UI Study Finds Social Support May Increase Longevity Of People With Schizophrenia
...duals with medical conditionssuch as cancer, heart disease or kidney disease," Christensen said. "We decidedto look at this question in terms of a psychiatric population." Christensen developed the idea for the study along with research team memberRachel A. Dornink, a first-year student at the UI College of ...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
...put on excesspounds may reduce their risk of heart disease later in life, researchers reportin today's Circul...pounds are put on may help reducethe risk of heart disease later in life. "The findings from the study show that the overweight 7-year-old childis not ...'Motion Blindness,' Not Just Poor Memory, Causes Alzheimer's Patients To Lose Their Way
...ightly with increasing age, peoplewith Alzheimer's disease were much more likely to suffer frommotion blindne...haps even predictmore accurately the impact of the disease on a patient's abilityto live alone or to drive. "If these patients can't find their way, the c...National Study Suggests Heart Attack Severity May Be Declining
...th in-hospital and out-of-hospital coronary heart disease mortality decreased between 1987 and 1994, parall...and acute medical care in reducing coronary heart disease mortality. "Continued commitment of resources to research and development in these areas, to the i...... (EBCT) could help identify olderadults with heart disease who otherwise appear healthy when evaluated usings...hy older adults, even those with no cardiovascular disease asmeasured by carotid ultrasound or ankle-arm index (AAI), have a wide range ofcoronary calcificatio...Low Educational Level Increases Risk For Congestive Heart Failure
...n the UnitedStates. CHF is the only form of heart disease that is increasing in thepopulation. Nearly five million Americans are now living with CHF and 400,000new cases will be diagnosed this year. Lead researcher Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane School of Public Health andTropical Medicine in New Orl......) predicts mortality or death from coronary artery disease (CAD) in women withType 1 diabetes but not in men ...in the lack ofusual male excess of coronary artery disease death rates in diabetes," saidTrevor Orchard, M.D., principal investigator, professor of medicine an...News Tips Friday, March 26, 1999
...less inflammation and lower risk forcardiovascular disease in elderly. Higher levels of physical activity areassociated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and there is growingevidence linking inflammation to the development of atherosclerosis. Researchers......ly predict which women will develop coronaryartery disease five to eight years after menopause. The study is ... carotid ultrasounds to assess the extent of heart disease in living people,according to Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology atthe U...Postmenopausal Women Reap Heart Benefits From Foods Containing Vitamin E
...ausal women may reduce their risk ofcardiovascular disease by eating more foods rich in vitamin E, according ...at you need more vitamin Eto protect against heart disease than you can get from food, but our datasuggest that the potential benefits of antioxidant nutrient ...CT Scans Could Become Screening Tool For Heart Disease
...fective at detecting the earliest stages of heart disease and predicting the risk of a future heart attack. Currently, most people aren't tested for heart disease until they develop symptoms caused by narrowed arteries. "If doctors could pick up high-risk peopl......nt the development of theunderlying cause of heart disease in women by reducing risk factors prior tomenopause. Even perfectly healthy pre-menopausal women should have their riskfactor levels evaluated, and they should make an all-out effort to reduce theirlevel of risk." Dr. Kuller's group enrolled...Researchers Uncover Clues About Gateway To The Brain
...ansporters to clarify theirfunctions in normal and disease states. Support for this research was provided by grants from the U.S. Department ofEnergy and the National Institutes of Health....Antibiotics Reduce Inflammation In Heart Disease But Effect On Heart Attacks Remains Unproven
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...uring follow-up, and 22 percent of those with mild disease died. In patients with moderate disease, ...ncrease in the incidence ofboth as the severity of disease progressed from normal or mild to severe. "Other factors increase the risk of stroke and mor...Trial Begins For First Artificial Liver Device Using Human Cells
...brain damage and death. Thenatural history of this disease -- from normal health, to early symptoms such asjaundice and fatigue, to coma and death -- is often measured in days, at most afew weeks. The primary goal of the artificial liver is to support the patient through abrief period of liver failure, prote...Inhibiting Growth Of New Blood Vessels Reduces Heart Disease Plaque In Mice
... treatments that can delay theprogression of heart disease and possibly reduce the incidence of heart attacks...g used in cancer and visionresearch studies, heart disease investigations are focusing on angiogenesispromoters. In the heart research, scientists are testing...ENBREL (Etanercept) Patient And Physician Support Web Site Launched
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...able Diseases brings together experts in vaccines, disease surveillance,laboratories, research, quality contr...re given in all but one of the countries wherethat disease is endemic; and countries are inoculating for hepatitis B and,increasingly, Haemophilus influenza ty....... "It's likely due to thefact that blacks get this disease more often, rather than a reduced ability tosurvive a stroke once it happens." Knowing that much of the difference in stroke mortality between theraces is due to incidence and not case fatalities suggests health-carespecialists need to focus ...