Acute coronary syndrome therapy improvements linked with fewer deaths and improved clinical outcomes
...s. Rates of congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema declined in both populations. In patients with STEMI, hospital deaths decreased by 18 percentage points and cardiogenic shock decreased by 24 percentage points. Risk-adjusted hospital deaths declined in NSTE ACS patients, as did six-month death and s...EVEREST data on use of tolvaptan published in JAMA and featured at ACC
...t affects 1 million U.S. residents annually, have edema or excess body fluid, which is treated with diuret...up had improvements in investigator-assessed pedal edema at inpatient day seven or discharge in study B (p equal to 0.020), while the difference between grou...New angiogenesis inhibitor has promise for treating deadly brain tumor
...ive side effects of their own. The alleviation of edema allowed several study participants to reduce or even discontinue steroid treatment. Analysis of potential biomarkers molecular and cellular factors that can be measured in the blood identified several that may indicate when the period of vascular...Fluid displacement from legs to neck can lead to obstructive sleep apnea
...uch as heart failure, renal failure and peripheral edema of unknown cause." "Our data show that displacement of a small amount of fluid such as 340 ml, about 12 ounces, from the legs is sufficient to cause a 102 percent increase in airflow resistance of the pharynx in healthy, non-obese subjects," contin...Drug treats 'water intoxication' faster, more effectively
...5 mmol/L. In severe cases, it can lead to cerebral edema and even death. Yet current therapies for hyponatremia are often ineffective and poorly tolerated. The two SALT studies will be published in the November 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the AHA meeting offer promisi...Upgrading donor lung quality to improve availability
... tissue has collapsed or the presence of pulmonary edema (abnormal collection of fluid in the lung). During the program, certain donor organs previously classified as poor were subjected to specialized clinical maneuvers to improve lung quality. These procedures included bronchoscopic airway clearing of s...Progression of diabetic retinopathy among African-Americans with diabetes
...etinopathy at the beginning of the study. Macular edema was associated with older age, lower socioeconomic status, more severe retinopathy and higher total cholesterol levels. "The results show that progression of diabetic retinopathy in African American patients with type 1 diabetes is high," the author...Healing honey: The sweet evidence revealed
...malodor Honey's anti-inflammatory activity reduces edema and minimizes scarring Honey stimulates growth of granulation and epithelial tissues to speed healing The review article was written by Dr. P.C. Molan of New Zealand's University Waikato. He noted that, although the many randomized controlled clinic...Pregnancy complications increase women's risk of heart disease, death
...ressure during pregnancy and may be accompanied by edema (swelling) and kidney problems. The researchers also found that mothers who continue to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy are not only harming health of the developing fetus but are doubling their own risks of dying from future heart disease or from ...Albert Szent-Gyrgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research to Harvard's Harold F. Dvorak, M.D.
...king antibody to VPF could prevent the devastating edema and fluid accumulation characteristic of ovarian, breast, and many other human cancers. This discovery laid the foundation and also provided the molecular basis for the entire angiogenesis field and what is now one of modern medicines most promising ...Use of pulmonary artery catheterization does not show benefit for severe heart failure patients
...eduction in symptoms, jugular venous pressure, and edema (swelling from fluid buildup). Use of the PAC did not significantly affect the primary end point of days alive and out of the hospital during the first 6 months (133 days vs. 135 days), death (43 patients [10 percent] vs. 38 patients [9 percent]), or...Chronic arthritis pain and the disappointment of u-opioid therapy
...ic effectiveness was assessed by measures of joint edema formation and sensory nerve activity associated with pain. In rats with acute arthritis, endomorphin 1 worked to significantly reduce the hypersensitivity of joint nerves by as much as 75 percent. In the rats with chronic arthritis, howe...Magnetic insoles do not provide pain relief, Mayo Clinic study reports
...ous musculoskeletal conditions, and for decreasing edema associated with acute trauma, although other studies have shown no benefit in thesesituations. Externally applied static magnets generally are considered safe and have few adverse effects, but little is known about their mechanism of action. Most bas...Defective lymphatic vessels identified as a novel cause of adult-onset obesity
...e closely related lymphatic vessels in addition to edema could also occur in humans, he added....Report describes potential problem with new drug for seizures, pain
...eeks after the onset of symptoms showed an area of edema fluid buildup in a part of the brain called the corpus callosum. Similar lesions have been seen in MR images of patients with epilepsy who had abruptly discontinued use of other AEDs, but those changes had been attributed to the seizures. "The fa...Study sheds light on why diabetes drug causes edema
...nediones (TZDs), a major anti-diabetes drug, cause edema and also have found a new pathway critical to flui...out 1 percent of people who take TZD get pulmonary edema and chronic heart failure, both being potentially life-threatening conditions. TZD works by activati...NIAID awards first $27 million using new bioshield authorities
...ent of a therapy that blocks the action of anthrax edema toxin, which produces severe swelling in human cells MaxThera Inc., Reading, MA, Ania Knap, Ph.D. Focus: identification of new antibacterial agents against a broad spectrum of potential bioterror pathogens Veritas Inc., Rockville, MD, George Oyler,...