients with pancreatic cancer experience significantly less pain
...erience significant pain." Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive tumor associated with a high mortality. This year an estimated 31,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and the majority of them will die within a year. The Mayo Clinic study involved 100 patients who had advanced p...Studies focus on vascular spasm as a common cause of cardiomyopathy
...a heart attack. We think the time has come to get aggressive about treating it." The researchers focused on mice with genetic defects that weaken the membrane of heart muscle cells. By the age of six months, these mice develop extensive cardiac lesions that resemble small heart attacks. The researchers suspe...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, February 17, 2004
...mong hospice users with lung cancer and other very aggressive types of cancer. * * * Cognitive Decline Associated with Left Carotid Artery Disease Even in People with No Symptoms of Artery Disease Researchers studying 4,006 right-handed individuals age 65 or older with no symptoms of heart disease and n...Race may be a factor in treatment of rectal cancer patients
...isease stage than whites, implying a need for more aggressive screening," the authors write. "Our data suggest that treatment disparities may contribute to differences in outcome among racial/ethnic groups with rectal cancer, and they highlight the need for improving access to state-of-the-art surgical care fo...Combining surgery with novel treatment may improve survival rates
...roved, there has been a greater trend towards more aggressive surgical treatment of solid tumors," said Shen. "This study, combined with reports from other institutions, indicates that selected patients can achieve long- term survival with complete removal of peritoneal disease from colorectal cancer, which is...Metabolic syndrome may be an important link to stroke
...2 diabetes. "Before it becomes necessary to begin aggressive treatment of diabetes and other predisposing factors for stroke, it might be possible to take steps that can prevent these serious conditions from developing," said the study's lead author, Robert M. Najarian, a third-year medical student at Boston U...Behavior patterns of some nursing home residents may provoke other residents, resulting in injuries
...home residents in the United States have exhibited aggressive behavior in the week prior to their assessment with the Minimum Data Set (MDS). The MDS is a comprehensive assessment that includes diagnoses and treatment/medication plans for nursing home residents that must be completed by nurses at least every t...Understanding the autoimmune response in type 1 diabetes
...ly inhibiting cells that would normally mediate an aggressive immune response. The results reported by Peakman and colleagues suggest that in patients with T1DM, there is instead induction of a predominant number of T cells that produce IFN-gamma and IL-2, which drives an autoaggressive immune response. Why the...Coronary heart disease risk assessment improves with coronary artery calcium scoring
...ase, doctors might be able to make faster and more aggressive treatment decisions such as prescribing drugs or lifestyle changes." Dr. Detrano is a principal investigator at the Research and Education Institute and a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center....Study suggests more cancer patients receiving aggressive care at end of life
... A growing number of cancer patients are receiving aggressive treatments when they are near death, according to ...ancer patients near death is becoming increasingly aggressive and that more patients are being admitted to emergency rooms and to intensive care units during thei...Cancer markers news backgrounder: Future of cancer diagnosis, treatment lies in tumor 'barcode'
... need such chemotherapy or if they need much more aggressive therapy. In a study of about 400 patients reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the scientists found those with high levels of a protein called cyclin E were significantly more likely to have an aggressive, invasive breast cancer. The pro...