ENDEAVOR III Trial reports key findings on new-generation stent
... new Endeavor stent, which is more flexible and is considered easier to implant than the Cypher stent. However, at 8 months, the Endeavor stent fell short in angiographic studies, showing significantly greater scar tissue growth, or late loss, in the inner diameter of the artery as compared to the Cypher stent....Estrogen is important for bone health in men as well as women
...men, low estrogen levels after menopause have been considered an important factor. As for men - new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that low amounts of active estrogen metabolites also can increase their osteoporosis risk. "Most people don't think about estrogen i...Ronald W. Busuttil receives American Surgical Association's highest honor
...s. And his liver transplantation training program, considered one of the world's best, has produced more than 150 American and international transplant surgeons, many of whom now lead their own programs. His basic science research is focused on ischemia-reperfusion injury of the liver. Studies from his lab o...Most young women don't recognize heart attack warning signs
...nt said their health was fair/poor, less than half considered themselves at risk for heart disease. The researchers said doctors may be failing to link many young women's symptoms to heart disease. Prior to their heart attacks, 38 percent saw their primary providers for some or all of their symptoms; yet, only...Study finds decline in nursing faculty primary barrier to nursing program expansion
...ates, who were licensed in 2004, were included and considered along with data gathered by the National League for Nursing for nursing education research, to assist in making comparisons between North Carolina and other states. The results found only 26% of the 2,418 members of the 1983-84 cohort at 20 years...Agent protects cells from lethal effects of radiation even if given after exposure
...he spleen were undergoing apoptosis. This level is considered normal as cells naturally die and are replaced by new ones. After the mice received 5 Grays of whole body radiation, apoptosis increased to 15.6 percent of T cells and 38.7 percent of B cells. But when the researchers gave TAT-BH4 to the mice prior...Alpharma presents positive pharmacokinetic study results
...liability similar to other opioids. This should be considered when prescribing or dispensing KADIAN....Machine preservation may promote more organ sharing
...NOS in 2002 so that higher risk donor organs, once considered unsuitable, could be transplanted safely. The category includes kidneys from deceased donors over age 60 years or those over age 50 with health conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke or elevated levels of a protein called creatinine. Levels o...New research disproves belief that group psychotherapy extends the lives of cancer patients
... In biomedicine, a large-scale trial would not be considered warranted for cases in which a hypothesis was interesting but improbable given the available data. Therefore, the authors conclude that there is not enough basis to justify investing additional funding for research in this area....Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
...r hepatic encephalopathy. These patients should be considered for liver transplantation, without which they face a 2-year survival prognosis of less than 50 percent. While awaiting transplants, they may be candidates for palliative procedures including endoscopic band ligation or portosystemic shunts. Previou...Other highlights in the May 2 JNCI
...ximab and standard chemotherapy regimens should be considered the standard of care for patients with indolent and mantle cell lymphomas who require therapy and for patients with follicular lymphoma," the authors write. Contact: Holger Schulz, holger.schulz@uni-koeln.de , +49 221 71077019 New Lung Cance...Acrux completes enrollment in key phase 2 trial
...rast, the market research highlighted that the men considered Acrux'slotion would form part of a normal grooming routine and it could be discreetlyapplied, much like a deodorant. Acrux has an international patent pending, which covers the application to the armpitof a number of drugs, including testosterone, co...LAP-BAND System surgery improves insulin resistance
...es. In fact, 65 percent of Americans are currently considered overweight or obese. Using body mass index (BMI) s...tervention is increasingly common. Individuals are considered candidates for surgery if BMI>40 kg/m2, or if BMI is 35-40 kg/m2 with significant co-morbidities...Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage
...l spreading depression, or CSD. The process is now considered by many scientists as the basis for some migraines, particularly those involving an aura. CSD is an electrical event that initially involves a burst of intense activity among the neurons on the surface of the brain, followed by a gradually spreading ...Pistachios lower cholesterol, provide antioxidants
...HDL) decreased by 11.2 percent. Non-HDL levels are considered reliable predictors of cardiovascular disease risk. The three-ounce pistachio diet also decreased the ratios of total cholesterol to HDL, LDL to HDL and non-HDL to HDL and apolipoprotein B, which are all measures of cardiovascular disease risk. "We...Study finds role of mid-brain in integrating heart and respiratory response to exercise
...ropathic pain. Patients were excluded if they were considered unable to exercise for any prolonged length or time, or took medication likely to affect heart rate. Fully informed consent was obtained and the study conformed with the Declaration of Helsinki. Experiments took place at least two hours after any m...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
...ory Energy Globe "World Award for Sustainability," considered today's most prestigious energy-related environmen...thousand mostly rural bank branches a development considered the key growth driver for home solar systems. A survey showed borrowers' average annual household...Simple system accurately predicts weight-loss surgery risk
...l factors accurately predicts which patients being considered for gastric bypass surgery would be at highest ris...s with none or one of the five medical factors are considered low-risk; those with two or three factors are considered medium-risk; and those with four or five fa...Water flows like molasses on the nanoscale
... macro world. Consequently, a number of scientists considered the case to be closed. But when Georgia Tech experimental physicist Elisa Riedo and her team directly measured the force of pure water in a nanometer-sized channel, they found evidence suggesting that water was organized into layers. Riedo conducte...ISHLT membership explores expansion of computer modeling system for organ allocation
...milies and those within the medical community have considered a first-come, first-served allocation system to be unfair, given that it did not take into account factors such as severity of a particular disease or how likely a patient would be to survive the transplant. This new system is an effort to give ever...