http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) might not develop as a direct result of acidic digestive juices burning the esophagus, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found in an animal study. http://www.physorg.com/news177850880.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:20:01 EST news177850880 Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. http://www.physorg.com/news177597196.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:01 EST news177597196 More than half of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) don't get any counselling on their ability to drive after angioplasty - and this could be putting lives in danger, Dr. Ravi Bajaj told the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. http://www.physorg.com/news175875592.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:00:01 EST news175875592 Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women. http://www.physorg.com/news174586085.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:08:29 EST news174586085 (PhysOrg.com) -- Heart patients who receive specific instructions about how to respond to chest pain or heart attack symptoms still don`t seek immediate care, according to a new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. http://www.physorg.com/news174149240.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:01 EST news174149240 Emergency physicians should trust their judgment when evaluating patients who report with chest pain symptoms, said a group of researchers led by Abhinav Chandra, M.D., at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news168612856.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:10:01 EST news168612856 Emergency physicians who evaluate patients with non-specific chest pain using whole chest multi-detector CT (MDCT) combined with retrospective electrocardiogram (ECG) gating can reduce the patient radiation dose by 71% using MDCT combined with prospective ECG triggering instead, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. http://www.physorg.com/news164999304.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:10:01 EST news164999304 Women with chest pain are less likely than male patients to receive recommended, proven therapies while en route to the hospital, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Despite evidence showing that the drugs aspirin and nitroglycerin are important early interventions for people who may be having a heart attack, women don't get them as often as male patients with the same types of symptoms, says a new study that will be presented Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual conference. http://www.physorg.com/news161629752.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 18:09:44 EST news161629752 The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular disease in patients who come to hospital emergency rooms with chest pain, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine which will be presented Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual conference. http://www.physorg.com/news161614587.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 13:56:59 EST news161614587 Age, condition and treatment delay are among the reasons women who undergo angioplasty for heart attack often do not fare as well as do men, according to two studies presented today at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 32nd Annual Scientific Sessions. These studies, which are among the first to document outcomes in female patients treated with angioplasty and stenting for a heart attack, may help close the outcome gap between women and men. http://www.physorg.com/news160845988.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 May 2009 16:26:58 EST news160845988 Ethnicity is having a significant impact on timely access to cardiac care in Calgary and likely across Canada as the population's ethnic diversity grows, according to new research led by a team from the University of Calgary. http://www.physorg.com/news160754247.html Medicine & Health Tue, 05 May 2009 14:57:58 EST news160754247 An international study to resolve a decade of debate over the best timing for administering an anti-clotting drug for certain heart patients has come up with an answer: It doesn't matter. http://www.physorg.com/news157629994.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:08:26 EST news157629994 Most chest pain is caused by fatty deposits that hinder blood flow through the main, spaghetti-thick arteries of the heart. http://www.physorg.com/news157385811.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:17:28 EST news157385811 Each year, many people seek emergency treatment for unexplained chest pains. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates several common factors among those affected, including stress at work, anxiety, depression and a sedentary lifestyle. http://www.physorg.com/news153392018.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:54:33 EST news153392018 Non-cardiac chest pain remains a widespread symptom especially in western countries with a significant economic burden. Patients with chest pain and abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) but normal coronary angiogram (i.e. exclusion of coronary heart disease) is termed Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) and represents a specific subform of non-cardiac chest pain. While etiology of non-cardiac chest pain has been studied in several projects, it is unclear in what extent CSX is based on disorders of the upper gastrointestinal disorder (GI) tract. A research group in Aachen, Germany, interviewed 119 patients with abnormal ECG findings after having received a normal coronary angiogram. http://www.physorg.com/news147367694.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:28:14 EST news147367694 Women and South Asian people with typical pain were more likely than those with atypical pain to receive a diagnosis of angina pectoris and to have increased mortality rates or acute coronary complications, a study by UK researchers found. Despite this, in women and South Asians, both those with typical and atypical pain had lower rates of angiography and coronary interventions compared with men and white people respectively. http://www.physorg.com/news141318614.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:10:14 EST news141318614 Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) is more cost-effective than current tests for diagnosing women with low risk of a heart attack who come to the emergency room with acute chest pain, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. http://www.physorg.com/news137424481.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:28:01 EST news137424481 A recent study led by Rahul Khare, MD, emergency department physician and assistant director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilizing a CT scanner to evaluate low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency room. The study results which are published in the July issue of Academic Emergency Medicine show that using a 64-slice CT scanner is more cost-effective than the current standard of care for evaluating and diagnosing this patient population, which includes an overnight stay in the observation unit and cardiac stress testing. http://www.physorg.com/news135532327.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:52:07 EST news135532327 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 hospitals, according to a national study led by an Emory University researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news134844576.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:49:36 EST news134844576