Kidney disease linked to lower medication use after heart attack
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Patients with kidney disease—especially end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis—are less likely to receive recommended medications after a heart attack, reports a study in the September 2008 Clinical Journal of ...
The way to a virus' 'heart' is through its enzymes
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The arrival of bluetongue virus (BTV) in the UK last year posed a major threat to the economy and the increasing temperatures of our changing climate mean it is here to stay. If we are to fight this disease, which has had ...
Breast asymmetry after cancer treatment affects quality of life, study finds
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Most women with breast cancer assume that surgery to preserve their breast will be less disfiguring than a mastectomy that removes the entire breast.
Intervention needed for Asian mothers, babies
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A major international study involving the University of Adelaide, Australia, has shown that intervention is needed in South-East Asia to improve the health of pregnant women and their babies and prevent child and mother mortality.
Herceptin targets breast cancer stem cells
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A gene that is overexpressed in 20 percent of breast cancers increases the number of cancer stem cells, the cells that fuel a tumor's growth and spread, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive ...
Vaccinated infants well-protected against severe pneumococcal infection in Norway
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In 2006, a pneumococcal vaccine (Prevenar®) was introduced in the childhood vaccination programme in Norway. Two years later, the experiences have been published in the journal Vaccine. The results show a strong decline in ser ...
Research highlights problems of predicting birthweights in obese mothers
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Researchers have found what they believe to be the most accurate way of predicting the birth-weight of babies born to the growing number of obese mothers, according to a study in the UK-based journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics an ...
HIV prevention researchers to compare common ARV as a pill and vaginal gel in unique study
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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In battle with an epidemic that has outpaced nearly all efforts to contain it, researchers are turning to strategies centered on the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that have been used successfully to treat HIV in hopes they ...
Fruit fly gene study could yield new flu treatments
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Scientists may be able to stave off influenza infection by targeting one of more than 100 proteins inside host cells on which the virus depends. These potential drug targets are the result of a study in which researchers ...
Chest pain center accreditation linked with better outcomes in heart attack patients
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Hospitals accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) have been shown to perform better in the heart attack core measures established by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as compared to non-accredited ...
Survey: Most effective dental braces are least attractive
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When it comes to the attractiveness of orthodontic braces, less metal is better, according to a recent survey.
