Member Of The "Coasters" Making A Real-Life Comeback After Experiencing An Aneurysm Two Years Ago
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...evascularization at six months,"Cantor said. "So, even if someone in this group had a stent-like result afterballoon angioplasty, we should still put in a stent." Looking at the group of patients as a whole, of the 18 percent whoachieved stent-like results, 45 percent had all three of the favorablecharac...Space Research May Accelerate Development Of Flu-Fighting Drug
...ng the duration and severity of theillness and may even prevent the development of symptoms in those exposed to thevirus. One of these neuraminidase inhibitors was developed through ground andspace research conducted in partnership by NASA and the Center forMacromolecular Crystallography at the Universit...NIA Launches National Study To Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment
...oss, associated with dementia, is characterized by even more severe problems,such as disorientation, an in... slide from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, even in a fractionof people, would have profound effects socially, financially, and otherwise." The Memor...Study Shows Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Not Elevate Breast Cancer Risk
...spreviously thought that these women might have an even greater elevation inbreast cancer risk if they used ERT. Until this study, however, littleinformation has been available regarding the added risk for this group. "The study was very reassuring," Dupont said. "We find no evidence that thebreast canc......ter thatpreviously had to wait until the second or even the third." With the recruitment late last year of...er 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. "...Higher Doses Of Methadone May Do The Trick, New Study Says
... is the largest and most recent to underscore that even atmoderate doses,methadone remains the most effective treatment for addiction to illicit opioiddrugs, the Hopkinsscientists say. "It's troubling that the dosage of methadone apparently varies so widelyacross the country,"says psychiatrist Eric C...Early Intervention Key To Repairing Hole In Heart Disease
...r your heart becomes and the more likely itis that even after you fix it, you're going to have ongoing or further rhythmproblems," Gatzoulis adds. Researchers examined 213 adult patients (82 men, 131 women) who had undergonesurgical closure of hole defects -- the most common congenital heart surgery inadu...UW-Madison Center One Of Two Sites Nationwide Selected For Clinical Trial Of Cancer Drug
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...ermatology in New Orleans. Onestudy shows that for even common skin problems, primary care doctors and oth...atologists take less time to diagnoseskin problems even when seeing a patient for the first time, compared to aprimary care doctor who has known the patient...Chemists Discover That Aerosol Clusters Play Larger Role In Generation Of Air Pollution
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... is as important as theperson's overall weight, so even if an individual is overweight early inchildhood, slowing the rate at which excess 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 necessar...'Motion Blindness,' Not Just Poor Memory, Causes Alzheimer's Patients To Lose Their Way
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