Study highlighted at ACC better identifies patients at risk for sudden cardiac death
...a one-time QTc measure below a half a second, were proved to be at high risk by later ECGs. Researchers found that the maximum QTc measure captured at any time in a series of ECGs was the most powerful predictor of a future heart trouble. Based on these findings, researchers are calling for changes in stan...Med students thrive in virtual classroom
A virtual classroom proved superior to a traditional one in teaching medical students to identify heart sounds, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting. Stethoscope skills are alarmingly low among doctors in training, a handicap that often ...Molecule targets and kills tumor cells, starves blood supply
...in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research. ARC also proved to have strong anti-angiogenic properties, showing promise as an inhibitor of new blood vessel formation in tumors. ARC, an acronym for its long chemical name, resembles one of the bases that are the building blocks of DNA. Researchers found it by sc...U of M researchers identify cause of memory loss
...the tangles bundles inside nerve cells. Ashe's lab proved last year that the tangles are not the cause of memory loss; this latest research shows the plaques aren't a major cause either. People with Alzheimer's disease exhibit memory impairment before they are formally diagnosed, or before nerve cells in th...Patient care dramatically improved using best practice
A study in the Netherlands has proved that achieving the gold standard in breast cancer care is possible. Teams across the Netherlands set up and met targets for faster diagnosis of breast cancer and a reduction in waiting time for operations. The 5th European Breast Cancer Conference (E...Serendipity versus planning - cancer drugs of the future?
...er planned to be a preventive agent, but so it has proved to be! It is now licensed to be used to prevent breast cancer in certain women at high risk of the disease. Contrast this with raloxifene, a drug first developed to treat osteoporosis in women. A selective benzothiophene oestrogen receptor modulato...EBCC calls to speed access to innovative advances for all breast cancer patients
...even getting on to the relevant clinical trial has proved almost impossible for their European counterparts. Last year Italian and English studies demonstrated the feasibility of intra-operative radio- therapy. They found that delivering radiation directly to the open breast during surgery appeared to be p...Blood center's high-tech help for US's blood shortage
... as to when they are eligible to donate again have proved the most effective. Nearly 15,000 potential donors were also contacted as a result of donors passing along Blood Center e-mails to their friends and family. "The 40-to 59-year-old age group is the largest, representing 45% of all donors, followed by...Fighting inflammation with targeted liposomal therapy
...ver DEXP to VECs at sites of arthritis involvement proved very efficacious in rat AIA, indicating promise for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis," note the study's leading authors, Gert Storm, Ph.D. and Gerben Koning, Ph.D. "Future research will focus more precisely on the mechanisms involved and may als...New hope for tissue regeneration and joint repair
...What's more, the results of the animal experiments proved that expanded periosteal MSCs can contribute to muscle regeneration and form cartilage when implanted into a joint surface defect. The bone tissue retrieved from the last group of mice was partly human, which indicates the potential of these cells t...5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
... the discipline and many of our award winners have proved transformative. For example, pricing policies known as revenue or yield management pioneered by Franz Edelman Award-winner American Airlines have become the norm. Each of these finalists lives up to that standard." Ranging widely in industry and geog...Researchers find why prostate drug increases likelihood of heart failure
...zosin was stopped early because subjects taking it proved to be at substantially increased risk for heart failure. Nonetheless, according to Simpson, a very large number of men with prostate problems continue to take drugs known as alpha 1 blockers. "This current study gives a probable mechanism for heart ...Commonly used blood pressure medication prevents aortic aneurysm in mice with Marfan syndrome
...shable from that of normal mice. "These findings proved that TGF-beta overstimulation was driving the disease in the aorta, very similar to what was found in the lungs and heart valve," says study co-lead author Jennifer Pardo Habashi, M.D., a pediatric cardiology fellow at Hopkins. Moreover, she says, ...Technique could speed new medulloblastoma drugs
...that are linked to that pathway. The investigators proved that this strategy is valid by demonstrating that ...drugs to block that pathway." The St. Jude team proved that the principle of identifying genes linked to abnormal signaling pathways is valid by generating...New guidelines help clinicians assess risk of post-surgical pulmonary complications
...deep breathing exercises and incentive spirometry, proved to be the most effective strategies. "We hope that our findings will help doctors provide their patients with a good estimate of pulmonary risk prior to surgery," says Smetana. "In fact, this review points out the importance of the doctor-patient rel...New drug poised to radically change the treatment of severe anemias
... participants had at-risk LIC levels. Deferasirox proved to be equally as effective as deferoxamine in patients receiving the highest doses of the drug. A majority of these patients (nearly 60 percent), demonstrated sustained or reduced LIC levels during the study. For those receiving the lowest drug doses...Middle-aged caregivers keep their jobs according to SAGE publications' Research on Aging article
...aid family leave, of all family-friendly benefits, proved most useful in helping caregivers keep their jobs. An article in the most recent issue of SAGE Publications' Research on Aging summarizes the data. The article, titled "Combining Care Work and Paid Work: Do Workplace Policies Make a Difference?" is p...Studies show improving pacemaker reliability, increased implantable defibrillator failure rates
...makers and thousands of ICDs, the overall findings proved very similar to those reported in the analysis of the FDA data. "Specifically, in this second report, pacemaker reliability improved markedly during the study period while the ICD malfunction rate trended down during the first half of the 1990s, rea...Scientists discover possible link between oxidative stress and non-hereditary degenerative disease
.... Their hypothesis that DJ-1 was the missing link proved to be correct: DJ-1 in patients who had Parkinson's disease showed signs of oxidative damage, including structural changes as the protein accumulated additional oxygen molecules (carbonylation and methonine oxidation). These modifications to DJ-1 c......sally useful in other facilities. Further analysis proved that the methodology could be applied to a wide variety of hospital settings. "We are not only meeting the health care needs of our own patients, but we are doing the research that will improve health care worldwide, which is also part of our missio...