In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery.
More women than men appear to be having a stroke in middle age, according to a study published June 20, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say heart disease and increased waist size may be contributing to this apparent mid-life stroke surge among women.
Obese and very obese patients have a lower risk of dying after they have been treated for heart attacks than do normal weight patients, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), provides comment on the Women?s Health Initiative (WHI) Coronary Artery Calcium Study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) breast cancer specialists are using a new way to treat patients by delivering a one-time dose of radiation during surgery. The procedure, called intraoperative radiation therapy, takes less than an hour and eliminates the need for further radiation treatments.
Keeping cool on hot, humid summer days is good advice for more reasons than sheer comfort. It’s vital for good health – even staying alive. That’s the message from the Pennsylvania Medical Society, warning young and old alike that heat stroke is a deadly illness to be avoided at all costs – even if it means sacrificing a day at the beach.
Consultation seeks to stimulate debate on New Deal for Carers. Details of a huge national debate on how to improve the future of the nation’s six million carers were released today by Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis.
A preliminary study suggests that a blood clot-dissolving medication that is administered to some patients following a stroke or heart attack may help to reduce the risk of amputation following severe frostbite, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Acute heart attacks can be successfully treated through a multidisciplinary team approach involving emergency medical services, emergency physicians, cardiologists and specialty centres, according to a study conducted by Dr. Jacobus S. de Villiers and colleagues in Calgary.
Everyone knows that eating lean fish helps slim waistlines, but researchers from the Center for the Study of Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR, have found a new way fish can help eliminate obesity.