Reviparin effective in reducing risk of death after heart attack
... that unfractionated heparin (UFH) became standard before the era of definitive clinical outcome trials," Dr. Califf writes. "CREATE advances the field by demonstrating that the recommendation for antithrombotic therapy can now be made with confidence that the evidence is not built like a house of cards on ...Whole-body CT screening costs overshadow benefits
...gs show that the average person should think twice before having a whole-body CT examination," said study au...given to the costs and benefits of this technology before it is more widely used, as sufficient clinical data are not currently available to provide a definit...Scientists identify brain regions that decide where we look
...u might have second thoughts and change our mind - before it's too late. Different parts of the medial frontal cortex become active when we choose to make an eye movement of our own free will, and when we face a difficult choice involving conflicting alternatives." The researchers believe this discovery may...January/February Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...sons who had consumed alcohol during the six hours before injury. The proportion of injuries that would not ...ed in the absence of drinking during the six hours before injury was between 8.5 and 10.6 percent, compared to 4 percent due to alcohol dependence. The autho...Calcium boost to youths' bones could reduce osteoporosis risk
...eriatric disease among women, could actually start before puberty. In the study at The Ohio State Universit...ted groups of girls occurred from between one year before and one year after the onset of menstruation. By young adulthood, significant effects remained at th...Increased physical activity not linked to ALS risk
...ical activity: until the age of 25; until one year before the onset of the disease; and the last 10 years before the onset of the disease. "The results showed that there was no significant association between risk...Study naming hospitals in top 5% for clinical quality released by HealthGrades
...ight years now, patients need to do their research before choosing a local hospital." Individuals can access the list for free at www.healthgrades.com . Hospitals found to be in the top five percent in the nation were named Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence TM by HealthGrades. Other findings...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...apsulate how an individual's features alter sounds before they reach the eardrum. The changes vary with dire... as to mimic the effects of the head and outer ear before the signal is fed into the ear canals through a pair of headphones. The Australian Research Council...... south magnetic poles around, as it has often done before during the Earth's long history. These and other mysteries about our magnetic planet will get the closer attention they deserve, in ESA's forthcoming Swarm project. Three satellites will work together to measure the magnetic field and its variatio...Sildenafil effectively treats enlarged hearts, mouse study shows
...nzyme pathway blocked by sildenafil (PDE5A), never before known to play a significant role in the heart, is ...od for the heart. However, more study is required before we fully understand the benefits of sildenafil on the heart." Analysis of several enzymes known to p...Study shows drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex were widely over-used long before recent problems
Even before making the connection between drugs such as Vioxx ...on or 40 percent of very low risk patients by 2001 before declining slightly in 2002. At the same time, 6.8 million patients, or 40 percent of those at low r...JCI table of contents, January 20 2005
... for self antigen and tissues are normally deleted before they escape the thymus. However some T cells only possess an intermediate affinity for self antigens and therefore escape deletion at this time. As a result, some regulatory mechanism must exist that limits the replication of these moderately self-re...Hospital admissions for asthma more likely for ethnic minorities in the UK
...es in the UK. It also shows more conclusively than before the complex nature of asthma care for black and ethnic minorities in the UK. The disparity between frequency of asthma and asthma-related use of health services needs careful study. Underlying this paradox might be health service organisational facto...Researchers hope monkeys can provide new insights into depression
...arriage. In addition, women who develop depression before age 18 are less likely to obtain a college or graduate degree, reducing their future earning potential. Other researchers involved in the project were Thomas Register, Ph.D., David Friedman, Ph.D., Timothy Morgan, Ph.D., Jalonda Thompson and Tasha La...CPR performance does not follow guidelines
...ion rate, 2 ventilations for every 15 compressions before intubation and 10/min to 12/min after intubation. The researchers found that chest compressions were not given 48 percent of the time without spontaneous circulation; this percentage was 38 percent when subtracting the time necessary for electrocardi...Other highlights in the January 19 JNCI
...ase that would not have produced signs or symptoms before death--or reclassification--a change in how diagnostic terminology is applied--could explain the rise. Heiko Pohl, M.D., and H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt., analyzed d...Study of CPR quality reveals frequent deviation from guidelines
...ritique that can catch and correct common mistakes before they do any harm. This should help tighten up one link of the chain." The consistency of poor CPR performance also suggests the need to revise the guidelines, Arthur Sanders and Gordon Ewy of the University of Arizona College of Medicine argue in th...PENN study emphasizes need for national guidelines for assisted reproductive technology programs
... the right and responsibility to screen candidates before providing them with assisted reproductive technologies to conceive a child the key value being that they ensure a prospective child's safety and welfare and not risk the welfare of the prospective mother." The study also found that there was a signi...2001-2002 survey finds that many recover from alcoholism
...r alcohol dependence that began more than one year before the 2001-2002 survey. These individuals were primarily middle-aged, non-Hispanic white males. Sixty percent had attended or completed college. More than half had experienced the onset of alcohol dependence between the ages of 18 and 24, and only 25.5...... for non-vaccine tumor proteins than were detected before vaccination. Vaccine-specific T cells, on the other hand, became detectable but did not expand to large numbers. Thus, reinvigoration of existing tumor-specific T cells after vaccination did not require large numbers of vaccine-specific T cells. ...