New research at the University of Nottingham, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, is paving the way for techniques that use stem cells to repair the damage caused by heart attacks.
New research at The University of Nottingham is paving the way for techniques that use stem cells to repair the damage caused by heart attacks.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is permitting the restricted use of Zelnorm (tegaserod maleate) under a treatment investigational new drug (IND) protocol to treat irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) in women younger than 55 who meet specific guidelines.
A class of drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes may double the risk of heart failure, according to a new analysis by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use Liviro3, a natural health product marketed for sexual enhancement, due to concerns about possible side-effects. The product is not authorized for sale in Canada and has not been found in the Canadian marketplace, but is for sale on the Internet, and may have been brought into the country by travellers.
Use of the pulmonary artery catheter decreased by 65 percent in the US between 1993 and 2004, possibly due to growing evidence that this invasive procedure does not reduce the risk of death for hospitalized patients, according to a study in the July 25 issue of JAMA.
Got high cholesterol? You might want to stay away from air pollution. That?s the message of a new UCLA study linking diesel exhaust to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which significantly increases one?s risk for heart attack and stroke.
A type 2 diabetes drug taken orally and in widespread use for more than a decade has been found to have distinct advantages over nine other, mostly newer medications used to control the chronic disease, according to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins.
Should we be watching our exposure to airborne pollution as well as our cholesterol levels” Research now indicates that air pollution has a role to play in atherosclerosis (artery hardening), which can contribute to heart attacks or strokes.
As health consumers across the country demand better and more detailed information about their physicians and hospitals, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is stepping up to detail its own performance efforts ranging from the percentage of clinicians who clean their hands to the number of times physicians take the proper steps in treating heart attack patients.