A once-a-day, short-term treatment with a drug compound substantially improved learning and memory in mice with Down syndrome symptoms, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital.
The Medical University of South Carolina, (MUSC) was recognized for participating in an American Heart Association and American Stroke Association program called Get With the Guidelines.
The American Heart Association and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announce the launch of a new consumer magazine, Heart Insight, for heart patients, their families and caregivers.
The UK government must take action now to reduce widespread variations in hospital performance, improve productivity and win the support of health staff in its efforts to reform the health service if the NHS is to cope with lower growth in funding from 2008 onwards.
Every day for 10 years, a seemingly heart-healthy 53-year-old woman experienced rapid and irregular heartbeats. She had no personal or family history of hypertension or hyperthyroidism.
Habitual intake of caffeinated beverages provides protection against heart disease mortality in the elderly, say researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Brooklyn College.
People looking to lose those extra pounds have been told for decades that dieting together with exercise will bring about the best results.
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a variant of a common blood protein, apolipoprotein C1, in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry that is linked to elevated body mass index (BMI), obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Health care professionals should focus on women’s lifetime heart disease risk, not just short-term risk, according to updated American Heart Association guidelines.
Healthcare professionals should focus on women?s lifetime heart disease risk, not just short-term risk, according to updated American Heart Association guidelines.