Diuretics And Beta-Blockers Are Best Drugs To Combat High Blood Pressure, Study Finds
... published in the March issue of Hypertension show that two older, less expensive types of drugs, diuretic...ng patients and trying to find the medical regimen that would mosteffectively bring down blood pressure with a minimum of adverse effects. "Unlike t...Optical Technology Projects Images Directly Into The Eye
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...linked editorial in this week's BMJ, Milner states that before widespread concern about the possible risk ...onal communication with British Airways who report that in 34 million passengers a year they have no reported cases of sudden infant deaths occurring during...ACS Industry Pavilion Features Chemistry's Cutting Edge
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...tself. "Many patients exhibit tumors in the liver that cannot be removed safely while still preserving th...y at Penn. "Or, a patient may have multiple tumors that make surgical extraction next to impossible." To get at those formerly inaccessible tumors vi...Drug Is First In Decade To Show Promise Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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ATLANTA - Doctors know that heart disease patients who have a limitededucation...al Support (MOSS)" study. "It's well known that heart patients with low socioeconomic status donot do as well as other heart disease patients," Tung...First Trimester Screening For Down Syndrome Possible, NICHD-Funded Study Finds
The first large scale study of its kind shows that effective screeningfor Down syndrome is possible b...se of two substances, or markers, forDown syndrome that tend to appear in abnormal amounts in the blood of womencarrying fetuses with Down syndrome. Down s...Effects Of Physical Activity On Preterm Birth
...pational activity. Dr. Misra postulated that low income women might need to climb stairsmore often if they lived in housing projects and might have to walk often inorder to get to the grocery store or reach public transportation. However,leisure time activity, such as exercise appeared to redu...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
CHICAGO --- Ticlopidine, a drug that acts like aspirin and is widelyused to prevent str...es per million persons, with an overall death rate that was originallyreported at 90 percent. With improvements in diagnosis and treatment, themortality rat...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
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