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New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) and found ...





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Down Syndrome becoming more prevalent in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of Down Syndrome in newborns, children and teenagers in 10 areas of the U.S., has found an increase in prevalence of more than 30 percent over ...


Researchers ID traits of people with rare accelerated aging syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have provided the most extensive account to date of the unique observable characteristics seen in patients with an extremely rare premature aging syndrome.


Defibrotide improves response rate in patients with severe veno-occlusive disease of the liver

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Defibrotide, a novel drug which modulates the response of blood vessels to injury, was markedly more effective than standard treatment in post-stem cell transplant patients with hepatic veno-occlusive disease, a life threatening ...


New gene linked to congenital heart defects

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a new gene, ETS-1, that is linked to human congenital heart defects. The landmark study, recently published online in the ...


Insomnia prevalent among cancer patients who receive chemotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients' ability to fully recover, according to scientists at the ...


Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...


ASGE issues guidelines on management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopic procedures

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to a new guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) regarding the management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopy, aspirin and/or NSAIDs may be continued for all elective endoscopic ...


Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 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.


H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to ...


New tool for helping pediatric heart surgery

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Stanford University has developed a way to simulate blood flow on the computer to optimize surgical designs. It is the basis of a new tool that may help ...



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