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Less Than 10 Percent Of Americans Have Low Risk For Heart Disease
The proportion of Americans rated low on key heart disease risk factors expanded during the 1980s and 1990s, but is now declining, according to national surveys. Only about 1 in...
During CPR, More Chest Compressions Mean More Saved Lives
The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study.
Web-based Screening And Intervention May Reduce Drinking In University Students
Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a new report.
On-the-job Pesticide Exposure Associated With Parkinson's Disease
Individuals whose occupation involves contact with pesticides appear to have an increased risk of having Parkinson's disease, according to a new report.
Active Older Adults Live Longer, Have Better Functional Status
Older adults who continue or begin to do any amount of exercise appear to live longer and have a lower risk of disability, according to a new report.
Remodeling Tumor Vasculature: A New Approach To Therapy
Life-threatening tumors are fed by the uncontrolled growth of blood vessels within them that allows them to thrive – and to halt disease-fighting cells in their tracks. Reversing or re-arranging...
Two treatment innovations improve heart function after heart attack
Supersaturated oxygen (SSO2) administered during catheter-based treatments for heart attack can significantly reduce heart muscle damage, according to a new study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, a journal of the...
Heart devices 'no benefit to women'
A device that is commonly used to correct a dangerously fast heartbeat may not have the same benefits for women as for men, according to new research. It shows that, unlike men,...
Difficulties with daily activities associated with progression to dementia
Among individuals with mild cognitive impairment, often considered a transitional state between normal cognitive function and Alzheimer's dementia, those who have more difficulties performing routine activities appear more likely to...
New 'adjuvant' could hold future of vaccine development
Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new 'adjuvant' that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle...
Steroid injections may help restore vision in some patients with blocked eye veins
Injecting the eye with the corticosteroid triamcinolone appears effective in improving the vision of some patients with retinal vein occlusion, an important cause of vision loss that results from blockages...
Combat exposure may increase likelihood of newly reported high blood pressure
A survey of American servicemen and women who reported experiencing multiple combat exposures were more likely to self-report high blood pressure than military members not exposed to combat, according to...
Lung cancer suppresses miR-200 to invade and spread
Primary lung cancer shifts to metastatic disease by suppressing a family of small molecules that normally locks the tumour in a noninvasive state, researchers at The University of Texas M....
Hand sanitizers still not in N.L. schools
Students are back at school, but there's one thing absent from the provincial government's hand-washing campaign aimed at schoolchildren: hand sanitizers.
The making of mucus in common lung diseases
In the lung, mucus is produced by cells known as goblet cells, which are present in small numbers in the walls of the lungs and airways...
Study examines stroke risk among patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Among patients undergoing cardiac surgery, post-operative stroke occurred in approximately 2 percent, was not correlated with significant carotid artery narrowing, but was more common among patients who had combined cardiac...
Study identifies which children do not need CT scans after head trauma
A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer due...
Researcher shows possible link between 1918 El Nino and flu pandemic
Research conducted at Texas A and M University casts doubts on the notion that El Nino has been getting stronger because of global warming and raises interesting questions about the...
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Early Release: 1. Three Medications Reduce the Risk for Invasive Breast Cancer but Carry Heavy Risks for Adverse Events
Basics: An Organ of Many Talents, at the Root of Serious Ills
The pancreas, which performs both endocrine and exocrine functions, is pivotal in diabetes and obesity.
First Mention: Vitamin D, 1922
On June 19, 1922, The Times reported that a team led by Dr. E. V. McCollum, had “captured” an unknown vitamin, which aids in bone growth and prevents rickets.
In One Study, a Heart Benefit for Chocolate
People who eat chocolate have increased survival rates after a heart attack, researchers in Sweden find in an observational study.
Global Update: Sickle-Cell Anemia: Vaccines in Wealthy Countries May Save Lives of Children in Africa, Study Suggests
Researchers found that the bacteria contributing to the deaths of African children with sickle-cell anemia were the same as those for which vaccines have been developed.
New function for the protein Bcl-xL: It prevents bone breakdown
In blood cells, the protein Bcl-xL has a well-characterized role in preventing cell death by a process known as apoptosis. However, its function(s) in osteoclasts, cells that slowly breakdown bone...
Antiviral drug found to reduce severity of mono
The so-called kissing disease is commonly treated only with rest. But in a study, young people who received an antiviral medication early in the illness became less sick. Mononucleosis, the curse of high...
Early flu season -- what you need to know
(AP) -- Flu season's in full swing two months early this year - and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting...
Personal Health: Early Warning for a Deadly Kidney Disease
A test from the National Kidney Foundation can alert people to an illness that often shows no symptoms until the organs are almost ready to fail.
Books: One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health Care
An author’s trip around the world with a sore shoulder teaches a lot about the health care system in the United States.