National Study Suggests Heart Attack Severity May Be Declining
...at were based on the electrocardiograms showed an increase in severity. However, a different kind of measure based on enzymes in the blood that confirm heart attacks showed declining severity, despite the development of more sensitive measurements. A third kind of measure, based on whether patients h...Wake Up To Stroke -- Night Strokes Linked To Long Delays In Care
...ottreated with clot busters, because the drugs can increase the bleeding which canlead to death. "A substantial proportion of patients are asleep when the symptoms occur," saysRosamond. "When that happens, their delay time in getting to the hospital ismuch longer, since the last time they were known to be sy...Low Educational Level Increases Risk For Congestive Heart Failure
...ne in New Orleans, says, "The same conditions that increase therisk for congestive heart failure are, in general, the same ones for heartattack and stroke -- high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, obesity andphysical inactivity. But one important addition that we found in this study isthe amount of educatio...Research Links Healthy Biological Clock To Longevity
...ers withoutthe transplant -- roughly a 20 per cent increase in their lifespan. A biological clock is a small piece of brain tissue that generates a rhythmcontrolling the day/night behaviour of an organism. When this rhythm breaksdown, as it does in many aging humans, it leads to numerous health problemsinclu...Marijuana Not A Factor In Driving Accidents
...en alone in moderate amounts does notsignificantly increase a driver's risk of causing an accident -- unlike a...sumption that because marijuana is illegal, itmust increase the risk of an accident. We should try to just stick to thefacts." Smiley presented her findings at...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
...never been. The aim of neurobics is not to increase intelligence, Katz emphasized. "Neurobics is not going to make you have the brain of a 20 year old. Andit's not going to make you smarter than you were. It's the equivalent of aphysical exercise, in that it's designed to keep you mentally fit...Hardening Of The Aorta Increases The Risk Of Stroke
... tomoderate. And there was more than a 300 percent increase in the incidence ofboth as the severity of disease...m normal or mild to severe. "Other factors increase the risk of stroke and mortality too,"Davila-Roman says. "The age of the patient is closely related,...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
... an Event RelatedPotential (ERP), which is a sharp increase in electrical activity in the brainthat's associated with a specific stimulus. In this case, the stimulus is recognizing a facial expression the children werespecifically asked to look for. Pollak was measuring a response commonly called"the aha! eff...Tip Sheet: Think About Your Health In April
...give up smoking and startexercising, significantly increase their chances of living longer and livingbetter. For example, a 1989 Kaplan study showed that elderly smokers had a 76percent increased risk of death compared with those who never smoked. Kaplanhas also showed that men and women 60 years old and ol...Future Chlamydia Screening Should Take Account Of Possible Disadvantages For Women
...ealth needs. Public and professional education to increase awareness and reduce stigma is an essential prerequisite of a successful screening programme, say the authors. Contact: Dr Barbara Duncan PhD, Research Associate, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow barbara.d@msoc.mrc.gl...Trial Begins For First Artificial Liver Device Using Human Cells
...his approach.The newer device has been enhanced to increase the liver cell mass and improvecell viability. The trial will involve 24 patients. The first six to enter the study willreceive standard therapy plus treatment with the ELAD. The next 18 patients willbe divided randomly, nine to receive the treatment...Patients May Not Be Receiving The Highest Quality Of Care
...they may be in the best position to helpphysicians increase compliance to guidelines, said Pantilat. In addition,instead of using incentives designed to control costs, organizations can developincentives designed to promote the provision of indicated services, saidPantilat. "We need to establish a system tha...A Note of Caution: Be Careful When Mixing Grapefruit Juice With Rxs
...IV protease inhibitors, patients may get a further increase in absorption bytaking their drugs a couple of hou...ding on the drug, that grapefruit juice may either increase or decreaselevels of drug in the blood, leading to potential concerns for toxicity or lackof efficac...UI Researcher Determines Vital Sign Norms For Cesarean Section Procedure
...uite normal for blood pressures inwomen to drop or increase dramatically during cesarean sections. Using records of 1,300 women who had cesarean sections, Franklin Dexter, M.D.,Ph.D., UI associate professor of anesthesia, and Duke researchers sought toestablish how vital signs changed during such deliveries. ...NICHD-Funded Researchers Show Estrogen Effects On Brain After Menopause
... remembering. Briefly, thetechnology measures the increase in blood flow that occurs in active areas ofthe brain. The researchers compared brain activation patterns in postmenopausalwomen when they were taking estrogen to when they were taking a placebo. Theyfound that estrogen changed the brain activation...Study: Birth Defects Decrease Survival, Childbirth, Boost Risk Of Similar Defects
...ect," the authors wrote. "In contrast, there wasno increase in the risk of having an infant with a different type of defect." Deaths among those with birth defects were 15 times as high in the firstyear of life and 12 times as high in the second year as among the others, theysaid. The relative risk de...Stress And Surgery May Increase Development Of Cancerous Tumors
Stress and surgery may increase the growth of cancerous tumors bysuppressing natur...ical stress or surgery, resulting in a significant increase in tumordevelopment. Thesefindings suggest that protective measures should be considered to preventm...New Study Finds Blacks Face 38 Percent Higher Stroke Risk
...of the U.S. populationcontributed to a 3.2 percent increase in the actual number of stroke deaths. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia experience the highest ratesof stroke mortality in the nation, he said. Researchers did not study obesity directly because they believedeliminati...Vaccine Against Melanoma Proves Successful For Patients With Disease Spread To Two Lymph Node Areas
...atory andmanufacturing facility in Philadelphia to increase quantities of the vaccine forfuture testing and use. The five-year randomized trial, already underway, willcompare the effectiveness of an autologous melanoma vaccine to the standardtreatment, which is alpha interferon. The trial involves 400 patient...Sex And Survival: In Some Matters Of The Heart Women Have The Edge
...es and dobutamine (Dobutrex) use -- a drug used to increase the heart'sblood output in patients with CHF. The study found other differences between the men and women with CHF. Men with CHF were more likely than females to be Caucasian, to haveatherosclerosis as the primary cause of their condition, to...