Medical Xpress: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor in the news http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor Increased risk of heart attack and death with progressive coronary artery calcium buildup Patients with increasing accumulations of coronary artery calcium were more than six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or die from heart disease than patients who didn't have increasing accumulations, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-heart-death-coronary-artery-calcium.html Cardiology Thu, 02 May 2013 13:40:23 EST news286720817 Grandmother's cigarette habit could be the cause of grandchild's asthma Grandmother's cigarette smoking could be responsible for her grandchild's asthma, and the recent discovery of this multi-generational transmission of disease suggests the environmental factors experienced today could determine the health of family members for generations to come, two Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) lead researchers write in the March edition of Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-grandmother-cigarette-habit-grandchild-asthma.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:06:48 EST news281613951 New research identifies effective treatment for common gynecological problem New research from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) found a progestogen-only treatment halted bleeding in women suffering from extremely heavy periods, according to the study published online by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-effective-treatment-common-gynecological-problem.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:30:04 EST news280059228 Novel approaches needed to end growing scourge of 'superbugs' With the rising awareness of the so-called "superbugs," bacteria that are resistant to most known antibiotics, three infectious disease experts writing in the Jan. 24 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine called for novel approaches based on a "reconceptualization of the nature of resistance, disease and prevention." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-approaches-scourge-superbugs.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:30:17 EST news278184610 Promising new finding for therapies to treat persistent seizures in epileptic patients In a promising finding for epileptic patients suffering from persistent seizures known as status epilepticus, researchers reported today that new medication could help halt these devastating seizures. To do so, it would have to work directly to antagonize NMDA receptors, the predominant molecular device for controlling synaptic activity and memory function in the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-therapies-persistent-seizures-epileptic-patients.html Neuroscience Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:04:46 EST news277563845