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Women who’ve had a breast biopsy know the anxiety of waiting for the results, but that stress may cause adverse health effects, according to a new study published in the March issue of Radiology.
"When women express how taxing it is to have to wait for results, the medical establishment may dismiss their feelings as psychological," said the study’s lead author, Elvira V. Lang, M.D., associate professor of Read more…
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that 7 out of 10 adult Americans should limit their sodium intake to 1,500 mg a day (about two thirds of a teaspoon of salt).
The report is published in the March 27 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report.
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Women at increased risk for breast cancer because of the genetic BRCA mutations are more likely to think a prophylactic mastectomy is the best way to reduce their risk for the disease, compared to other women who are at high risk, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The study, published in the most recent issue of Cancer, also finds that the emotional Read more…
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A major asthma discovery by a researcher at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology has been licensed by MedImmune, a leading innovation-focused biotechnology company and wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC. MedImmune licensed the discovery to explore its use in the development of a potential biologics drug for treating asthma.
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New research published in the March 3, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that anger-induced electrical changes in the heart can predict future arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
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Using sleep or napping to cope with chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could lead to chronic insomnia according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The study, published in the February 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, found that napping to relieve headache pain could serve as a behavioral link between headache and sleep disturbance.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center neurological surgeons have begun implanting patients as part of a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy may help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression.
The BROADEN™ (BROdmann Area 25 DEep brain Neuromodulation) study is a controlled, multi-site, blinded, clinical study that is evaluating the safety and effectiveness of DBS therapy in Read more…
New Geisinger research shows that men with a combination of low total cholesterol and depression were seven times more likely to die prematurely from unnatural causes, such as suicide and accidents.
The study, which was published recently in Journal of Psychiatric Research, found that men with low total cholesterol (165 milligrams of cholesterol per deciliter or less) and Read more…
AstraZeneca announced it had received approval for two new dose strengths of Atacand Plus, aimed at hypertensive patients who are not optimally controlled by monotherapy alone. The decentralised procedure - including eleven EU member states and Iceland, and with Sweden as reference member state - ended positively, and national approvals will follow.
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Post-Christmas blues, freezing weather and the long wait until summer means today (Monday 2 February) is statistically the worst day for absenteeism. But this year’s recession woes may make today’s annual National Sickie Day the worst yet, according to research from Friends Provident.
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Berlin, 28-30 January, 2009: Acute severe hypertension is currently inadequately managed and its impact underestimated, agreed specialists in intensive care and cardiology at a multidisciplinary meeting on acute care, where a new European registry - EUROSTAT - was launched to collect data on the issue.
Fifty leading specialists in cardiology and intensive care from countries across Europe met at the Read more…
A new robotic surgical technique developed at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) for the removal of all or part of the prostate gland is showing what investigators call a "dramatic improvement" in a male’s sexual potency rate. The results were recently presented at the 26th World Congress Endourology meeting in Read more…
Huijing Xia, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in the lab of Eric Lazartigues, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author on a paper reporting that a recently identified enzyme in the brain plays a critically important role in the central regulation of blood pressure. The LSUHSC research team showed that Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) helps preserve the Read more…
Anxiety and depression before and during fertility treatment does not affect the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or of her cancelling her treatment, according to a study published in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction [1] on Thursday 29 January.
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Risk stratification has become central to strategies for the prevention of coronary heart disease, with the implication that priority is given to those at highest risk (ie, those with established heart disease). However, such stratification using the conventional risk estimation models may not be accurately achieved in individuals without symptoms, especially those in younger age groups whose 10-year "short-term" Read more…
Most people know that too much sodium from foods can increase blood pressure.
A new study suggests that people trying to lower their blood pressure should also boost their intake of potassium, which has the opposite effect to sodium.
Researchers found that the ratio of sodium-to-potassium in subjects’ urine was a much stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease than sodium or potassium alone.
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The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme is expanding the evidence base surrounding the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment of depression by commissioning three new research projects. Existing research suggests that CBT may be effective in tackling depression, but more evidence is needed.
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Contributing to the diversity of plant species (avoiding the massive use of an only or a few species); using examples of native flora preferably instead of exotic species and promoting the participation of experts in the design of landscaped areas are some of the recommendations town councils should consider when designing green spaces with a low-allergy impact. Buy Read more…
So advise researchers from several European countries following a huge international study. A major international study shows that the frequency of non-infectious rhinitis in children varies considerably
among regions of the world. The project, which monitored some 54,000 children from 22 countries, also shows that only a small proportion of such rhinitis cases are caused by allergy.
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Researchers from Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, and ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, have announced that they have demonstrated that a specific inhibitor of the protease plasma kallikrein, ASP-440, developed by ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, may provide a new therapeutic approach for treatment of diabetic retinopathy, the most common eye-related complication of diabetes. The study, which Read more…
In conjunction with Home Indoor Air Quality Month, the North Dakota
Department of Health is cautioning residents about the dangers of mold in homes and other
buildings. Concerns about mold growth should be addressed quickly in order to prevent illness,
according to State Health Officer Terry Dwelle, M.D.
Governor John Read more…