ADHD :: ADHD Patient Medication Guides to alert patients about risks
US FDA directs ADHD drug manufacturers to notify patients about cardiovascular adverse events and psychiatric adverse events.
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BMI :: Protein linked to elevated BMI in people
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.
Heart Risk :: Guidelines on Women’s Lifetime Heart Risk
Health care professionals should focus on women’s lifetime heart disease risk, not just short-term risk, according to updated American Heart Association guidelines.
Astrology :: 12 astrological signs determine your health
The 12 astrological signs had at least two medical disorders associated with them, thus placing people born under a given sign at increased risk compared to those born under different signs, revealed by researchers.
Cardiac :: Researchers find predictor of mortality in cardiac patients
Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn have determined that low levels of a protein in the blood is a predictor of cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease.
Heart :: Women’s heart risk guidelines updated
Healthcare professionals should focus on women?s lifetime heart disease risk, not just short-term risk, according to updated American Heart Association guidelines.
Heart :: Why is the heart heart-shaped?
Cardiac function depends upon properly shaped heart chambers. Here the authors show that blood flow and contractility independently regulate cell shape changes in the emerging ventricle.
Health :: Health professionals would prioritize spending on the young over the old
In prioritizing health-care spending, health professionals rank childhood immunization highest and cancer treatment for smokers lowest, according to a new international survey published in PLoS Medicine.
Chest Pain :: Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room
According to research reported in the February 27, 2007, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), a computed tomography (CT) scan of the heart can quickly detect whether there are fatty blockages or pockets of rock-hard calcium in the arteries of the heart — clues that coronary artery disease may be the cause of the chest pain.
Bone :: Plant-derived omega-3s may aid in bone health
Plant-based omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may have a protective effect on bone health, according to a team of Penn State researchers who carried out the first controlled diet study of these fatty acids contained in such foods as flaxseed and walnuts.