Genetics and family history play a large role in a person?s risk for heart disease, but factors in diet, lifestyle and the environment are also thought to influence susceptibility to the disease.
Heart problems in children are quite different from those in adults, and four studies presented today at the American College of Cardiology?s 56th Annual Scientific Session look at how pediatric cardiologists take different approaches to better understand and manage cardiovascular disease in this population, including insights into fundamental cardiac mechanisms and testing of new procedures.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently submitted to Congress its final proposal for reauthorizing the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA IV) after reviewing public comments.
Responding to the Health Select Committee?s report, ?Boom and Bust in the NHS?, Dr Sam Everington, Deputy Chairman of the BMA, said:
Fertility expert and BBC presenter Lord Robert Winston is to open an international conference exploring genetic breakthroughs and controversies, organised by Cardiff and Lancaster Universities.
The Parkinson?s Institute will participate in a large-scale national clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD). While creatine is not an approved therapy for PD or any other condition, it is widely thought to improve exercise performance.
Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, blistery rash known as shingles, according to a new UCLA study.
Scientists at WEHI have made a discovery with potentially profound implications for the care of patients, especially those undergoing cancer chemotherapy.
At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional therapy with minimal results, she tried a new kind of robotic therapy developed by MIT engineers. A study to appear in the April 2007 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation shows that the device, which helped Fermental, also had positive results for five other severe stroke patients in a pilot clinical trial.
Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationals Mark Vaile has endorsed a national campaign developed by the Rural Doctors Association and beyondblue to encourage more rural Australians to seek help from their local GP for mental and physical health problems.