Day August 29, 2017

Medicine, Health Care PCSK9 Is a Co-activator of… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 27 Aug 2017: PCSK9 is a co-activator of platelet function beyond its role in cholesterol homeostasis, according to research presented…

Medicine, Health Care PATHWAY-2 Uncovers Main Cause of… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: Salt retention is the main culprit behind drug-resistant hypertension (RHTN), with older diuretic medications being the most…

Medicine, Health Care Renal Denervation Lowers Blood Pressure… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: Renal denervation lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients not taking medication, according to late-breaking results from the…

Medicine, Health Care Risk Factor Driven Upstream AF… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 27 Aug 2017: Risk factor driven upstream rhythm control is effective, feasible and safe in improving maintenance of sinus rhythm…

Medicine, Health Care Rivaroxaban Plus Aspirin Reduces Adverse… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 27 Aug 2017: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin reduces major adverse cardiovascular and limb events by nearly one-third in patients with peripheral…

Medicine, Health Care Rivaroxaban Plus Aspirin Improves Outcomes… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 27 Aug 2017: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin improves survival and reduces stroke and heart attack in patients with stable coronary or…

Medicine, Health Care Study Confirms Safety of Rapid… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – Aug. 27, 2017: The safety and efficacy of a rapid algorithm to rule-out and rule-in myocardial infarction has been confirmed…

Medicine, Health Care Screening for Vascular Disease Saves… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: A novel screening programme for vascular disease saves one life for every 169 men assessed, according to…

Medicine, Health Care SPRINT Post-hoc Analysis: Food for… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: Adding to the debate on optimal blood pressure control, new findings presented at ESC Congress today suggest…

Medicine, Health Care Study Reveals Clinical Benefit of… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: The benefit of lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol depends on how it is lowered, according to late-breaking…

Researchers studied children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and found that inattentiveness was linked to worse academic performance up to 10 years later, regardless of ADHD, even when they accounted for the children’s intellectual ability. Although grades…

In a study of nearly 400 preschool children, only one child adhered to obesity prevention guidelines over the course of a single day at child care and at home. The 5-2-1-0 guidelines recommend children eat at least five servings a…

Although common opinion holds that exposure to pesticides increases adverse birth outcomes, the existing body of scientific evidence is ambiguous. Logistical and ethical barriers—pesticide use data are not widely available and randomized control trials are impossible—have gotten in the way…

Parents and siblings of children with limited speech who took an innovative training program created by a Michigan State University scholar significantly improved their ability to communicate with the special needs youth. Now, MSU research provides the first scientific evidence…

Medicine, Health Care Sildenafil Should Be Avoided in… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: Sildenafil should not be used to treat residual hypertension in patients with valvular heart disease, according to…

Medicine, Health Care Study Suggests Statins Associated with… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – Aug. 28, 2017: A 14 year study in more than one million people has found that women with high cholesterol…

Medicine, Health Care Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Safe… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by European Society of Cardiology   Barcelona, Spain – Aug. 28 2017: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is safe and effective in nonagenarians, according to research presented at ESC…

Medicine, Health Care Is Telomere Length Associated with… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by IOS Press Stockholm – Sweden – August 28, 2017- A new study from the FINGER trial team shows that participants with shorter leukocyte telomere length (LTL) had…

Medicine, Health Care Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Effective… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by Karolinska Institutet Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) is the best method of treating artherosclerotic coronary arteries in diabetes patients with multivessel disease, even in the presence of…

Medicine, Health Care Brain Changes Linked to Physical,… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by Massachusetts General Hospital An imaging study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified differences in key brain structures of individuals whose physical or mental health has…

Medicine, Health Care Mass. General Team Reports First… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by Massachusetts General Hospital In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team reports a remarkable treatment response in a…

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Unlock Regenerative Potential of… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by National Eye Institute Cells within an injured mouse eye can be coaxed into regenerating neurons and those new neurons appear to integrate themselves into the eye’s circuitry,…

Medicine, Health Care NUS Study: Deforestation in Cambodia… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found that the loss of dense forest in Cambodia was associated with higher risk…

Medicine, Health Care Study Identifies Methods for Preventing… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by Oregon Health Science University No single solution exists for alleviating crowding in emergency rooms, but a new study identifies four key strategies that have reduced the problem.…

(HealthDay)—Combination of fractional carbon dioxide (CO2) laser with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection is a promising treatment for vitiligo, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. Rania Abdelghani, M.D., from Al-Azhar University in Cairo,…

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A research team led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and collaborators has shown, for the first time, that it may be possible to nonsurgically treat or even prevent the damage to a major heart valve that often occurs…

In a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team reports a remarkable treatment response in a patient participating in a clinical trial of a novel immune-system-based cancer therapy. Treatment with an investigational…

Sea Quest Hero is more than just the usual computer game in which players find their way through mazes, shoot and chase creatures—it also doubles as scientists’ latest tool for studying Alzheimer’s disease. The game—downloadable from Tuesday in its virtual…

Behind a heavy wooden door next to a Vilnius church, a couple of dozen Lithuanian men are talking about their dependence on alcohol. The moderator is Kestutis Dvareckas, a priest and a decade sober. The World Health Organization ranks Lithuanians…

A record outbreak of Hepatitis A has killed 14 people and put scores in hospital in San Diego, hitting mostly homeless and patients using intravenous drugs. The latest data from San Diego County in California show that more than 350…

The government says about 500,000 fewer Americans had no health insurance the first three months of this year, but that slight dip was not statistically significant from the same period in 2016. Progress reducing the number of uninsured appears to…

In this Aug. 15, 2017, photo, Rita Driscoll works on a treadmill in a supervised exercise therapy program for patients with peripheral artery disease at University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis. Medicare soon will start paying hospitals and clinics…

Medicine, Health Care Using Donor Stem Cells to… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by Society for Neuroscience A new study in mice published in The Journal of Neuroscience details a potential therapeutic strategy that uses stem cells to promote recovery of…

Medicine, Health Care Infants’ Race Influences Quality of… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by Stanford University Medical Center   Infants’ racial and ethnic identities influence the quality of medical care they receive in California’s neonatal intensive care units, a study from the…

Medicine, Health Care Do Estrogen Therapies Affect Sexual… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by The JAMA Network Journals   Transdermal estrogen therapy delivered through the skin modestly improved sexual function in early postmenopausal women, according to an article published by JAMA Internal…

Medicine, Health Care Men, Women And Risk of… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by The JAMA Network Journals   Are female carriers of the apolipoprotein E ?4 allele, the main genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease, at greater risk of developing…

Medicine, Health Care Gene Therapy Using ‘Junk DNA’… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Scientists from UCLA and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute successfully used a gene that suppresses cholesterol levels as part…

Medicine, Health Care UMass Amherst Study of Bee… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by University of Massachusetts at Amherst   AMHERST, Mass. – A new study of possible self-medicating behavior in bumble bees conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst…

Medicine, Health Care Study Corrects the Record on… Published: August 28, 2017.Released by University of Southern California White women whose genetic makeup puts them at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease are more likely than white men to develop the disease…