ACC/AHA release revised UA/NSTEMI guidelines
...anti-platelet therapy clopidogrel for at least one year after receiving a drug-eluting stent; highlighting...py clopidogrel is now recommended for at least one year after placement of a drug-eluting stent and shorter term for bare metal stent and with medical thera...World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
... 32. Anotherimportant finding was that obese seven year old girls have three times the risk of developing newasthma as adults, as normal weight girls do. The Asthma Foundation of Tasmania (AFT) CEO Cathy Beswick said the AFT was one of thesponsors of the original survey in 1968 and also recently provided...Statin drugs may delay progressive artery damage in children
...ickening would increase 0.003 millimeters for each year that statin therapy was delayed. The results show that earlier initiation of statin treatment results in a smaller carotid IMT at a later age, said John J. P. Kastelein, M.D., Ph.D., co-author of the study and professor and chair of vascular medicine...Heat-related deaths in middle, high school football players spikes in 2006
...have been avoided. Seven other players died last year of "heart-related" deaths that mightor night not h...hs if precautions arent taken, Mueller said. Every year we have to get the word out. And every year, he has to make a list. ...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...e than 30,000 people in the United States die each year from pancreatic cancer. Count Basie, Ren Magritte, Billy Carter and Joseph Cardinal Bernardin all died from it; Luciano Pavarotti is fighting the disease. The overall five-year survival rate is less than 5 percent; most patients die within the first ...Highlights from the August 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...nd in some cases saved up to $8,046 per person per year compared with usual medical care. The researchers conclude the study provides preliminary evidence that moderate-intensity lifestyle intervention using an RD as a lifestyle case management reduces risk, improves quality of life and does so without ...Investigating the causes of Parkinson's disease
...d over 60, about one in 20 of those diagnosed each year are under 40. Dr Breen added: The Parkinsons Disease Society is very pleased to be funding Dr Bedfords study. Furthering our understanding of the causes of Parkinsons will hopefully lead to the development of new treatments for the condition, makin...Children and young people show elevated leukaemia rates near nuclear facilities
...ere increased by 14 to 21 per cent in zero to nine year olds and seven to ten percent in zero to 25 year-olds. Childhood leukaemia is a rare disease and nuclear sites are commonly found in rural areas, which means that sample sizes tend to be small says lead author Dr Peter J Baker. The advantage ...Lower mortality rates associated with hospitals that rank highest on quality of care indicators
...tals, 2,200 fewer elderly Americans would die each year in the surveyed hospitals from acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure (CHF) and pneumonia, three common medical conditions. The findings appear in the July/August 2007 issue of the journal Health Affairs. These findings show th...Patients with soft tissue sarcomas should be treated at high volume centers
...in 213 facilities amounted to less than 1 case per year and less than 2 cases per year were managed at an additional 79 health care institutions, reported the authors. Patients at high ...Wesley Research Institute study targets pharmacists to help diabetes sufferers
... improve my overall health. It is hoped that the year long study will lead to new Australia-wide treatment standards for Type 2 Diabetes where patients and pharmacists work together to manage the disease....Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...using the opposite effect. Now entering its eighth year of operation, the Johns Hopkins Fogarty African Research Ethics Training Program is the subject of a sweeping new case study published in the July 2007 issue of Academic Medicine. For the first time, the case study reveals some potent lessons in what...Hib vaccine: A critical ally in Asia's effort to reduce child deaths
...ib globally is responsible for 400,000 deaths each year in children under five years of age and around 3 million cases of serious illness resulting in long term consequences such as deafness, learning disabilities, paralysis and mental retardation. This simple, life-saving vaccine can prevent Hib pneu...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
Just in time for the most dangerous days of the year to drive July 3 and 4 the national Center for Ex...titute for Highway Safety, the top two days of the year for motor vehicle fatalities over the years 1986-2002 have been July 3 and July 4. There are many...Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training
...to 800,000 needle-stick injuries are reported each year by U.S. health care workers. Furthermore, a recent study of a general surgical service in an urban academic hospital revealed that 20 percent to 38 percent of all procedures involved patients with bloodborne pathogens....New research spares children the pain of the needle
...lf million children are affected by pneumonia each year in Europe. Until now, most children have been admitted to hospital and treated with injected antibiotics. The findings suggest that these injections endured by generations of children may be unnecessary and could be replaced with oral doses of th...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...of at least 22 million cases of typhoid fever each year with 200,000 deaths. Drug resistance is becoming a major problem and treatment is becoming increasingly difficult, leading to patients taking longer to recover, suffering more complications and continuing to spread the disease to their family and to ...Early-morning Friday classes may prevent students from getting sloppy on 'thirsty Thursdays'
...when most students attained legal age in the third year of the study. It appears that this drinking, when it occurs, is heavy." Wood said that men who drank at least one drink on Thursday consumed on average between six to 7.5 drinks as a function of Friday-class schedule, while women consumed on a...Intensive-care patients with alcohol problems are more likely to require mechanical ventilation
...e mechanical ventilation during intensive care per year in the United States, even though the hospital mortality rate for ventilated patients can approach 50 percent. New findings indicate that medical patients with an alcohol-use disorder (AUD) are more likely to require mechanical ventilation, and/or n......ile and that one just didnt work out . . . about a year ago. Physician: So youre single now. Patient: Yeah. Its all right. Physician: (laughing): It gets tough. Im single as well. I dont know. Were not the right age to be dating, I guess. So lets see. No trouble urinating or anything like that" Altho...