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Philips Releases Upgraded Xcelera May 9, 2008
The cardiology information management solution offers enhanced functionality to improve customers' clinical workflow, allowing them to offer patient care. |
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Carotid bruits linked to MI and cardiovascular death May 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients at risk for heart disease, the presence of a carotid bruit more than doubles the risk of MI and cardiovascular death, the results of a meta-analysis indicate. |
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Weight-loss drugs may harm developing brain: study May 8, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A drug from a new class of weight-loss treatments disrupted brain development in young mice, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, raising concerns about using these drugs in children. |
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No distinctive neuropathologic features characterize brain death May 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physicians at Mayo Clinic conducted autopsies on a series of 41 patients who were declared brain-dead and found no distinguishing neuropathological features. Therefore, neuropathologic examination may not be adequate to make a determination of brain death. |
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Estrogen hormone therapy may raise risk of reflux: study May 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a Swedish population-based twin study provide evidence that postmenopausal estrogen hormone therapy (HT) increases the risk of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, independent of heredity, body weight, and tobacco use. |
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Awareness of stroke symptoms lacking in US May 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A survey in 13 states and the District of Columbia reveals that most people are not aware of the five most common symptoms warning of an impending stroke, according to findings appearing Friday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released to coincide with May being National Stroke Awareness Month. |
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Metformin safe alternative to insulin for gestational diabetes May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of metformin to treat gestational diabetes does not increase the risk of perinatal complications and most women find it preferable to insulin therapy, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine for May 8. |
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Early repolarization often seen with sudden cardiac arrest May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although common and generally considered to be harmless, early repolarization on ECG is associated with cardiac arrest due to idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, new research indicates. In the study, nearly a third of case subjects had this finding. |
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Gestational hyperglycemia increases risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Maternal blood glucose levels above normal but below those diagnostic of overt diabetes are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including macrosomia, cesarean delivery, and birth injury, a multinational research team reports in the New England Journal of Medicine for May 8. |
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Cognitive decline linked to stroke in men, depression in women May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Risk factors for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and for progression to dementia are gender-specific, according to a French study in the May 1 Online First issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. |
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Post-traumatic stress disorder common in chronic migraine May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more common in patients with chronic migraine than in those with episodic migraine, according to findings published in the April issue of Headache. |
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C-section not tied to subsequent stillbirth May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to recent findings, there appears to be no increased risk of unexplained antepartum stillbirth in second pregnancies following caesarean section in the first pregnancy, Canadian researchers report in the May issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. |
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Smoking-specific mortality risk reversible after cessation May 6, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking-related deaths are substantially reduced within 5 years after smoking cessation, according to long-term prospective follow-up of the Nurses' Health Study cohort, reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association for May 7th. |
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CYP2D6 variants affect breast cancer response to tamoxifen May 6, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Variations of the cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) genotype metabolize tamoxifen differently. Post-menopausal breast cancer patients with homozygous wild-type CYP2D6 may respond as well or better to tamoxifen as they respond to aromatase inhibitor adjuvant therapy, researchers report in the April 29th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
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New menstrual migraine screen has high sensitivity and specificity May 6, 2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Health) - A three-question questionnaire developed to identify menstrual migraine and to help gynecologists track their prevalence has a sensitivity of 94% and a specificity of 74%, investigators announced here Monday at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting. |
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Osteoporosis, osteopenia linked with coronary artery disease May 6, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among patients who undergo coronary angiography because of chest pain, the prevalence of obstructive coronary artery disease is greater among those with osteoporosis or osteopenia compared to those with normal bone mineral density (BMD). |
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Postvaccination syncope on the rise in U.S. May 6, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An analysis of data collected from 2002 to 2007 suggests that postvaccination vasovagal reactions are becoming more common in the US, primarily among adolescent girls, findings in the May 2nd Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicate. |
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Minority of women have hot flushes into late postmenopause May 6, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Persistent hot flushes into the late postmenopausal years may occur but they are not common, according to results of a study published in the April 28th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. |
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NSAID plus acetaminophen increases gastrointestinal event risk May 5, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggest that the combination of traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and acetaminophen increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding compared with the use of either agent alone. |
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