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Stimulant treatment for ADHD not associated with increased risk of cardiac events in youth

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study finds potential link between daily consumption of diet soft drinks and risk of vascular events

Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MS drug prevented fatal heart condition in lab study

A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack, a new study has found.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study evaluates blood potassium levels after heart attack and risk of in-hospital mortality

Patients hospitalized after a heart attack who had blood potassium levels of between 3.5 and less than 4.5 mEq/L (milliEquivalents per liter) had a lower risk of death than patients with potassium levels that were higher ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dabigatran associated with increased risk of acute coronary events

The anticoagulant dabigatran is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) or acute coronary syndrome in a broad spectrum of patients when tested against some other medicines, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds air pollution linked to diabetes and hypertension in African-American women

(Boston) -The incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension increases with cumulative levels of exposure to nitrogen oxides, according to a new study led by researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University. ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Short hospitalizations for heart attacks may increase readmissions in US

Patients treated for acute heart attacks in the United States are readmitted within 30 days more often than in other countries, a finding explained in part by significantly shorter initial hospitalizations, according to an ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tests for biomarker may help determine diagnosis of heart attack within hours

For patients admitted to an emergency department with chest pain, use of a contemporary or highly sensitive test for levels of troponin I (a protein in muscle tissue) may help rule-out a diagnosis of heart attack, while changes ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers supply major results for understanding the thalamus, the 'relay center' of the brain

The thalamus is the central translator in the brain: Specialized nerve cells (neurons) receive information from the sensory organs, process it, and transmit it deep into the brain. Researchers from the Institute ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No increased risk of serious cardiovascular events among adults who use ADHD medications: study

Although there have been cardiovascular safety concerns about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications because of their ability to increase heart rate and blood pressure levels, an analysis that included ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Promising and perilous? The ambivalent role of the CXCL12/ CXCR4 axis in heart repair

The chemokine CXCL12 acts as a chemical signal which mobilizes hematopoietic and other types of stem cells to leave the bone marrow and enter the circulation. Secretion of CXCL12 also guides these cells to sites at which ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most hospitals miss critical window for heart attack transfer patients

Most heart attack patients transferred between hospitals for the emergency artery-opening procedure called angioplasty are not transported as quickly as they should be, Yale School of medicine researchers report in the first ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Severity of heart attack is dependent on the time of day

The size of a heart attack and subsequent left-ventricular function are significantly different based on the time of day onset of ischemia, according to a first of its kind study in humans, published online Nov. 17 in Circulation Re ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Results triple researchers' projections with use of adult stem cells for heart failure

Patients suffering from heart failure due to a previous myocardial infarction showed an average of 12 percent improvement one year following an investigative treatment that involved infusing them with their ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Delayed stem cell therapy following heart attack is safe but not effective

NIH-funded trial shows that therapy with bone-marrow derived cells does not improve heart function after six months; future clinical benefits still possible.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infarction

In medicine, infarction refers to tissue death (necrosis) that is caused by a local lack of oxygen due to obstruction of the tissue's blood supply. The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct.

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