News tagged with blood pressure and insulin
Sorry no news are found ... Your search criteria may have been too narrow. You can quickly re-sort the news in different ways by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page.
Search results for blood pressure and insulin
FDA-approved drug may slow beta cell destruction in type 1 diabetes patients
Dec 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
New findings by UT Southwestern researchers suggest that a drug already used to treat autoimmune disorders might also help slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells in patients recently diagnosed with ...
'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill
Dec 04, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
(AP) -- Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" - a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year.
Hope for patients with type 2 diabetes
Dec 03, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The outlook for individuals with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease is not as grim as originally believed, according to new Saint Louis University research published in Circulation, the Journal of the American He ...
Smoking cessation results mixed among Ohio's Appalachian women
Dec 03, 2009 |
2 / 5 (2) |
0
In the Appalachian region of the country — where smoking rates are high, tobacco is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low — a smoking cessation effort led by non-medical professionals was successful in ...
Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike
Dec 03, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.
Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Dec 02, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
Wide Disparities Found in Age of Hospitalization for Patients of Different Races
Dec 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from Yale School of Public Health shows that blacks are admitted to the hospital at a significantly younger age than their white peers for a host of preventable medical conditions, ...
Heart failure linked to gene variant affecting vitamin D activation
Dec 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Previous studies have shown a link between low vitamin D status and heart disease. Now a new study shows that patients with high blood pressure who possess a gene variant that affects an enzyme critical to normal vitamin ...
Dutch PhD student develops device to combat noise
Dec 01, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (15) |
17
Johan Wesselink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a device to actively combat noise nuisance. This invention curtails sound waves and vibrations by producing anti-noise. The researcher is confident ...
Dessert on your mind? Your muscles may be getting the message
Dec 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Even the anticipation of sweets may cause our muscles to start taking up more blood sugar, say researchers reporting in the December issue of Cell Metabolism. That message is delivered via neurons in the brain's hypothalamus contai ...
List of search results for blood pressure and insulin
