Lung Cancer :: Lack of a protein in lung tumors may increase risk of death
A study of human lung tumors indicates that lung cancer patients who lack a particular protein may do more poorly than those with normal levels of that same protein.
Treatment
Healthcare :: Neglected diseases ? new treatments available but more funding needed says BMA
A BMA report brings good news and bad news for the millions of people suffering from ?neglected diseases? in the developing world.
Breast Reconstruction :: Physicians may be obstacles to breast reconstruction
A new study suggests that only one quarter of general surgeons refer most breast cancer patients for a reconstruction consultation at the time of treatment planning.
Heart Attack :: Treatment of blockages in patients suffering severe heart attacks
Severe heart attacks are often treated with non-surgical procedures that open narrowed or blocked arteries of the heart using stents (percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI).
Heart Failure :: Is there a role for serial outpatient drug infusions in advanced heart failure?
For patients with severe chronic heart failure, known as stage D or chronic decompensated heart failure (CDHF), hospitalization is frequent and treatment options are limited.
Heart :: New process to treat heart patients quickly saves lives, heart damage
Mayo Clinic has designed a new system to speed critical care to acute heart attack patients that dramatically reduces the time that elapses before patients undergo a life-saving procedure — by as much as 45 percent in some cases.
Blood Pressure :: Dual renin system blocking drug combo provides additional blood pressure-lowering effects
A combination of two medicines that act against the effects of the enzyme renin are more effective in lowering blood pressure than either of the medicines alone, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology?s 56th Annual Scientific Session.
Stent :: Cerebral embolic protection and carotid stent systems
High-risk surgical patients in community hospital settings can safely benefit from the use of new embolus-removing and stent-inserting systems, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology?s Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit in New Orleans, La.
Stent :: Study identifies steps to improve safety of renal artery stenting
High blood pressure is the most common chronic medical condition in the United States, and the most common identifiable cause is narrowing of a kidney artery, called renal artery stenosis.
Renal Failure :: Sodium hydration therapies equally effective
In patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, contrast dye injection can sometimes cause contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), otherwise known as acute renal failure.