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Regadenoson is safe, effective for use in heart transplant patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The drug regadenoson is safe and poses fewer side effects than the conventional medication used during a cardiac nuclear stress test of heart transplant patients, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.


Researchers characterize stem cell function

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The promise of stem cells lies in their unique ability to differentiate into a multitude of different types of cells. But in order to determine how to use stem cells for new therapeutics, scientists and engineers need to ...


Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given (AP)

Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an ...


New method to grow arteries could lead to 'biological bypass' for heart disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new method of growing arteries could lead to a "biological bypass"—or a non-invasive way to treat coronary artery disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report with their colleagues in the April issue of Journal of ...


Endoscopy-based early enterostomy closure

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is generally recommended that a temporary stoma be closed within 9-12 wk after its construction. However, because some patients poorly tolerate the temporary stoma owing to extracellular dehydration, difficult pouch fitting, ...


Safety data favor norepinephrine over dopamine for shock

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physicians treating patients with shock should consider norepinephrine instead of dopamine as a tool for stabilizing blood pressure, according to an editorial in the March 4, 2010, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) ...


Secondhand smoke raises risk of hardened arteries among 13-year-olds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among 13-year-olds is associated with an increased risk of future blood vessel hardening and greater risks of other heart disease factors, according to new research published ...


Weight-loss diets may reverse atherosclerosis in obese, overweight people

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A low-carbohydrate diet, a low-fat diet and the Mediterranean diet were equally effective in helping obese people to reverse carotid atherosclerosis after losing moderate amounts of weight and improving their blood pressure, ...


Stroke study finds neck stents safe, effective

National stroke prevention study reveals surgery and stenting equally effective

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- A major study shows that a minimally-invasive procedure is as effective and safe as the gold standard for treating blockages of the carotid artery, giving patients who prefer a less invasive ...


Surgery halves death risk for stroke patients versus 'stent' treatment

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- People at high risk of having a stroke are half as likely to have a stroke or die following surgery to repair damage to an artery in the neck, rather than ‘stenting’ treatment, according to UCL research published ...



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