Blood pressure drugs relax heart, reduce heart failure risk
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...eir monitors as surrogate microscopes and view the enlarged images, which previously were on slides, in an electronic environment in low-, medium-, or high-powered resolution. "This user-friendly approach is something our technically savvy dental students have come to expect and will increasingly demand in th...Think youre healthy? Open wide and look inside
...ls, especially periodontists, should be aware that enlarged gums may represent an initial manifestation of an underlying systemic disease, such as leukemia or diabetes, and they should collaborate with health providers for diagnosis," said Dr. John Fantasia, chief, division of oral pathology, department of de...Annals of Internal Medicine: 75 years of medical history
...his legs were partly paralyzed. But his goiter, or enlarged thyroid gland, had decreased in size. "The cure is working wonders," he told his doctor. That postman's case would become the topic of a lecture published in the first issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, July 1927. The "cure" was iodized salt, new...Preventing misuse of performance-enhancing substances a growing and difficult task
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A previously under-recognised cause of massively enlarged spleens is reported by scientists from Ghana and t...ies]) cause almost a quarter of cases of massively enlarged spleens. Bates and Bedu-Addo examined 221 Ghanaian patients with spleens measuring at least 10 cm, a...Mayo Clinic surgeons direct robotic 'hands' to perform surgery
...s the surgery on a computer screen, which shows an enlarged and three-dimensional view of the surgical area. The images are transmitted by a tiny camera with multiple lenses, which is attached to a third robotic hand. "This technology enhances a surgeon's skills, making it easier to do more complex surgeries...Schizophrenia has different sub-types linked to problems in different parts of the brain
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... diabetic patients with high blood pressure and an enlarged left ventricle (left ventricular hypertrophy), suggest authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study published by THE LANCET in March 2002 demonstrated a...Decreased diabetic cardiac death from losartan?
... diabetic patients with high blood pressure and an enlarged left ventricle (left ventricular hypertrophy), suggest authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study published by THE LANCET in March 2002 demonstrated a......ed with ultrasound. High LVMI and RWT indicate an enlarged heart. Kidney function and cardiac morphology worsened from the optimal to high-normal group. The proportion of subjects with target organ damage also increased from 7 percent in the optimal group to 13 percent in the normal group and 23 percent in...NIAID initiative addresses primary immune deficiency diseases
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