Angioplasty, robotically assisted keyhole bypass combo appears effective
...etes and coronary heart disease and patients whose narrowed arteries include chronic obstruction of the left descending coronary artery (LAD). "Patients with diabetes often have long lesions in their LAD that are difficult to treat with angioplasty but can be helped with bypass surgery," De Bruyne said. "The...New study shows patients experience asthma variability, despite strict adherence to guidelines
...n as"episodes" - a series of events that result in narrowed airways - which isresponsible for the difficulty in breathing with the familiar wheeze.(3) Although each person reacts differently to the factors that may triggerasthma, it can be a life-threatening disease if it is not properly managed.According to ...Mutations in a multifunctional protein cause parkinsonism
...ied families. This team and others have previously narrowed a genetic cause for this form of inherited parkinsonism to a region of chromosome 12 called PARK8. Mayo Clinic neuroscientist Matthew Farrer, Ph.D., and his team, continued to perform sophisticated genetic analyses on DNA collected from family me...Ongoing transfusions needed to avoid strokes in children with sickle cell disease
...of the still poorly understood events that lead to narrowed arteries and stroke risk in these children. The idea of regularly transfusing children has understandably met with some resistance from clinicians and parents because of concerns such as iron buildup and blood-borne infections, Dr. Adams says. "Now, ...Stanford study shows hypnosis helps kids undergoing difficult procedure
...tion went much better than it had in the past. "We narrowed down the worst 30 seconds of the test, and that's when the visualization really helped," she said. The study is one more step toward getting hypnosis covered by health plans. Although insurers do not reimburse for such stress-relief therapy - researc...Moderate alcohol intake may reduce risk of dementia in older women
... cholesterol, which might also reduce the risk for narrowed vessels in the brain. In addition, alcohol may decrease the formation of plaque that is associated with Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies have also indicated that moderate levels of alcohol intake reduce the risk of dementia and decline in cognit...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...sfaction than workers in West Germany, but the gap narrowed within a couple of years. After 1994, however, East Germans settled also into a decline, in line with the rest of the country. The study found a modest downward movement in the Netherlands over 1994-2000 and in Finland over 1996-2000, yet in neither ...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
...n as "episodes" a series of events that result in narrowed airways which is responsible for the difficulty in breathing with the familiar wheeze. Although each person reacts differently to the factors that may trigger asthma, it can be a life-threatening disease if it is not properly managed. According t...Stanford patient is first to test new treatment for peripheral arterial disease
...the arms, legs or internal organs are hardened and narrowed or obstructed. This week at Stanford University Medical Center, Erickson became the first patient in the United States to receive a new treatment for PAD as part of a clinical trial. On March 21, Stanford researchers implanted a drug-coated, flexible...