EXANTA (TM), an oral direct thrombin inhibitor, significantly reduces risk of VTE in major OS
...develop DVT1 (deep vein thrombosis), a potentially fatal condition. Similarly, the rate of DVT for patients undergoing total knee replacement is 40-84 per cent1. Both first and second stage primary endpoints of EXPRESS were met, including a 24 per cent (20.3% vs 26.6%) reduction in the risk of total VTE (...Guidelines issued for metabolic complications related to HIV & antiretrovirals
...ease and stroke. Lactic acidosis is a potentially fatal disorder. In the article, the IAS-USA panel makes recommendations to clinicians regarding tests to identify and monitor metabolic complications in HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in each of the five areas. Approaches such as switchin...Lifetime risk for heart failure: one in five
...lood pressure. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a fatal disease more common among the elderly because of accumulated heart damage. It's a syndrome in which elevated pressure inside the heart causes fluid to back up in the body. CHF can be caused by prior heart attack, long-standing high blood pressure, ...Tissue-engineered cells transmit electrical signals in animal hearts
... can result in complete heart block, a potentially fatal condition that can only be treated by implanting a cardiac pacemaker. "We have gathered preliminary evidence that immature skeletal muscle cells can establish a pathway to transmit electrical signals from the heart's upper right chamber to its lower...Heart gone haywire blamed in some sudden infant deaths
...oveling snow," he explains. Cardiac arrest can be fatal within minutes unless the heart's electrical pattern is restored spontaneously or with the aid of a defibrillator, he says. Current estimates suggest long Q-T syndrome may affect as many as one in 5,000, says Ackerman. According to U.S. Vital Stati...Lesson improves rural students' knowledge of farm safety
...udy by Dr. Liller found that the leading causes of fatal injuries for children on Florida farms were machinery related, including falls from tractors; horses (being trampled, struck or entangled in ropes); and drownings. Working with the MORE HEALTH community health education program of Tampa General Hospi...Satellite images predict hantaviral transmission risk
...(SNV), a rodent-born disease that causes the often fatal hantaviral pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in humans. According to the researchers, satellite imaging detects the distinct environmental conditions that may serve as a refuge for the disease-carrying deer mice. Higher populations of infected deer mice incre...New first-aid method could prevent brain damage in patients exposed to carbon monoxide
...ISONING Carbon monoxide is the leading cause of fatal poisoning in the industrialized world, as well as being endemic in many parts of the developing world which use fossil fuels In North America, it results in as many as 70,000 emergency room visits a year and in thousands of deaths Up to 30 per cent...Two major food allergy firsts in North America
...and food challenges. Peanut is the main cause of fatal food anaphylaxis. "We must try to minimize this risk," states Dr. Rhoda Kagan who believes that, " Future research must focus on preventing this allergy and finding treatment options for those affected by it." This research was conducted in collabora...Exanta - pivitol data from largest ever phase III stroke prevention trial announced at ACC
...se of death in adults worldwide, with five million fatal events per year 1,2 . Atrial fibrillation has been found to increase the risk of stroke fivefold3. "Only one in two patients with permanent atrial fibrillation currently receive appropriate anticoagulation treatment for stroke prevention," adds ...Stiffness of aorta predicts stroke deaths in hypertensive patients
...s blood from the heart to the rest of the body) to fatal stroke regardless of other stroke risk factors, ac...nts. Researchers calculated the relative risk for fatal stroke compared to PWV. They found a 72 percent increase in relative risk for fatal stroke for eac...Compound developed from mussels may lead to safer, more effective medical implants
...ion can lead to device malfunction, blood clots or fatal bacterial infections, the researchers say. Their findings, which are based on laboratory studies, are scheduled to appear in the April 9 print issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society , a peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemic...Renal amyloidosis worsens the Familial Mediterranean Fever prognosis
... amyloidosis.' Renal amyloidosis is a chronic and fatal disease marked by the deposit of amyloid fibrils in the kidney. When caused by an inflammatory disease such as FMF the deposited fibrillar material is of the Amyloid A (AA) type and the condition in this instance is known as AA amyloidosis. AA amyloi...Peanut Allergy: Major Advances in Treatment and Education
...ork WHY: Peanut allergy is the leading cause of fatal and near-fatal food-induced anaphylaxis in the United States. Each year, thousands of people rush to hospital emergency rooms, and approximately 50 to 100 people die after accidentally eating peanuts. Anaphylactic reactions to peanut can occur at any...Breakthroughs in research may bring hope to 1.5 million Americans suffering from peanut allergy
...ork WHY: Peanut allergy is the leading cause of fatal and near-fatal food-induced anaphylaxis in the United States. Each year, thousands of people rush to hospital emergency rooms, and approximately 50 to 100 people die after accidentally eating peanuts. Anaphylactic reactions to peanut can occur at any...Household falls may produce more severe brain injuries in infants than previously thought
...istances up to five feet would result in severe or fatal brain injuries; however, five-foot falls onto concrete appeared capable of causing serious brain injury. The researchers also concluded that inflicted impacts with a hard surface would likely produce subdural hemorrhage and possibly diffuse axonal i...Estrogen replacement increases risk factors for arrhythmia and sudden death
...ore likely to develop risk factors for potentially fatal irregular heartbeats (arrythmias) and heart attacks than women who take hormone therapy combining estrogen and progestin. Prior to the early termination of the estrogen plus progestin arm of a nationwide women's health study, postmenopausal hormone ...Substantial increase in breast cancer risk from combination hormone replacement therapy
...e effects of specific types of HRT on incident and fatal breast cancer. Around a million UK women aged 50-64 years were recruited into this study between 1996 and 2001. Half the women had used HRT; 9364 breast cancers and 637 breast cancer deaths were registered after an average of 2.6 and 4.1 years of fol...Intervention decreases childhood pneumonia mortality
... based on the assumption that a high proportion of fatal pneumonia has a bacterial origin; timely antibiotic therapy can reduce fatality; a simple algorithm is sensitive and specific enough to identify children with pneumonia that require therapy and health workers can use the algorithm and administer anti...Coronary artery calcium can be a warning sign of fatal cardiac event
...al with no symptoms of heart disease will suffer a fatal event within five years, according to a large, multi-center study appearing in the September issue of the journal Radiology. "Our observational study of more than 10,000 patients over five years revealed that coronary artery calcium screening provide...