Common heart surgery potentially dangerous
... in the clinical use of the drug. However, they do emphasize that their findings should spur development of alternatives for protamine. Protamine, a drug purified from salmon sperm, is given to patients intravenously after bypass surgery to counteract the effects of the anticoagulant heparin, given during surg...Are growing portion sizes leading to expanding waistlines?
...mmend dietetics professionals make every effort to emphasize for consumers the relationship between portion sizes, energy intake and weight management....Quick, cheap blood test predicts chance of surviving heart attack
...M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, emphasize the importance of this study because it went further than similar studies by directly addressing limitations of previous analyses. They write that previous studies were "substudies within randomized controlled trials and may have enrolled highly sel...NHLBI funds new heart-health education projects in high-risk communities
...ska, Colorado, Ohio, and North Carolina. The EDUCs emphasize the forging of community health partnerships to meet individual project goals. Objectives are achieved through a variety of creative approaches including training peer health educators; conducting awareness-raising town-hall meetings, community-based...HHS announces contracts for developing a new anthrax vaccine
...ern this effort is meant to address, the contracts emphasize timely completion of milestone-based performance criteria. In Spring 2003, NIAID plans to announce a new competition for one company to be chosen to manufacture and maintain the 25-million dose emergency stockpile. Consideration for this subsequent m...Anesthesiologists' substance abuse constant despite efforts
...33 out of 8,111) during the 1990s. The researchers emphasize that actual use of the controlled substance occurred outside of the operating room setting during the doctors' personal time, and that there were no reports of patient harm occurring as a result of impaired physicians. "Efforts to reduce substance ab...People who dont 'dip' have higher levels of clot factor and risk
...e University of Vigo in Vigo, Spain. "The results emphasize the importance of adequate blood pressure control throughout the day. Our findings also show that identification of non-dippers is very relevant to prevention of coronary events and death." Hermida said data from the U.S. National Myocardial Infarct...World Heart Day spotlights cardiovascular disease pandemic
...trategies for prevention. A renewed commitment to emphasize prevention strategies and increased access to low-cost drugs for hypertension control is needed, adds Mensah. The editorial also indicates that tobacco use is increasing throughout the world. It predicts the number of smokers will increase by 500 mi...Breast cancer gene may be associated with additional cancers
...en, Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., emphasize the importance of accuracy in estimating cancer risk among mutation carriers because these estimates influence choices regarding screening, chemoprevention, and prophylactic surgery. "Both of these studies provide intriguing new patterns to investig...Pill-splitting can yield cost savings on common prescription drugs, Stanford researchers find
...without compromising drug efficacy or safety. They emphasize that pill-splitting must be implemented with careful controls and begin with a doctor-patient conversation. "When properly implemented, pill-splitting can be a safe, viable cost-saving strategy," said Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, a researcher at the St...When moms smoke, certain kids are more vulnerable
...cially among genetically susceptible children, and emphasize the importance of pregnant women not smoking," Gilliland said. Researchers collected cell samples from the mouth of each child and analyzed their DNA. They looked for variation in a gene called glutathione S-transferase M1, or GSTM1. This gene is re...The majority of hand cuts don't need stitches
...with sutures after meticulous wound care, and they emphasize that their results cannot be generalized to cosmetically sensitive areas such as the face....Brain can reorganize after traumatic injury
...tient is in a resting state. These studies tend to emphasize 'reduced' activation in patients with TBI. The findings of this study by Dr. Levine and his team paint a more hopeful picture by identifying potentially positive brain changes in patients who make a good recovery from TBI. Similar studies have been d...Some sports linked to unhealthy eating behaviors in girls
Girls involved in sports that emphasize staying at a certain weight are more likely than t...egarding weight-related issues, ensuring that they emphasize healthy approaches to eating and exercise."...New P.E. study demonstrates vigorous exercise can lower adolescents body fat, blood pressure
...and more satisfying lives. As a nation, we need to emphasize this much more since right now, we're doing an increasingly bad job of it." A report on the findings appears in the August issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. Besides McMurray, authors are Dr. Joanne S. Harrell, professor of nursing at the UN...High cholesterol elevates women's risk of stroke death
...York-Presbyterian Hospital. Moreover, the results emphasize that prevention should include consideration of the long-term consequences of elevated cholesterol levels in relatively young women. Rose Marie Robertson, M.D., professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University and a past president of the American Hear...Aspirin within two days of ischemic stroke reduces deaths
...stroke is by pulmonary embolism. "These results emphasize the importance of reviewing all the evidence to develop practice guidelines," says Coull, professor and head of the department of neurology and professor of medicine, University of Arizona, Arizona Health Science Center in Tucson. "Despite decades o...Drug resistance may prove more pervasive in African HIV
...ican subtypes of the virus. "On the contrary, they emphasize the need to use existing therapies aggressively to suppress or delay the emergence of resistant mutations until we can develop second-generation therapies," he said. The most important drugs currently used to treat HIV inhibit two key enzymes in the ...Heart disease is a pediatric problem: New guidelines point to lifestyle 'training' in childhood
...th children, parents and physicians are advised to emphasize play and activities rather than "exercise." Healt...nts concern with their appearance, messages should emphasize immediate consequences like bad breath, smelling like smoke and nicotine-stained fingers, Williams s...Study confirms air pollution linked to slowed lung function growth in children
...s improved. Says Gauderman: "These latest findings emphasize the need to continue the clean-up efforts."...