Drug Regimen Reduces Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery
...on, reducing the occurrence of atrial fibrillation lowers the risk of stroke, which is a possible complication of atrial fibrillation, and decreases the need to shock the heart (defibrillation) to regulate the heartbeat. "The amiodarone treatment resulted in less discomfort for patients and lower hospi...... An additional advantage of aminosidine is that it lowers the overall burden to the health system, owing to the fact that the drug is cheaper than regular treatments and the shorter period of hospitalisation required. Contact: Dr P Olliaro, Manager, Steering Committee on Drugs for Malaria (CHEMAL), World He...ACE-Inhibitors Score High In Reducing Heart Attack Deaths
DALLAS, June 9 -- A type of drug that lowers high blood pressure improves aperson's odds of surviving after a heart attack, say researchers reporting on astudy of nearly 100,000 heart attack patients that appears in today'sCirculation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The drugs, calle...... also the first to suggest that finasteride, which lowers the levels ofDHT by blocking the enzyme that conve...ancer. The results suggest that though finasteride lowers DHT levels, the net effect ofhormones acting on the prostate may be unchanged by the drug, according...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
... for third and fourth grade children significantly lowers cholesterol levels in just eight weeks. Other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors related to blood pressure and physical inactivity are also reduced. Furthermore, the program is more effective when implemented in the classroom than when it i...New Haven, Conn. -- A drug that lowers brain levels of the chemicalglutamate -- one of the neurotransmitters responsible for relaying messagesbetween neurons -- can reverse symptoms of a rat model of schizophrenia withoutapparent side effects, according to a Yale University School of Medi...Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Leads To Lower Child IQ Scores, Language Skills
Prenatal cocaine exposure lowers IQ and language performance scores and results in thousands of children each year whoenter school needing special education services, according to a new study bythree Brown University researchers. Up to 80,550 new children will fai......ne loss andosteoporosis-related fractures and also lowers cholesterol. Raloxifene is indicated for the prevention of postmenopausalosteoporosis in the United States and is currently approved for marketing in 36countries worldwide, including the United States....Health And Wealth: Women Are DifferentOr Are They?
...ther. They found that a husband's increased income lowers the wife's mortality risk,but increasing the wife's income raises men's odds of dying. The team raised several possible explanations of this and said further researchwould have to answer such questions: Could it be because the wife's increasedearnin......s cover the cost because, asthis study shows, IVIG lowers emergency room and hospital use by patients withsevere asthma. Glucocorticoids reduce inflammation in the lungs. IVIG is an antibodythat is removed from the plasma portion of blood and is concentrated for use asa medication. IVIG can regulate the im...NHLBI Urges Americans To Take Control Of Their Hypertension
...ed and/or not taking a medication thatsufficiently lowers blood pressure. Hypertension can lead to stroke, heart failure, or kidney damage. Tohelp prevent that, blood pressure must be lowered to less than 140/90 mm Hg(millimeters of mercury). Normal blood pressure is less than 130/less than 85mm H...Heart Experts Call For Action Against Missed Opportunities To Prevent Heart Disease In Women
...at research hasnot yet shown conclusively that HRT lowers the risk of heart disease. "Thetypical woman who takes HRT has a healthy lifestyle, which may confound theclinical trial results and make them uncertain." The panel also noted that current national recommendations might not beaggressive enoug...Early to rise: Research offers clues to older people's sleep habits
...his time, the body's temperature starts to dropand lowers about 1 degree during sleep. As it starts to rise, around 4:00 am,the likelihood of waking increases. In addition, the pineal gland, located deepwithin the brain, produces and secretes the chemical melatonin at high levelsduring the night. A numbe......irapine regimen to mother and infant substantially lowers thecost barrier that has kept many countries from adopting drug strategies thatprevent perinatal HIV transmission. Still, access to other health care servicesrequired to implement this regimen, such as counseling and voluntary HIVtesting, are beyond...Keep taking the medicine, diabetes research warns
...e, 50% of patients receiving acarbose, a drug that lowers blood glucose by interfering with the breakdown of carbohydrates in the gut, had not refilled their prescription in the 12 months after first receiving the drug. In the two other main classes of OADs currently used, metformin (which reduces glucose o...Novartis receives FDA approval for Starlix, a new treatment for type 2 diabetes
...in secretion. By this action, Starlix effectively lowers overall blood sugar levels as measured by HbA1c (average level of glucose in the blood) and blunts increases in blood glucose levels or "mealtime glucose spikes" that most people with type 2 diabetes experience following meals. "The uncontrolled rise...Mouse provides clues about chronic pain
...hat lubricates pistons to help an engine work, LTP lowers the threshold that neurons must reach before firing off a message. That makes it easier for them to send messages back and forth along sensory pathways. Back in 1999, Zhuo detected the LTP enhancement by studying slices of NR2B mouse brain. When the...Finding sobriety, and saving money, through spirituality
...." The study showed that the faith-based approach lowers post-treatment costs by about two-thirds, or about $5000 per year per patient. Alcoholics Anonymous, founded in 1935 by Bill W. (AA members use first names only), requires its members to follow 12 steps of behavior that are based on 12 spiritual pr...HRT pills, patches and heart disease risk factors
... which showed that both HRT pill and patch therapy lowers blood pressure during psychological stress. In addition, the study was the first to show that the ability of the blood vessels to relax increases with both estrogen pills and patches and that this relaxation response persists even when the subje...UNC physicians seeking patients for blood clot, medication studies
...tive as Coumadin and causes fewer side effects and lowers the risk of bleeding, it could make specialized blood testing to determine the appropriate dose of Coumadin obsolete," he said. Another benefit of the new drug is that it allows patients to be less vigilant about diet, the physician said. Coumadin in...