NIH study to evaluate role of MRI in emergency diagnosis of heart attack & stroke
...identify heart attacks and strokes so patients can benefit from earliertreatment--such as clot-busters," added Dr. Lenfant. "The benefits to the health of our community will be extraordinary," said Dr.William Minogue, senior vice president for medical affairs at Suburban. "Suburban Hospital will be the only ...Pennsylvania voters believe tobacco settlement funds should be used for cancer research
... that the tobacco settlement funds are used forthe benefit of all Pennsylvania citizens, including future generations." It is projected that, over the next 10 years, 700,000 Pennsylvania residentswill be diagnosed with cancer and approximately 300,000 will die of the disease. During that same time period, th...Climate change will have detrimental effects on health in Europe
...increased mortality during heatwaves. However one benefit of climate change may be a reduction in excess winter mortality. Kovats et al also report that an increased risk of river flooding in Europe is likely in the future. They say that flooding has long term effects on mental health; may disrupt water p...Low doses of aspirin and surgery better for stroke prevention
...d better tolerated, so more peoplecan get the full benefit of aspirin." The ACE trial is the first randomized clinical trial to determine the best doseof aspirin for stroke prevention following CE surgery. The medical community first became aware ofaspirin's protectiveeffects for stroke in 1978, and, since...No need to treat "simple" febrile seizures in young children
... potential problems due to side effects exceed any benefit thatanticonvulsants could have. There is no evidence that taking anticonvulsants,such as phenobarbital or valproate, every day will improve a child's health orwill prevent epilepsy later in life. In determining its findings, the AAP revie...Wake Forest researchers develop new technique to diagnose narrowed heart arteries
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...xercise that is neither strenuous nor prolongedcan benefit an individual at any age is encouraging. As personal computersinvade our lives and society becomes increasingly successful at reducing ourneed to move, opportunities for everyone to become more physically active shouldbe given a high priority." Rese......d 100,000 to200,000 patients in the U.S. who could benefit from its effects. Retired dentist Edwin Frischling of West Covina knows first hand the relief TMRcan provide. A nearly life-long diabetic, Dr. Frischling, 74, had suffered amild heart attack in 1990 and subsequently underwent a five-way bypass and tw...UI study indicates many older adults still not receiving recommended vaccinations
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...f this strategy should result in long-term patient benefit without anyapparent risk." The study was supported by a grant from Parke-Davis PharmaceuticalResearch, a division of Warner-Lambert Company.......ysicians can determine if thepatient's heart would benefit from cardiac bypass surgery, or is strong enoughto withstand chemotherapy if the patient needs it to treat cancer. It also canprovide more complete structural information to better assess whether a faultyvalve could be repaired surgically or must be......to standard treatment regimens will have any extra benefit inpreventing perinatal HIV transmission in these countries. For pregnant womenwho do not know their HIV status until they begin labor, the nevirapine regimenprovides a last-minute prevention option. Nevirapine, developed by Boehringer Ingelheim Pha...Cholesterol lowering margarine may not benefit those already eating a healthy diet
...e with a low intake of fat and cholesterol may not benefit from eating Benecol, he concludes, as it did not lower cholesterol concentrations significantly....Age, ethnicity, income impact exercise habits of elderly
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...ts. It may also help us identify people who would benefit frominterventional treatment before the onset of overt Alzheimer's disease, with thegoal of delaying or preventing patients from declining into Alzheimer'sdisease."......e are aimed at bringing the latest technologies to benefit patients withpituitary disorders. In designing the Pituitary Center, Dr. Melmed and Dr. Shahinian decided on anovel approach that would focus on the disease as a whole rather than on theindividual specialties required to treat it. This visionary conc...