Drug proven to benefit heart attack victims vastly underused
...l as the early treatment by a cardiologist and the aggressive use of invasive procedures such as angioplasty, are also underutilized. Improving the usage of all these evidence-based therapies can help reduce the mortality rates for these patients, the researchers said. The results of the current analysis were p...Multi-hospital angioplasty improvement effort reduces deaths and complications
...of death - and therefore, which patients need more aggressive drug therapy. U-M cardiologist Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., will present the results at AHA. Using data from 7,223 diabetics treated with PCI at the consortium hospitals between 1997 and 2001, the researchers developed a simple 10-point scoring mechan...Elements of green tea prevent HIV from binding to human T cells
...or HIV vesicles and plays an important role in the aggressive infection process. Researchers found that EGCG showed a strong affinity for the CD4 molecule, and by binding them, could effectively prevent the binding of the HIV glycoprotein envelope. These findings open new doors for the clinical application of E...Women & men differ in heart disease traits and treatment
...s were compared, the women were less likely to get aggressive drug treatment, according to the new results from ... hospital without a firm diagnosis and with a less aggressive therapy regimen after experiencing acute heart symptoms. And, the finding may explain a long-known...Studies show Tim-3 proteins key to immune responses
... of a select group of T-cells functions to inhibit aggressive immune responses could have important implications for organ transplant patients and patients with autoimmune diseases, and could prove equally relevant in the development of vaccines for the treatment of cancer, drug-resistant tuberculosis, HIV infe...Modified lung donor standards decrease mortality
...ia to evaluate potential lung donors combined with aggressive donor management significantly increases the availability of potential lung donors, and ultimately decreases mortality of recipients on the waiting list, says a new study presented at CHEST 2003, the 69th annual international scientific assembly of t...Outpatient treatment shrinks liver tumors to acceptable size for laser procedure
...e their hair. This treatment allows us to be very aggressive in attacking the tumor, while maintaining a good quality of life for the patient," he said. Median survival of patients who responded to this combined treatment was 26.2 months. In patients treated with only TACE, median survival was 12.8 months. Wh...Study identifies risk factors for refractive surgery malpractice lawsuits and claims
...ication errors with co-managing providers and less aggressive advertising."In its conclusion, the study states, "Ultimately, the results of this study should help improve the overall quality of care provided to refractive surgery patients and alter the image this procedure has acquired within the legal communit...U.S. blacks five times as likely as whites to progress to kidney failure
...ricans with early kidney disease require much more aggressive treatment than has been commonly practiced. "Black Americans make up a third of the dialysis population, but only about a tenth of the overall population. But nobody has ever looked at whether blacks have more early kidney disease than whites," says ...Should the standard guidelines for assessing prostate cancer control be changed?
...failure in treatment can mean the addition of more aggressive treatment. In a new study, examining the guidelines the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) currently uses to determine treatment failure, physicians have found more precise and specific ways to predict it. These results ...In lab studies, blocking expression of gene reduces invasion of deadly brain tumor cells
...evelopment, progression and spread of these highly aggressive tumors. Now, in laboratory experiments designed to... gliomas and in tissues adjacent to GBMs, the most aggressive gliomas. One of the genes was already known to be over-expressed in gliomas. The other was the alpha......refractory squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, an aggressive rare variant of common skin cancer. "Whereas many... percent of breast cancer, often resulting in more aggressive cancer cells that don't respond to standard treatments. The drug is also being studied in other form...St. Jude leukemia therapy overcomes differences in treatment outcome between black, white children
...cer. Children considered at low risk received less aggressive therapy during this time than did those considered at high risk. The St. Jude team used strict criteria to classify patients according to their risk of failing therapy, which led them to assign more than three-fourths of the black children to risk gr...More than $34 Million in SPORE Grants
... of multiple secondary proteins that contribute to aggressive behavior of pancreatic cancer effect of numerous chemical agents that are available to inhibit NF-kappaB signaling pathways to further the understanding of important growth promoting signaling pathways in pancreatic cancer variation of DNA repair c...U. of Michigan's Whall wins The Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Schwartz Award
... development and sustained research in the area of aggressive physical behavior in nursing home residents with dementia. Her contributions to nursing have been recognized nationally and internationally. She recently served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Belfast in Northern Ireland. She was also ele...Molecular test proves to be effective in measuring remission and relapse after cancer treatment
...hronic phase can develop into a "blast crisis," an aggressive phase that is characterized by excessive production of blasts, which are abnormal immature blood cells. Blast crisis is commonly fatal, as patients suffer from bleeding and infections. Currently, bone-marrow or stem-cell transplantation is the only k...Forgiveness linked to spinal cord injury rehab
...itation process, is highly relevant to coping with aggressive and accidental trauma. Its effect in promoting health may be both direct and indirect through health behavior. We present preliminary findings from an ongoing self-report survey-based longitudinal study examining the role of forgiveness in promotin...NYU School of Medicine attracts a powerful MRI machine
...n imbalance in this chemical may benefit most from aggressive therapy. In addition, the field of molecular imaging allows researchers to look at more of the fine details of the brain itself. In Dr. Helpern's laboratory, for example, high-field MR is being used to identify plaques in the brain that are on...Benchmark study of brain tumors points to resection over biopsy as one key to survival
...rain tumors. However, it is important to note that aggressive resection of gliomas will not necessarily improve the prognosis for a specific patient. Some patients may have been precluded from a craniotomy, for instance, because they could not tolerate a general anesthetic," Laws said. "Age and general health a...HFES Annual Meeting papers feature work on critical health and safety issues
...came to some agreement that the warnings should be aggressive and continue until they were acknowledged. A functional prototype that incorporates the drivers' preferences has been integrated into a product by Attention Technology Inc. that was released in May 2003. MEDICAL ERROR Barriers to Implementing Wr...