This Week's Forecast May Be A Heart Attack
...eeting report: DALLAS, Nov. 9 -- People with heart disease may want to pay closer attention toweather reports...es on trends,risk factors and treatments for heart disease and stroke. The findings suggest that at least with regard to temperature, some preventivemeasures...UCSF Study Finds DHEA Benefits Cardiovascular Function
...d have a link to conditions including aging, heart disease andcancer, said UCSF cardiology research fellow Christian Zellner, MD, whoconducted the study under the direction of UCSF Stanford Health Carecardiologists Tony Chou, MD, UCSF assistant professor of medicine, and KanuChatterjee, MD, UCSF professor of...Low Socio-Economic Status Heart Patients Need More Than Just Aggressive Cardiac Procedures
...procedures aren't magic bulletsthat can cure heart disease by themselves, especially for the poor and lesseducated. "Much effort has been placed on providing equal access to care," Tungsaid. "While this is indeed important, especially for low SES patients, morefundamental changes are needed." ...Lifetime Risks And Costs Of Heart Disease Much Higher For Obese
... -- The expected lifetime risks and costs of heart disease aremuch higher for individuals who are obese, acco...ividuals who are obese haveelevated risks of heart disease and can expect to incur higher medical-carecosts as a result," says the study's lead author David Th...PAHO Working With Affected Communities In Central America
...rking to reestablish water supplies and strengthen disease surveillance. Immediate priorities in Honduras al...is also working on control of mosquitoes and other disease vectors, promotion of safe food handling in shelters and affected areas, and mental health for peopl......he best hospital inthe United States for pulmonary disease treatment by U.S. News & World Report,1998.......ical company whose people arecommitted to fighting disease by bringing innovative medicines and services topatients throughout the world and the healthcare providers who serve them. Relenza is a trademark of the Glaxo Wellcome group of companies....Pursuing The Next Generation Of Arthritis Treatment
... arthritis, which isthe most crippling form of the disease and affects about 2.5 million people. Its purpose is to compare the effectiveness of a treatment, called TNF receptor,with methotrexate, the current standard treatment. This trial is beingconducted as part of a nationwide effort that has led to prel...National Clinical Trial To Test Effectiveness Of Antibiotic Treatment For Coronary Artery Disease
Can heart disease -- the nation's number-one killer -- be effectivel..."The idea of giving antibiotics to treat a chronic disease like coronaryartery disease is not as farfetched an idea as it once was," said Grayston. "This clini...Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women
...s, has caused a steady increase in smoking-related disease andmortality," notes Dr. Gary King, associate professor of biobehavioral health inthe College of Health and Human Development. "The proportion of all deaths attributable to cigarette smoking amongfemale smokers rose in the United States from ...Physicians Study Whether "Super-Aspirin" Prevents Alzheimer's
...he disease. Though the precisecause of Alzheimer's disease is still a mystery, scientistsbelieve the enzyme p...the drug does work, fewerpatients will develop the disease than physicians would normallyexpect. "This is one of the first studies to look at possiblydela...Tobacco Will Kill One Third Of Chinese Men
...ld age. The study also reveals that the pattern of disease caused by smoking varies widely both within China ...mach cancer, liver cancer, stroke, ischaemic heart disease and tuberculosis. Two thirds of men now become smokers before age 25; few give up and about half of...Discovery: Experiments Confirm Novel Eye Pigment Controls Circadian Rhythm
...rehensive CancerCenter. "First, individuals with a disease called seasonal affective disorder,or SAD, suffer serious depression during the winter months with short daylight.It may be that SAD patients have a defective gene that doesn't produce thepigment properly or simply suffer from a vitamin B-2 deficienc...WFU And IntraVec To Develop Innovative Cancer And HIV Treatments
...icable not only for HIVinfection, but also for any disease where prevention of the cell surfaceexpression of a protein would have therapeutic significance," she said. Tobia added that she expected Chen and Brenner, working together, totake the technology to the next generation and produce "breakthrou...Discarded Treatment For Heart Attacks May Yet Prove To Be A Life-Saver
... percent, because heart attack is a very prevalent disease withhigh rates of mortality." The GIK combination was first reported as a treatment for heart attackin 1962. During the next decade, it was used by some physicians, but clinicalstudies came to conflicting conclusions about its effectiveness...Now Is Time To Design Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically For Children, UCSF Neurologist Says
...pared away.When children's brains are damaged by a disease or an accident, the effect canbe widespread, because the injury can alter a whole stage of brain development. That also means that drugs must be designed to avoid damaging the developingbrain. An ideal drug would succeed by saving a child's brain ce...New drugs, diagnostic tests, software needed to prepare US cities for chemical, biological attacks
...ostic tests, and communicationssoftware to improve disease surveillance and to provide information aboutpossible attacks. "Although preparing for and responding to terrorism is a daunting challenge, itis not an insurmountable one," said committee chair Peter Rosen, director of theemergency medical residency ......and how the heartchanges as it ages, because heart disease doesn't occur suddenly. It's aprogression that oc...o keep up itsnormal output. "Aging itself is not a disease and it is not unhealthy to age, but it does placesome limitations on the heart. Those limitations c......d safetyprofile." Osteoporosis is an age-related disease that occurs primarily in post-menopausalwomen due to loss of estrogen. The disease is characterized by persistent lossof bone mass and afflicts more than 28 million people in the U.S....