Studies describe heart disease following smallpox vaccination
... tuberculosis or toxic drug poisoning. The average interval from vaccination to illness was about 12 days. Most patients with myocarditis had a mild form of the disease, but two of eight patients with acute coronary syndromes died suddenly within three weeks after vaccination. Five of the eight had three or...Changing partner increases risk of preterm birth
...aking into account the mother's age and education, interval between births, and decade of birth, the risk of having a preterm, low birthweight baby with an increased risk of infant death was higher for women who changed partner between their first two births compared with those who had the same partner for bo...Drug holds promise as an alternative for sickle cell patients unable to tolerate standard treatment
...s per week in two six-week cycles, with a two-week interval between cycles. The drug was administered subcutaneously in the thigh or upper arm. Fetal hemoglobin levels and a number of other markers of disease activity improved in all patients, including those who had not responded to previous treatment with ...PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
...erapies prolonged the mean Fridericia-corrected QT interval by greater than 10 msec from baseline. In approximately 20% of patients in both groups, there were either changes from baseline QTc of greater than 30 msec, or end-of-treatment QTc values exceeding 450 msec. Similar results were observed in 2 other...Genomics research: New genetic 'hit list' may underlie susceptibility to sudden cardiac death
...detected with an electrocardiogram (ECG) where the interval between points Q and T is abnormally prolonged. If untreated, half the people with symptomatic long QT syndrome will die within ten years after the first symptoms are noticed. First Genomics Analysis of Healthy Population Mayo researchers conducted...Dietary supplements containing ephedra and caffeine may cause heart problems
...o several other ingredients, on corrected QT (QTc) interval duration and systolic blood pressure. The QTc interval is a measure of the time intervals that occur during the electrical impulses that stimulate the hear...Vitamin supplement use may reduce effects of Alzheimer's disease
...k of developing Alzheimer's disease over the study interval among supplement users versus nonusers to come to their conclusions. Approximately 17 percent of the study participants reported taking vitamin E or C supplements. These individuals were significantly more likely to be female, younger, better educat...Jan/Feb 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...sed significantly as the survivor aged or the time interval from cancer diagnosis increased. The authors note that the decrease in medical visits occurred at a stage in life when the incidence of many late effects of cancer therapy, including most second cancers, cardiovascular disease, osteoperosis and endo...St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
...intervals {=70 ms} or elevated heart rate {mean RR interval =750 ms}), and an age range of 18-80 years. The DINAMIT study found that, in this patient population: ICD therapy did not decrease all-cause mortality. ICD therapy did significantly decrease arrhythmic mortality. The study conclud...Study documents incidence of and risk factors for dry eye in older persons
...0. The researchers found that during the five-year interval between the two examination periods, dry eye developed in 322 of the 2,414 subjects, with an incidence (rate of new disease) of 13.3 percent. The incidence was significantly associated with age. After adjusting data to take into account age, incide...UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
...r on the study. "The lack of clear progress in the interval between the MIR and ISS missions indicates a need for continued efforts to improve musculoskeletal conditioning regimens during longer space missions, such as those proposed for the moon and Mars." He added that pharmacological interventions, such as...Implanted defibrillators not covered for half of patients who could benefit, study finds
...had heart failure, myocardial infarction and a QRS interval greater than 120 milliseconds. The QRS interval is a parameter on electrocardiograms that represents the time it takes for the heart's ventricles to...More older women are retaining 'young' breasts causing potential screening problems
...detected cancers plus those cancers arising in the interval between screening, to estimate the sensitivity of ...t was possible that the current two-year screening interval for women between 50 and 55 was not optimal. However, more frequent screening in a population-based ...Unsuspected brain region involved in side effects of diabetes drugs
...to compare these images with those taken following interval hypoglycemia, in which intervals of low blood suga...ed: as a baseline to study the brain's response to interval hypoglycemia....Waiting between breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
...1 days, with 25% of patients experiencing a median interval of 123 days. Patients with stage I disease experienced longer intervals than did those with more advanced disease, and patients aged 70 years or more experienced longer waits than younger patients. The authors point out that there are few data on the...Surgery cuts cardiac arrests among those with rare heart disorder
... name from a characteristic, markedly elongated QT interval on an electrocardiogram. People with LQTS are pro...ho, after surgery, continue to have a prolonged QT interval or who have another recurrence." "LCSD is one more option available to patients and physicians in th...Is there a relationship between repeated pregnancies and increased cardiovascular disease?
...ncies can be induced in the animals within a short interval of time, and that blood vessels can be removed and studied for their reactivity. Thus, it was demonstrated in the rat that repeated pregnancy increases the blood pressure response to acute stress and to intravenous infusion of phenylephrine. This was...Kadian alleviated chronic pain in patients unsuccessfully treated with well-known therapies
...ts had exceeded the twice-a-day recommended dosing interval in the prescribing information for each drug. After switching to Kadian, statistically significant improvements were seen at week four, when the patients' mean pain score was improved from baseline (p<0.001). There was an improvement of 2.7 poi...Interventional procedures significantly improve quality of life for obese patients
...en more dramatically decreased, both in this short interval and over longer intervals," said Jon Gould, M.D., lead author of the study. Patients in the study were mostly female (86%) and experienced a mean excess weight loss at six months after surgery of 51 percent. All patients took non-prescription mult...New data demonstrates that Benicar(R) and Benicar HCT (TM) achieve JNC 7 blood pressure goals
...ive therapy was titrated at each subsequent 4-week interval according to the following BENICAR-based treatment regimen: week 5 to 8 (BENICAR 40 mg once daily); week 9 to 12 (BENICAR 40 mg/12.5 mg HCTZ once daily); week 13 to 16 (BENICAR 40 mg/ 25 mg HCTZ once daily); week 17 to 20 (BENICAR 40 mg/25 mg HCTZ/5...