Sudden death from stress linked to wonky signals in the brain
Sudden cardiac death from emotional stress may be triggered by uneven s...ardiology says: "Some people are at risk of sudden death from stress, mainly people who already have heart disease. In these cases the combination of heart a...New test possible aid to overcoming barriers to colon cancer screening
... colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States....Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
...eritable murderers' row of infectious agents whose death toll runs in the millions. Between them and us stand a few small groups of nurses at select institutions around the country, including the University of Rochester Medical Center, who protect the population from such scourges. The University is one ...Holidays, birthdays and postponement of cancer deaths
... in the OSU Center for Biostatistics, examined all death certificates in the Ohio Department of Health for ...eratures. "We've known for a long time that higher death rates are directly associated with falling temperatures." Cancer mortality, however, showed no v...Evidence indicates cancer patients unable to intentionally postpone death for significant events
...hat cancer patients can not intentionally postpone death to survive for significant personal events such as...revious studies have noted an apparent dip or peak death pattern associated with significant religious and social events. Donn C. Young, Ph.D., and Erinn M. ...Poison and firearms stored in open endanger visiting kids
... poisoning and gunshots, are the leading causes of death among children and young adults in the United States. The study was supported by the Home Safety Council, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Program, the Robert Wood Johnson Harold Amos Faculty De...Patients with abdominal trauma at risk for intra-abdominal infections following surgery
...ns ranges from 2 percent to 9 percent and that the death rate from intra-abdominal infection can be higher than 50 percent if the diagnosis is delayed after development of multiple organ failure. Carlos H. Morales, M.D., M.Sc., from Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, and colleagues analyzed t...Size of myocardial infarct measured using MRI
... People who have had a heart attack have a sudden death rate that is four to six times greater than in the general population. About two-thirds of heart attack patients do not make a complete recovery; however, 88 percent of those under age 65 are able to return to work....Guidelines for following pediatric cancer survivors aim to reduce medical complications
...l experts hold the promise of reducing illness and death among adult survivors of childhood cancers. These guidelines, published by a team co-led by a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigator, are published in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO). While not designed to r...Ending racial disparities in health care could save 5 times more lives than tech advances
...hat 886,202 deaths could have been averted had the death rate of African Americans and whites been comparable during this time period. The authors calculated that technological advances during those years averted 176,633 deaths. The authors explained that it would take years to fully determine the differen...Risk of tuberculosis doubles in first year of HIV infection
... two diseases. "Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death among people infected with HIV worldwide," said Havlir. "Perhaps the most immediate and universal implication of these data is the need to expand reliable and affordable HIV testing in tuberculosis-endemic areas like the South African gold mines."...Surprise! Cells have second source of phosphate
... of the enzymes that makes IP7 is critical in cell death -- because of IP7's role in modifying proteins. "So drugs that activate the enzyme and stimulate production of IP7 would increase cell death, which is what one wants to do in cancer treatment," says Snyder. "Drugs inhibiting the enzyme would prevent ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2004 (second issue)
...ns and 5,000 deaths per year. Hospitalization and death related to asthma exacerbations are two to three times more likely among African-Americans and minority patients, according to the authors. The research appears in the second issue for December 2004 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed A...Certain high blood pressure combination therapies elevate risk for death from cardiovascular disease
...an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) death compared to patients who take beta-blockers plus d...ted with approximately doubling of the risk of CVD death compared with diuretics plus beta-blockers. For events related to coronary heart disease or stroke,...Other highlights in the December 15 JNCI
...s B infection are all independent risk factors for death from liver cancer, but they do not interact synerg...independently associated with an increased risk of death from liver cancer, but there was no interaction between them. Contacts: Sun Ha Jee, Yonsei Universi...To help your mind, take steps to help your heart, study says
... to small blood vessels in the brain and can cause death of brain cells over time," says lead author Kennet...ore likely. Strokes can cause dementia through the death of large areas of brain tissue, or through the build-up of damage from multiple small strokes cased ...USC researchers highlight disparities in cancer rates among racial and ethnic groups in California
...ng cancer was most common. Prostate cancer death rates were ten times higher in blacks than in Asia...ute to the rising trend. Lung cancer death rates increased among women of all races and ethnicities. Thyroid cancer rates increas...Stanford study finds new method improves chemotherapy survival in mice
...s known as neutropenia. It is the leading cause of death among cancer patients that is not related to their tumor. Because of the seriousness of the condition, doctors will reduce chemotherapy doses if they notice an infection developing in the early phases of the disease, which can decrease the efficacy o...Risks from labor after prior cesarean delivery low, study reports
...verall risk for either brain injury to the baby or death to the baby at term from uterine rupture was rough...here was no significant difference in the maternal death rate between the two groups of women (.02 percent versus .04 percent.) Dr. Spong said t...Study suggests Akt3 protein is key to melanoma's resistance to chemotherapy
... This restarted the normal signals triggering cell death that had been halted by the melanoma cells. Both of these methods reduced melanoma cell survival and inhibited tumor development. Robertson's team confirmed this using a mouse model, finding that decreasing Akt3 activity using siRNA or reintroducing ...