Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
...cordingto a report in today's Stroke: A Journal of the American Heart Association. The study, based on a population more representative of the UnitedStates than the groups traditionally investigated to gauge stroke's impact onthe nation, estim...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...m Group, based in Belle Mead, N.J., todayannounced the results of its survey at the American Heart Association's 23rdInternational Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation. ...Addicted Doctors Need Special Service
...rtant element that was insufficiently addressed by the otherwise excellent BMA report on the subject last month. Doctors are at special risk of developing addiction problems, say the authors, ...Heart Attack Survivors Can Lower Stroke Risk By Taking Cholesterol-Lowering Drug, Study Says
...E) ORLANDO, Feb. 7 -- New data reveal that the cholesterol-lowering drugpravastatin (Pravachol) can significantly reduce the risk of a stroke orministroke in people who have previously suffered a heart attack. An an......A stroke-fighting drug up for possible approval by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration showed mixed resu...arch being presented this Saturday, February 7, at the annual American HeartAssociation Stroke and Circulation Conference in Orlando, Florida. Wayne Clark,......Feb 13,1998) Results of a survey, published in the Feb. 13 issue of the Mortality andMorbidity Weekly Report (MMWR), indicate that few physicians counseled patientsabout ho...... people's knowledge of strokewarning signs and, in the process, found that women were more apt to listen ... Their research was presented here today at the American HeartAssociation's 23rd International Joint Conference on Stroke and CerebralCirculation. ...SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Social security financing in the United States and Canada isrelatively immune from even the largest increase in human life span predicted byexperts, a recent study concluded. However, while ex...Are Deprived Areas A Greater Drain On Out Of Hours Workload?
...rvey) The extent to which deprivation influences the demand for out of hours medical care is not fully ...ed in this week's BMJ, Carlisle et al investigate the level of our of hours activity in six general practices and the sole accident and emergency departme...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
...earchers report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American HeartAssociation. The lead author of the study, K. Srinath Reddy, M.D., D.M, says, "Itwill impede economic expansion within the countries." ......e team followed 45 women and found side effects to the lungs thatwere different and less severe than any reported previously in the medicalliterature. The disorder, termed delayed pulmonary toxicity syndrome (DPTS) bythe Duke resear...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...o be at even greater risk for lung cancer, because the effects of smoking and radon are more powerful when the two factors are combined, says a new report by a committee of the National Research Council. Indoor...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...ven in a pouringrain or thick fog, uncertain where the edge of your lane or the road is? Haveyou ever barely missed a pedestrian on a dark night because you could not seethem? Res...A Good Night's Sleep Is Possible At High Altitudes
... acute altitude sickness, accumulation of fluid on the brain or heart or cause a lack of oxygen to be supplied to the heart. In this week's BMJ Dubowitz reveals the results of a study of the effects of altitude on ele...Unpasteurised Milk Is An Unacceptable Risk To Public Health
...57 (three samples). In total, samples from 128 of the 242 outlets contained either harmful bacteria or were of unacceptable hygienic quality which, the authors conclude, poses a risk to public health. Contact: John de Louvois, Head of Environmental Sur...Diuretic Drugs May Have Clot-Busting Effects
...cs, drugs that help lower blood pressure byhelping the body to eliminate excess fluid, appear to have an ...to a study in this month'sHypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. New research has found that the drug -- one of the most commonl...MIT Solution To Math Problem Could Lead To Better Dental Implants, More Resistance To Missiles
...sistant to missiles. It could also radicallychange the way automotive companies inspect the gears in car transmissions,saving time on the factory floor. "It was so much fun playin......M. Braverman, M.D.,professor of dermatology and in the Cancer Center at Yale, has introducedstudents to a method of learning that takes them out of the traditionalclassroom and into the museum. In a tutorial called the British Museum Project, Dr. Brave...Penn Researchers Create Drug To Help Target Attack On Cancerous Tumors
Philadelphia, PA -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Centerhave devel...rug, EF5, permits doctors to effectively determine the oxygen content of a tumor--which subsequently dictates the appropriate course of treatmentto be foll...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...with disabilities has dramatically increased since the AcademyAwards were first handed out in 1928. But often the images on the silver screendistort the real lives of persons with physical impairments or mental ill...