Member Of The "Coasters" Making A Real-Life Comeback After Experiencing An Aneurysm Two Years Ago
...ds and fans, and he continues to practicehis music during voice therapy. "It's been a long road for me," Richards says."I think I'm back now."...Flu Shots Keep Health Workers On The Job
...ber and November of1992, 1993, and 1994. Each week during the flu season, a study nurse called allparticipants on the telephone, inquired about illnesses during the previousweek, and recorded specific symptoms of respiratory illness and absences fromwork due to...Heart Valve Abnormalities Examined In Relation To Duration Of Diet Drug Use
...ticallysignificant increase in shortness of breath during exercise in study patientswho used fen/phen (26 percent) compared to patients who didn't (21 percent).Shortness of breath is not associated with the regurgitation, however, so therelationship between that finding and use of the drug isn't clear, he s......0 patients. Thenegative findings remained the same during a four-month follow-up period. "For the subset of chest pain patients whose blood tests and electrocardiographsare normal, a negative EBCT test can tell us we can send them home," Dr. Laudon says. "Thetest is 20 times faster than a normal CAT...More Evidence Of Possible Adverse Effects From New Hormone Use In Women With Heart Disease
...all cardiac benefit to hormone use in these women during the four years of the trial, and that the risk of...also had significantly more angioplasty procedures during the study follow-up. No deaths were reported in this group. Of 413 women who had used hormon...WHO Director-General To Speak On Tobacco, WHO Reform
... Health Organization, will give two major speeches during her visit toWashington this week. The first is a keynote address on Thursday, March 18 on "The Tobacco Epidemic: Athreat to the World's Children," at the International Policy Conference onChildren and Tobacco, being held at the Organization of Amer......t of August. She said the only discomfort she felt during the CVS was a sense of pressureagainst her bladder. "My husband came with me but he didn't even need to hold myhand," she said. One of the benefits of CVS is the turnaround time on test results. "Once a womanhas been told that she is at increased ris......tor Jackie Speier will deliver the keynote address during which shewill discuss "The Politics of Women's Health in California." More than twenty-five topics requested by women in the Bay Area will bediscussed including women's sexual health, herbal remedies and dietarysupplements, menopause, and learning ...Breast-Feeding Hormone Lowers Nursing Moms' Blood Pressure
... and blood levels of oxytocin were measuredbefore, during and after the stressful speech experience. "A high...one hourafter feeding and six to nine points lower during sleep. They were also aboutfour to five points lower during daytime ambulatory monitoring, Light sai...Poor Health In Pregnancy And After Childbirth Tied To History Of Abuse
... physical abuse aremore likely to have poor health during pregnancy and after childbirth, accordingto a stud...e history would be an important predictor ofhealth during a vulnerable time in women's lives." The medical sociologist notes anecdotal reports suggesting th...Early Intervention Key To Repairing Hole In Heart Disease
...-age, these defects areoften only found by chance, during an electrocardiogram or other examination."In a previous era, we were only able to pick up these defects at a moreadvanced stage of the disease," says senior author Dr. Louise Harris, assistantprofessor in U of T's department of medicine and a staff ......rgy andClinical Immunology. Researchers found that during the 6-month study, patients had fewerhospitalizations for asthma attacks than in the 6 months prior to the study,even though they used less glucocorticoids, known generally as steroids.IVIG also was as effective in people whose asthma can be treated ...MRI Images Using Laser-Polarized Xenon
...e latest U-M research results and MRI images today during aninvited presentation at the American Physical Society Centennial Meeting heldhere this week. The U-M system's ability to detect polarized xenon in tissue, blood and gaswithin the lungs is significant, according to Swanson. It allows simultaneousme...Office Stress, Large Family Responsibilities Put Women At Risk
...tolic and systolic blood pressure every 15 minutes during the day andevening hours and every 30 minutes between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.. The data werecorrelated with diaries in which each woman noted her physical activity and anystressful events before and at the time of each blood pressure reading. Before part...Slowing Excess Weight Gain In Childhood Appears To Reduce Adult Heart Disease Risk
... ofheart disease is feasible by controlling weight during childhood andadolescence. The Minneapolis ...body mass index -- arelative measure of fatness -- during childhood and adolescence correlated withhigher levels of cholesterol, insulin and high blood pressu...Treated Clothing Detoxifies Pesticides
... bleach. "The small fragments will be washed away during the regularlaundryprocess and, along with that, the active sites will be regenerated by thebleach," says Ko. In laboratory tests, treated textiles took less than five minutes to degradesomecarbamate pesticides by as much as 99%. Ko cautions, however...Tip Sheet: Citrus Limonoids Versus Cancer, Cholesterol And Insects
...ers related to these compounds are being presented during the nationalmeeting of the American Chemical Society, the world=s largest scientificsociety, in Anaheim, Calif., March 21 - 25. Selected samples of the researchbeing discussed are included below. All papers are embargoed until the time ofpresentati...Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk Of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
...and not to take part in a regular exercise program during thetrial. However, by the end of two years, 23 pe... most likely reflects theactual exercise performed during the trial," Dorn said. "If this is the case,our results indicate that exercise performed at a level...Wake Up To Stroke -- Night Strokes Linked To Long Delays In Care
...RLANDO, Fla. March 25 -- A person who has a stroke during the night waits fourto seven hours longer to seek ...mergency treatment than someone whose strokeoccurs during the day, researchers report today at the American HeartAssociation meeting on epidemiology and preve......icked by a structured lifestyle, such asmore light during the day and darkness at night, then this will work in the samedirection as the transplant works in hamsters," he says. Ralph collaborated with Mark Hurd of the University of Houston. The study wassupported by the National Institute on Aging in the U...