Looking out for prisoners' health Aug 26, 2008
"With hypertension and other cardiac diseases, there are almost twice as many.". Bauman oversees health care for the 1,859 male inmates at Saguaro Correctional Facility in Arizona and about 200 women at the Otter Creek facility in Kentucky as well as the Hawaii prisons. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Stress, Depression, Inflammation an... Aug 5, 2008
At one time scientists believed cardiac diseases, specifically atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), resulted from sticky plaque adhering to smooth artery walls. The process however is more complex, and like many illnesses, the underlying issue actually stems from chronic inflammation. (Suite101.com)
After Emergency Room Visit, Many Patients In A Fog Jul 18, 2008
Just five to 15 percent of them are found to be suffering from heart attacks or other cardiac diseases, but more than. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Letters for Sunday, July 13, 2008 Jul 13, 2008
I have contacted the County Council and health department to express my concern about the law which allows rubbish burning in residential neighborhoods, due to the danger, especially to those with respiratory and cardiac diseases. I suggested that the National Institue of Health be contacted for documentation regarding the health hazards of this practice on Kauai. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Stay alert to quality of air Jul 1, 2008
Along with adults who suffer from respiratory or cardiac diseases and the elderly, children are more vulnerable to the negative health effects of air pollution. Caregivers should monitor pollution levels and consider the risks before sending them outdoors on smog alert days. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Cardiac Diseases Specialists joins heart institute Jun 28, 2008
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/27/08. Cardiac Disease Specialists has become the third major cardiovascular physician group to join the Piedmont Heart Institute, making PHI Physicians one of the largest cardiovascular specialists in the Southeast, the hospital company said Friday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
New CT Technology Offer Roadmap To Quicker, Cheaper Chest Pain Screening In Emergency Rooms Jun 1, 2008
Although just five to 15 percent of them are found to be suffering from heart attacks or other cardiac diseases, more than half of these patients are admitted to the hospital for observation and further testing. See also. (Science Daily)
Blood stem cells may repair heart Apr 15, 2008
HOUSTON: Researchers at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre have for the first time used drug-treated blood stem cells to repair heart damage in an animal model, results that may lead to methods for healing injuries from cardiac diseases. In the study, researchers screened about 147,000 molecules to find one that could transform human blood stem cells into a form resembling immature heart cells. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Coronary Calcium Testing Predicts Future Heart Ailments, Study Shows Mar 29, 2008
28, 2008) Calcium deposits in coronary arteries provide a strong predictor for possible future heart attacks and cardiac diseases, and detecting such deposits can be valuable for promoting overall cardiac health, according to a study led by the University of California, Irvine and appearing in the March 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine ... In his work diagnosing and treating cardiac diseases in rural China, Detrano performs CT research scans for as little as 30 ... Before the... (Science Daily)
Scans under the scanner Jan 20, 2008
"Cardiac diseases are striking Mumbaikars younger because of stress and the cardiac CT is an asset in picking up heart diseases early,'' Breach Candy Hospital consultant radiologist Anirudh Kohli told TOI at a recent radiologists' meet. New Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital's TBS Buxi concurred, "Cardiac CT is non-invasive and has 90 per cent 'specificity' and sensitivity for heart ailments like aneurysms and pulmonary embolisms. So should everyone just walk in for a regular preventive scan. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Dementia Raises Death Risk in Oldest Elderly Dec 15, 2007
"Forty percent of the deaths after age 95 were explained by dementia, which could be compared with 17 percent explained by cardiac diseases and 6 percent by cancer.". The study, which followed 338, 95-year-old adults, is the largest to date of nonagenarians with dementia, noted Borjesson-Hanson, of Goteborg University in Sweden. (MEDLINEplus)
* More heart screening needed for athletes Bhu[v Nov 19, 2007
Maron said many of the cardiac diseases that can lead to sudden death can be spotted through screening. She helped write heart association guidelines that aid doctors in screening athletes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A sure cure for morbid obesity? Oct 21, 2007
" Since obesity brings along several medical diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiac diseases, arthritis, depression and infertility etc., the burden of expenditure on the affected person and his or her family for the treatment of these co-morbid conditions is quite enormous, especially in India, wherein the awareness about the significance of health insurance is quite minimal. Obesity is usually measured by the term called 'Body mass index' (BMI). A person is categorized as Overweight... (Deccan Herald)
Half of Brazilians don't practice sports Sep 10, 2007
For the Brazilian Association of Cardiology, each year 300,000 people die of cardiac diseases and insufficiency in doing sports is one of the principal reasons. China] [World. (Xinhuanet, China)
Common Plants Poisonous to Pets Jul 17, 2007
This hardy succulent can cause gastrointestinal illnesses and cardiac diseases. Lilies. (Suite101.com)
'Virtual Patient' To Simulate Real-time Organ Motions For Radiation Therapy Jul 1, 2007
Xu expects that the physics-based 4-D VIP-Man will eventually be used as an even more general anatomical modeling tool for the biomedical community to help patients with respiratory and cardiac diseases. At the same time, Xu will continue to work on the 3-D VIP-Man to create a "family" of virtual patients, ranging in ages and sizes, in collaboration with researchers worldwide through the Consortium of Computational Human Phantoms (), co-founded by Xu. (Science Daily)
Kalam outlines five-point mission for medico-professionals May 27, 2007
According to Vision 2020, it is expected that HIV/TB combination, water borne diseases, cardiac diseases will be the predominant diseases, Kalam therefore urged the medical fraternity to find solutions for diagnosing and treatment of such diseases. "We have to bring infant mortality to less than 10 per thousand", said Kalam. (DailyIndia.com)
Kalam outlines 5-point agenda for doctors May 26, 2007
Kalam also underlined the importance of medical research, and said the country must develop indigenous medicines and equipment to cure deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS. "Some of you may participate in research, development and use of vaccines against HIV, malaria and even against cardiac diseases," he told the students. (PTI). (Business Standard)
Alteon Expands Licensing Agreement With Biorap Technologies for Diagnostic Assays That Identify High Risk Cardiovascular Patients Apr 6, 2007
--Haptoglobin Genotype Identifies Patients Most Likely to Benefit From Alteon's Investigational Drug ALT-2074-- MONTVALE, N.J., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alteon Inc. (Amex: ALT) announced today that it has entered into an expanded licensing agreement with BioRap Technologies, Ltd., the commercialization arm of the Rappaport Family Institute for Research, Technion University, Israel, for all diagnostic devices or products for predictive purposes in vascular or cardiac diseases, including... (PR Newswire)
Living Near a Busy Highway Impedes Children's Lung Growth Jan 27, 2007
Adverse respiratory effects in children have been linked to asthma and other respiratory diseases, while individuals with a deficit at age 18 will probably continue to have less than healthy lung function, with risks for respiratory and cardiac diseases for the remainder of their lives, the researchers said. For example, children who lived within 500 meters of a freeway had substantial decreases in eight-year growth of forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1-81 mL, P=0. (MedPage Today)
Milk Blunts Heart Benefits of Tea Jan 10, 2007
"There are a lot of studies that show that tea is protective against cardiac diseases," said lead researcher Dr. Verena Stangl, professor of cardiology at the Charite Hospital, Universitatsmedizin-Berlin, in Germany. "If you look at the studies, you see that in Asia there are less cardiac diseases, but in England that's not the case. So the question is, is the addition of milk a reason for this difference between Asia and England, where tea is often taken with milk?" she said. (MEDLINEplus)
