News tagged with cardiovascular medicine
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 cardiovascular medicine
Breathlessness eased in patients with rare, often fatal disease
Dec 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Patients with a rare, deadly disease that mostly affects young women felt a dramatic reduction in breathlessness using an approved drug, according to study results published online today in The Journal of Heart and Lung Tr ...
Arizona State and Mayo Clinic partner to combat metabolic syndrome
Dec 17, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic in Arizona are joining forces in a partnership to investigate metabolic syndrome - a cluster of high-risk medical factors that include increased blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, ...
Proximity to convenience stores fosters child obesity
Dec 17, 2009 |
2 / 5 (1) |
1
Childhood obesity is directly related to how close kids live to convenience stores, according to the preliminary findings of a major Canadian study presented at the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier in Lyon, France. The ongoing ...
TGen analysis identifies biomarkers for diabetic kidney failure
Dec 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics.
NSAIDs: Take 'em early and often when competing? Think again
Dec 16, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
Athletes' superstitions and rituals can help them get psyched up for contests, but when these rituals involve non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which many athletes gobble down before and during events, they ...
Low cholesterol transfer protein activity associated with heart disease risk
Dec 15, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Although seen as a potential heart disease therapy, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels by inhibiting activity of a transfer protein may not be effective, a new study suggests. Scientists at the Jean ...
Septic shock: Nitric oxide beneficial after all
Dec 15, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Scientists at VIB and Ghent University in Flanders, Belgium have found an unexpected ally for the treatment of septic shock, the major cause of death in intensive care units. By inducing the release of nitric oxide (NO) gas ...
Cardiovascular and suicide risk raised after prostate cancer diagnosis
Dec 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer have an increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide, reports a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine. Katja Falland Fang Fang from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden ...
Insomnia symptoms linked with medical complaints in young school-aged children
Dec 15, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine indicates that significant associations exist between parent-reported insomnia symptoms and medical complaints of gastrointestinal regurgitation and he ...
Strict blood sugar control in some diabetics does not lower heart attack, stroke risk
Dec 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Strictly controlling blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetics with coexisting health problems such as heart disease and hypertension does not lower their risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to a UC ...
List of search results for cardiovascular medicine
