Better instructions reduce complications among patients using common blood thinner
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Patients who report receiving written and verbal instructions on the proper way to take the blood thinner warfarin are significantly less likely to suffer the serious gastrointestinal and brain bleeding problems that are ...
Stress during pregnancy has detrimental effect on offspring
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Stress during pregnancy can have unfortunate consequences for children born under those conditions – slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism.
Scientists identify single microRNA that controls how heart chambers form
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have identified a genetic factor critical to the formation of chambers in the developing heart. ...
The mental health dangers of birth hypoxia
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Complications during pregnancy and birth, such as birth hypoxia - the shortage of oxygen in the body - are associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia. However, it is not clear why hypoxia increases the risk for ...
Effects of anesthesia on the heart
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Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have created the first animal model that can reveal the side effects of anesthetic agents (the substances used to block pain during surgery) in individuals genetically predisposed to sudden ...
Researcher to provide new insight for treating vascular disease
Oct 27, 2008 |
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The blood circulates through the body in an intricate process that researchers are only beginning to understand. Now, University of Missouri researcher Steven Segal has received the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's ...
Researchers Study Effectiveness of Robotic Gait-Assisted Therapies for Stroke Victims
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to recovering mobility after a stroke, therapists say that every step counts. Two University of Missouri researchers recently studied robotic gait-assisted therapy to see if ...
Meta-analysis examines cardiovascular effects of diabetes medications
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The diabetes medication metformin may be associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, on ...
Statins associated with lower risk of death from pneumonia
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Individuals who take cholesterol-lowering statins before being hospitalized with pneumonia appear less likely to die within 90 days afterward, according to a report in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of ...
Scientists identify new gene responsible for puberty disorders
Oct 27, 2008 |
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A new gene responsible for some puberty disorders has been identified by Medical College of Georgia researchers.
Toward non-invasive disease diagnosis with 'wellness cards'
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Scientists are reporting development of a device that could serve as the electronic "reader" for a coming generation of "wellness cards," specimen holders used to diagnose disease from a drop of a patient's ...
Healing process found to backfire in lung patients
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A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health ...
Researchers explore use of fat cells as heart attack therapy
Oct 27, 2008 |
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For those of us trained to read nutrition labels, conventional wisdom tells us that fat isn't good for the heart. But a team of University of Houston researchers has set out to use fat cells to beef up heart ...
MSU doctors bring much-needed psychiatric care to rural areas via technology
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To tackle the growing number of psychiatric cases in Michigan's rural areas, particularly among children and adolescents, a team of Michigan State University doctors from the colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Human Medicine ...
Methamphetamine abuse linked to underage sex, smoking and drinking
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Children and adolescents who abuse alcohol or are sexually active are more likely to take methamphetamines (MA), also known as 'meth' or 'speed'. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics reveals the ri ...
