News tagged with stress test

The Medical Minute: Stress tests - echo vs. nuclear

Your health care provider has ordered a stress test for your heart. No problem, you think; you’ve seen people walk on treadmills before. In fact, you used the one in your basement a few times, a couple of years ago. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find negative social interactions can lead to increased amounts of internal inflammation

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of California have found that negative social interactions can cause internal inflammation that may over time lead to possible health consequences. In the study, the results ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New formula developed to reassure patients about low heart attack risk

(Medical Xpress) -- If your doctor says you have a negative stress test, or that your cholesterol or blood pressure are normal, how assured can you be that you’re not likely to have a heart attack in the next seven to ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New test for coronary artery disease linked to higher rates of cardiac procedures and greater costs

A new, noninvasive diagnostic test for coronary artery disease is associated with a higher rate of subsequent invasive cardiac procedures and higher health-care spending. That's according to an observational study of Medicare ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Test to predict dementia risk

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have developed a memory stress test that can be used to predict those at risk of developing dementia.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Financial reimbursement increases cardiac stress tests

Patients treated by physicians who billed for both technical (practice/equipment) and professional (supervision/ interpretation) components of nuclear and echocardiographic stress imaging tests were more likely to undergo ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greenpeace slams 'alarming gaps' in EU nuclear stress tests

Greenpeace on Friday slammed "alarming gaps" in EU-wide safety checks on nuclear plants, notably for failing to address "the unthinkable" after Fukushima.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Can breastfeeding reduce pain in preterm infants?

Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and long-term changes in their pain sensitivity, stress ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac rehabilitation improves heart rate recovery, boosts survival

For the first time, researchers have discovered cardiac rehabilitation can train the heart to quickly return to its normal rate after exercise.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Voting causes stress: study

As the United States nears another election day, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have determined scientifically, for the first time, that voting is a stressful event, inducing measurable hormonal changes.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

'Smelling' heart failure: Evaluation of an electronic nose

A German team has developed a completely new non-invasive method to identify heart failure. It consists of an "electronic nose" which could make the "smelling" of heart failure possible. The projet was presented at the ESC ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A change in perspective could be all it takes to succeed in school

Knowing the right way to handle stress in the classroom and on the sports field can make the difference between success and failure for the millions of students going back to school this fall, new University of Chicago research ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib respond to flu vaccine

Patients treated with sunitinib and sorafenib responded to the flu vaccine, which suggests the agents do not damage the immune system as much as previously feared, according to a study in Clinical Cancer Research, a journa ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists pioneer nanoscale nuclear materials testing capability

Nuclear power is a major component of our nation's long-term clean-energy future, but the technology has come under increased scrutiny in the wake of Japan's recent Fukushima disaster. Indeed, many nations ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers say patient gender may influence nuclear stress test referrals

New research from cardiologists at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals suggests a possible gender disparity in how patients are referred for nuclear stress tests, an imaging technique that measures blood flow to the heart ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0