Finding of heart drug interaction suggests path to more effective treatment
...ients, chronic stress leads the body to produce an excess of adrenaline, over-stimulating beta-adrenergic receptors to further weaken the heart in a kind of runaway process, Rockman said. Angiotensin receptors regulate heart growth and are responsible, in part, for the enlargement of the heart seen in patie...Lesbians' weight patterns may trigger more heart disease
Lesbians weigh more and carry more excess weight around their waistlines than their heterosexual sisters do, and these differences could place them at higher risk for heart disease, says a new study published in the journal Women's Health Issues. "Lesbians had a significantly higher body mas...Study suggests life insurance should cover people treated for HIV
... were not also infected with hepatitis C virus had excess death rates below five per 1000 per year. Bernard Hirschel comments: "Successfully treated HIV-positive and hepatitis C negative patients have a short term mortality as low as, or lower than that of, patients with cancer who have been successfully t...Brief telephonic questionnaire detects early signs of dementia
...s toll on individuals and society, including large excess economic costs in Medicare managed care plans" says Dr. Howard Fillit at the Institute for the Study of Aging in New York, who led the group of researchers. "Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of disease management in preventing hospi...Ultrafiltration device shown safe, effective and reduces hospital stay for heart failure patients
...afe and effective means to remove large volumes of excess fluid in patients with heart failure, and also red... ultrafiltration treatment, reducing the amount of excess weight straining the heart and in many cases enabling patients to be more mobile and active. "The S...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
...s the result of certain neurological diseases - an excess of calcium ions and free radicals that result from certain chemical reactions in the body open a large pore in the inner membrane in that cell's mitochondria. The pore enables release of a protein called cytochrome C that kills the cell. Meanwhile, t...Fetal surgery for spina bifida shows early benefits in leg function, fewer shunts
...benefits were a reduced need for a shunt to divert excess fluid from the brain, the reversal of a potentiall... the flow of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain, excess fluid may accumulate and cause increased pressure within the brain. The protruding hindbrain tissue ...International physician survey reveals misperceptions about the toll of stroke on women
...k factors for stroke, including smoking, diabetes, excess weight and physical inactivity, hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor and is present in the vast majority of stroke sufferers. A common public perception is that the main risk associated with hypertension is heart attack, while in fact hypertension ...New insight into heart failure suggests novel drug target
...heart failure patients, chronic stress leads to an excess of adrenaline, thereby over-stimulating beta-adrenergic receptors, a process that results in receptor desensitization and loss, Rockman said. Cardiologists have long debated whether the loss of beta-adrenergic receptors characteristic of heart failur...A dangerous duo: Heart disease and diabetes
...le to determine how high levels of glucose lead to excess cardiovascular risk. Surprisingly, the treatment of hyperglycemia, exclusive of other heart disease intervention protocols, is currently inadequate to reverse or reduce heart disease. In the October 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a...Gastric bypass surgery resolves or improves diabetes in most patients, reports Pittsburgh study
...nsulin as well." Post surgery, patients had a mean excess weight loss of 60 percent and a body mass index of 34 after 20 months. Fasting plasma glucose and glycoslated hemoglobin concentrations returned to normal levels in 83 percent of patients, while 17 percent of patients markedly improved. Following sur...Report 13 in RERF study of mortality of A-bomb survivors extends coverage through 1997
...f Radiation Research. The authors found that while excess rates for radiation-related cancers have increased...has been found for either the relative or absolute excess solid cancer risk. Evidence for radiation effects on noncancer mortality continues to be strong, wi...Exercise, not diet, may be best defense against heart disease
...r study of almost 9,800 Americans. Instead, losing excess weight -- or not becoming overweight to begin with -- and exercising may do more to ward off death from heart disease, say Jing Fang, M.D., and colleagues from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. "The fact is that those w...Elementary signs of heart disease found in children
...) glucose intolerance, elevated insulin levels and excess body weight. The syndrome puts a person at early risk for diabetes and coronary heart disease. "These were regular, normal kids, but we found risk factors that are clear danger signs for the future. If nothing is done, a good number of these child...One in eight N.C. schoolchildren display three or more heart risks
... levels, glucose intolerance, elevated insulin and excess weight. The syndrome boosts the risk of diabetes as well as heart disease. "These were regular, normal kids, but we found risk factors that are clear danger signs for the future," Harrell said. "If nothing is done, many of these children could devel...A heart-strengthening pace: brisk but comfortable
...e and physical exercise is a big help in reducing excess weight physical activity can improve blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol levels, and significantly lower the risk of death and disability from heart disease," McInnis said....Poor neighborhood linked to poor heart attack survival
...lts suggest that steps need to be taken to prevent excess death after heart attack at the neighborhood level in addition to those taken at the individual level," Tonne added....Salk news: Diabetes first steps
...o function in different tissues, due in part to an excess of free fatty acids in the blood," said Montminy. "Our results suggest that CREB contributes to the development of adult diabetes by promoting the build-up of blood-borne free fatty acids." Montminy and his team suggest that a chemical that could inh...JCI Table of Contents, November 14, 2003
... epithelial cells to myofibroblasts, which deposit excess extracellular matrix causing irreversible renal failure. In the November 14 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Akira Ooshima and colleagues from Wakayama Medical University, Japan, demonstrate that in mice lacking Smad3, unilateral urete...Study shows certain cancers significantly more common in residents of Appalachia
...early see that residents of Appalachia suffer from excess cancer occurrence and death," Lengerich said. "We believe this is due to certain unhealthy lifestyles, like tobacco use, and a lack of health care access. If patients in Appalachia had the same access to health care as other patients, they would have...