Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
...n of stroke is that the neurologic symptoms of TTP are similar to thoseof stroke. In the past yea...logists and cardiologists who prescribeticlopidine are generally unaware of this side effect, which is described as"having a rare association" in the packa...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...t rank doctors and hospitals need to makesure they are comparing apples to apples, or rankings can become...hysicians warn that the methods of data collection are notaccurate enough to make results trustworthy. But, they add, if simplecorrections are made, such s...New Research In Battling Alzheimer's Impact On Memory
..., according to Donald F. Weaver, Ph.D.,researchers are currently testing their compounds in mice with amyloid-ladenspleens. After molecular modeling simulations and extensive structure-activityrelationship determinations, the Canadian group has found a lead molecule thatlooks very promising. It "can mo...Adding Progestins May Negate Heart Protection From Estrogen Replacement Therapy
...ay help protect against heart disease. Progestins are combinedwith estrogen because replacement therapy ...e cuff is deflated and images of the blood vessels are recordedby ultrasound as the blood rushes into the vessel. A similar degree of vesseldilation was s...Increased Public Access To Defibrillation Could Prove Potentially Cost-Effective And Life-Saving
...cks" to re-start the heart. AEDs havepaddles that are pressed against the chest to deliver the shocks th...nnelresponding to a cardiac arrest. "There are two ways of expanding defibrillation," says the report's leadauthor Graham Nichol, M.P.H., M.D., ass...Warfarin Continues To Be Underused As Stroke Preventive
...receive warfarin," saysStafford, "we believe there are many other reasons why doctors may not beprescribi...ial fibrillationduring those years. The authors are members of the MGH Division of General Medicine and the facultyof Harvard Medical School. The study...Need For HIV Guidelines For Health Workers In Developing Countries
...he prevalence of HIV infection among patients that are cared for is very high in some poorer countries an...e that health professionals working in these areas are often relatively inexperienced (for example medical students undertaking their elective) and therefo...Higher Prices Won't Stop Teenage Smokers
...fect on rates of teen-age smoking than politicians are hoping, a new Cornell University study finds. In ...uate student in their department. Their findings are particularly relevant in light of the bill approved by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee last week ...Fat: It's Not For Breakfast Anymore; Study Finds Fat Linked To Clotting
...fter a fat-rich meal," he says. Co-authors are Dr. Moniek de Maat; Dr. Gert Meijer; Dr. Peter Zock; Dr.Diederick Grobbee, Dr. Frans Kok; Dr. Cornelis Kluft; and Dr. Evert Schouten....Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
...edical field, but an increasing number ofAmericans are going beyond biomedicine for health care treatment...forts. "The first major reason that people are using alternatives today, however, is dissatisfactionwith aspects of Western biomedicine," Gordon sa...Protecting Breast Feeding From Breast Milk Substitutes
... antismoking campaigns, legislation and monitoring are only part of the broader strategy to protect mothers and that positive public opinion towards breast feeding may be even more crucial. He says that training midwives and doctors in lactation counselling (including guidance for HIV positive mothers);...Baby Milk Manufacturers Are Breaking The Rules
...g Monitoring, reveals that baby milk manufacturers are breaking the international code of marketing breast milk substitutes, which was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981. The code was introduced to encourage mothers to breast feed their babies, in an attempt to prevent 1.5 million needless in...Procter & Gamble Supports Yale University Collaboration For Public Health Training Throughout China
...rman and chief executive John E. Pepper said: "We are pleased to supportthis important public health tra...said: "Fundamental political and economic changes are presentingChina with not only many health risks associated with developing nations -- suchas infecti...Successful Cancer Therapy May Doom Later Treatments To Failure
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...ents end uphaving the leg amputated. Such patients are usually elderly andhave another disease, such as h...rall cost of surgery and the cost ofthe medication are about the same, says Ouriel, noting that atypical supply of the drug for one patient costs the hospi......in premature infants who require ventilatorsupport are potentially more harmful than beneficial. ...id doses or shortercourses and long-term follow-up are needed to determine if steroid treatment isreally beneficial," said Linda Wright, M.D., a study auth...Heart Laser Surgery: An Alternative To Transplantation
...LANTATIONResearchers at Temple University Hospital are indicating that the use of heart laser surgery may...itating chest pain, called angina, in patients who are not candidates for angioplasty or bypass surgery. After six months of follow-up, patients receiving...International Study Raises Hopes For Heart Transplant Patients
... theUnited Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), there are currently about 3,945patients waiting for a heart transplant. "Due to the shortage of organ donors, we need to develop new treatments to prevent organ rejection in heart transplant patients," indicates Dr. Eisen...."TRAMAH" Model Seeks To Improve Emergency Response Paper Uses Maryland As Test Region
...ma care centers andaeromedical depots. The results are presented in a paper being delivered at theMontrea... of trauma centers and helicopters. Trauma systems are designed to offer much-needed medical treatment to severelyinjured people in a timely way. The TRAMA...Studies Look At Threshold Effect Of Cholesterol-Lowering "Statin" Drugs
...ers concerning lower limit of benefit, but results are not expected for another five years. NCEP guidelin...ck risk. According to Grundy, "These three trials are all landmark trials in thecholesterol field. All show that effective cholesterol lowering with stat...