New medication dramatically decreases congestive heart failure in African-American patients
... patients. Earlier heart drug studies have shown a marked difference in the drugs' effects in African-Americans and other ethnic population groups. "Heart disease affects so many people and adds such a tremendous burden on the quality of life," Dr. Yancy said. "It is our hope that this treatment will all...Smoking triggers early onset of pancreatic cancer
...arlier age at diagnosis and a smoking history were marked features among the familial group. The mean age of diagnosis was younger in the hereditary cohort than among those with the sporadic form (57.1 years old versus 61 years old), and more FPAC patients were diagnosed before the age of 50 (36.7 percent v...Penn addictions expert, Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD, receives prestigious, international honor
... Medical Center. This event is a community affair marked by weeklong series of events leading up to The Anatomy Lesson. This year's lecture, to be held on November 18th, will address the potential benefits of recent neurobiological findings in addiction research for the treatment of alcoholism and other fo......e to 20/16 or better, and 97 percent said they had marked or extreme improvement. Because of the research the technique is now widely available and has been used to improve the eyesight of tens of thousands of patients worldwide. "This technology has revolutionized the way people see, and the way we think,...Ovarian cancer does have early warning signs, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center find
...hat has been reported often," she says. "Sudden or marked change in urinary leakage was a symptom. So, incontinence problems that develop over a period of just a few weeks are something to pay attention to." The difficulty in differentiating symptoms of abdominal pain and urinary incontinence as ovarian ...Diagnostic imaging surge by non-radiologists draws concern
...rends between 1997 and 2002 that could explain the marked disparity between the increases in utilization rates by radiologists and non-radiologists. "Other than being a way for the cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons to increase their revenues, there really is nothing that can explain this increase o...Drinking water could be beneficial to patients with low blood pressure
... failure (PAF). MSA is a neurodegenerative disease marked by a combination of symptoms affecting movement, blood pressure, and other body functions. PAF is a disorder affecting only the autonomic nervous system. They both often present in middle to late life. The patients then drank water causing a signific...American Thoracic Socety journal news tips for December 2004 (first issue)
...ks of treatment with the oral drug bosentan led to marked improvement in all clinical and hemodynamic parameters of the deadly disease severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This illness is often associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The new drug is an oral, dual endothelin ...Novel drugs help solve Gleevec resistance
... "Gleevec changed everything in CML. It has led to marked improvement in survival in all three phases of the disease, and it also has shown benefit in treating the 20 percent of ALL that shares the same genetic abnormality as CML, the Philadelphia chromosome," Giles says. "But a drug that can cope with resi...Penn epidemiological study shows difference in cardiovascular effects between Vioxx and Celebrex
...xen (Aleve). "Our results suggest that there is a marked difference between rofecoxib and celecoxib relative to heart-attack risk," said Stephen E. Kimmel, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Penn and lead author of the study. Use of rofecoxib was associated with 2.72-higher odds of heart attack than wa...Protein 'key' could aid search for cancer drugs
...k cancer cells from multiplying. "All cancers are marked by some form of DNA replication gone awry, so a basic understanding of DNA replication is of paramount importance to those designing cancer-fighting drugs," said lead author Yousif Shamoo, assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology. "In add...New technique scans electrical 'brainscape'
...Their analysis could detect activity patterns that marked waking, deep "slow wave" sleep and so-called "rapid-eye movement" sleep. Importantly, said Nicolelis, their analysis could distinguish the fleeting changes in the brain as the animals transitioned from one sleep state from the other. "We ...Being overweight has a significant effect on a child's quality of life
...ecrease was small for overweight children but more marked for those who were obese. These new observations are less dramatic than the much lower scores reported for children attending tertiary clinics, but are consistent with those observed for adults." "These findings have both positive and negative implic...A biomarker to predict osteoarthritis
... statistical adjustment: gout, which, like OA, is marked by joint inflammation and damage. "The results of this study suggest that serum HA measurements are useful for assessing overall OA load," Dr Elliott notes. ...New treatment guidelines for pregnant women with asthma
...of infant death, preeclampsia (a serious condition marked by high blood pressure, which can cause seizures in the mother or fetus), premature birth, and low-birth weight. These risks are linked to asthma severity more severe asthma increases risk, while better controlled asthma is tied to decreased risks. ...Researchers identify the link between heart failure and weight loss
...wed that administration of angiotensin II causes a marked reduction in body weight accompanied by a decrease in the levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in both the blood and skeletal muscle. This suggested that decreased expression of IGF-1 could help mediate the wasting effect of angiotensin II....Study confirms ICDs more effective in preventing sudden cardiac death than medical therapies
...one to determine if the benefit of the ICD is more marked in patients with less severe congestive heart failure. About Northwestern Memorial Hospital Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is one of the country's premier academic medical centers and is the primary teaching hospital of Northwestern Universit...States find alternate routes to health coverage
.../statecoverage.net/pdf/stateofstates2005.pdf 2004 marked the first year in several years that financial conditions in many states showed signs of improvement. However, the fiscal crisis that began in 2001 remains palpable. "State officials continued to foster debate on strategies to expand health insurance...Abnormal brain activity during the observation of others' actions
...urodevelopmental disorder characterized in part by marked social deficits. The basis of the study is a population of brain cells called mirror neurons, which are active both when we execute a specific action and when we see that action performed by another. It has been argued that mirror neurons are an esse...Contrary to previous findings, smoking is detrimental to patients with Alzheimer's
...se affected by Parkinson's disease. The disease is marked by the accumulation of two distinct brain lesions -- beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles -- which accumulate in specific brain regions critical to learning and memory. "In earlier work, we showed that plaques can induce tangles," said Sa...