News tagged with disease patients
Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event
Nov 05, 2009 |
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A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation.
Women, blacks, Medicare recipients less likely to be evaluated for liver transplantation
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Patient race, gender and insurance status influence decisions about who will go on to receive liver transplants, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study. Available online and published in the September ...
Liver disease 'shrunk' by blood-pressure drug
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A blood-pressure medicine has been shown to reverse the effects of early-stage liver failure in some patients.
Treating gum disease helps rheumatoid arthritis sufferers
May 28, 2009 |
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Here's one more reason to keep your teeth healthy.
Heart disease patients carrying extra pounds do better, live longer
May 18, 2009 |
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Being overweight or obese is a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors; however, in patients with established CVD, obesity appears to play a protective role. In fact, data suggest obese ...
Arterial disease of the leg frequently overlooked in patients with heart disease
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of the legs, in which the arteries become blocked with plaque and blood supply to the legs is reduced, affects eight million people in the U.S. Early detection of PAD is important because ...
New test may predict spread of breast cancer (w/Video)
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have previously shown that the co-mingling of three cell types can predict whether localized breast cancer will spread throughout the ...
Liver tumors associated with metabolic syndrome differ from other tumors
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Liver cancer in patients whose only risk factor is metabolic syndrome has distinct forms and structures compared to other liver tumors. These findings are in the March issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley ...
Patients starting Parkinson's drug rasagiline earlier do better
Jan 26, 2009 |
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There is hope that the drug rasagiline can do what no other medication for Parkinson's disease now does -- slow the progression of a devastating degenerative brain disease that eventually robs people of their ability to move ...
Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and ...
Implantable defibrillators lower risk of death in older heart patients
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve survival in patients with heart damage — even those in their 70s — according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Sleep disorders: A warning sign for neurodegenerative disease?
Dec 24, 2008 |
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According to the latest study by Dr. Ronald Postuma from the Research Institute of the MUHC and Dr. Jacques Montplaisir from the Université de Montréal and the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, ...
Parkinson's disease can affect more than just the body
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Parkinson’s disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide. While the disease is recognized for its profound effects on movement, up to 40 percent of Parkinson’s disease patients also develop changes in thought, behavior and ...
Hepatitis C treatment reduces the virus but liver damage continues
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Treating patients who have chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease with long-term pegylated interferon significantly decreased their liver enzymes, viral levels and liver inflammation, but the treatment did not slow ...
Treatment for advanced hepatitis C doesn't work, researchers find
Dec 03, 2008 |
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An NIH funded multi-center clinical trial found no benefit from "maintenance therapy," low-dose peginterferon used for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to an initial round of treatment. In addition, the study showed ...
