ACE inhibitors not needed for many heart disease patients, according to new study
...s followed during the study. Although trandolapril lowered systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure reading) by an average of 4.4 mm Hg, the reduction did not have a significant effect on the patients' outcomes. "PEACE tells us that patients with coronary disease and normal or only mildl...Good fats decrease multiple heart disease risk factors
...from walnuts, walnut oil and flaxseed oil not only lowered bad cholesterol but also decreased markers for blo...erage American diet, both the LA and the ALA diets lowered total cholesterol about 11 percent, LDLs about 11 or 12 percent and triglycerides about 18 percent. ...Low cost drug helps reduce deaths, repeat heart attacks
...hin two hours of symptom onset, the death rate was lowered by about 30 per cent. The study was presented today at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association conference in New Orleans by co-investigators Dr. Salim Yusuf and Dr. Shamir Mehta of the Population Health Research Institute at Hamilt...Impaired neuromotor function following cancer treatment can improve
...dexterity. The study also uncovered factors which lowered the risk of patients having impaired neuromotor function. Patients who had no chemotherapy or chemotherapy with only hydroxyurea prior to the transplant and those who did not receive certain immune suppressants (cyclosporine, tacrolimus, or mycopheno...Women with arrhythmias may also benefit from an ICD
... had mild to moderately severe cardiomyopathy with lowered left ventricular function due to non-ischemic heart failure. Patients were randomized to standard medical drug therapy including ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors and beta blockers or standard drug therapy plus ICD placement. Another 2...800 calories a day less and women never missed them
...an Development, directed the study. She says, "We lowered the energy density, or calories per gram, of the p...lorie menu items -- and they didn't compensate for lowered intake on the first day by eating more on the second day of the study." Rolls detailed the study re......nds. The women in the ED group also significantly lowered the energy density of their diet versus the RF group but there was no difference in fat intake. Ello-Martin says, "This is the first long-term study to look at how a low energy density diet can affect body weight. It's important because it shows ...Antioxidant supplementation may reduce incidence of cancer in men
...er 7.5 years, low-dose antioxidant supplementation lowered total cancer incidence and all-cause mortality in men but not in women. Supplementation may be effective in men only because of their lower baseline status of certain antioxidants, especially of beta carotene," the researchers write. The autho...Testosterone deficiency found in one-third of diabetic men
...s concerning, said Dhindsa, because in addition to lowered libido and erectile dysfunction, the condition is associated with loss of muscle tone, increase in abdominal fat, loss of bone density, and can affect mood and cognition. "Further studies will help us determine why typ...Pitt research shows NASA sleep-wake scheduling guide may need to be changed
.... This led to significant disruptions in sleep and lowered alertness while awake. More research needs to be done before scientists can advise NASA on how to change its guidelines. "There is always some cost to performing tasks when we expect to be asleep, but by the end of the series of experiments, of which...Broad-based vaccination of wild mice could help reduce lyme disease risk in humans
...ted to wildlife carriers, the risk of infection is lowered for everyone in the community." Lyme disease is the leading cause of vector-borne illness in the United States. Approximately 23,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported in the United States in 2002. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a s...Canadian researchers' important discovery in HIV research
...unction is decreased. Such a decrease results in a lowered T-lymphocyte production by the thymus. These findings pave the way to the development of novel immunotherapies of HIV-infected individuals. Such immunotherapies could be also applicable to patients requiring bone marrow transplantation to cure...Surgical treatment of migraines reduces sick days and increases employee productivity ASPS study
...). Additionally, surgical treatment substantially lowered the annual cost of migraine care for patients, the study found. "The economic impact of migraine headaches on American businesses is staggering due to the loss of employee time and productivity each year," said ASPS member and study author Bahman Guy...New study reveals treatment for 'silent killer' using diet, not drugs
...ical trials have shown that BP [blood pressure] is lowered when animal products are replaced with vegetable products in both normotensives and hypertensives (5,7,26). The beneficial expected consequences of a reduction in BP include a reduction in major coronary events (29). Vegetarians have been shown to ha...Grapefruit juice and medication can be a dangerous mix
... as they should. A heart patient might not get the lowered blood pressure that a medication should deliver, or the heart's rhythms might become irregular if an anti-arrhythmia drug can't do its job. The juice could also affect the effectiveness of a woman's hormone-replacement-therapy medication. The most se...Reviparin effective in reducing risk of death after heart attack
...o 9.6 percent in the reviparin group, a 13 percent lowered risk. These benefits persisted at 30 days (13.6 percent vs. 11.8 percent) patients, a 13 percent lowered risk; with significant reductions in the 30-day death rate (11.3 percent vs. 9.8 percent), 13 percen...Cooling lessens brain damage in sick newborn babies
...g, the body temperature of babies in the trial was lowered by 3-4 degrees for 72 hours after birth using a water-filled cap. The research was undertaken in hospitals in North America, New Zealand and the UK, and the UK arm of the trial was carried out in University College London Hospital, the University of ...New study finds kelp can reduce level of hormone related to breast cancer risk
...ley, has found that a diet containing kelp seaweed lowered levels of the potent sex hormone estradiol in rats, and raised hopes that it might decrease the risk of estrogen-dependent diseases such as breast cancer in humans. "This study opens up a new avenue for research leading to cancer preventive agents," ...Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...s glucose gets into the blood stream, resulting in lowered blood glucose and insulin levels. "Lowering blood glucose levels lowers the risk of disease-related complications in people with diabetes," Hertzler said. "Also, poor compliance with diabetes medications often hinders the effectiveness of these drugs...... half of one percent in 2003, the secondary screen lowered the false positive percentage to six-hundredths of one percent (0.06%) in the last half of 2004. He says the system not only improves the value of screenings, but can make them more cost effective. He also reported that in the near future screening p...