Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: april 1 http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Re-op rates ID'd for herniated intervertebral disc disease (HealthDay)—For patients undergoing surgery for lumbar herniated intervertebral disc disease, reoperation rates reach 13.4 percent after five years, with more than half of reoperations occurring in the first year, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-re-op-idd-herniated-intervertebral-disc.html Surgery Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:40:02 EST news285308075 Low risk with normal coronary arteries, nonobstructive CAD (HealthDay)—Patients who experience acute chest pain, and have nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), as determined by coronary computed tomographic angiography, have similarly benign outcomes as those with normal coronary arteries, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-coronary-arteries-nonobstructive-cad.html Cardiology Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:10:01 EST news284368151 Fitness, obesity independently affect cardiometabolic risk (HealthDay)—Fitness and obesity are independently associated with cardiometabolic (CM) risk, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-obesity-independently-affect-cardiometabolic.html Cardiology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:50:01 EST news284231998 Certain steroids may raise risk of dangerous blood clots (HealthDay)—People who use drugs called glucocorticoids—a class of steroids—are at increased risk for blood clots in their veins, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-steroids-dangerous-blood-clots.html Cardiology Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:00:04 EST news284052496 Second mutation in BRAF-mutated melanoma doesn't contribute to resistance A second mutation found in the tumors of patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma does not contribute to resistance to BRAF inhibitor drugs, a finding that runs counter to what scientists expected to be true. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mutation-braf-mutated-melanoma-doesnt-contribute.html Cancer Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:39:18 EST news252509939 Swimming improves vascular function, BP in older adults (HealthDay) -- Swimming exercise is associated with a decrease in blood pressure (BP) and improvements in vascular function in older adults with early hypertension, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-vascular-function-bp-older-adults.html Cardiology Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:11:47 EST news252353494