http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Give people free prescription drugs and many of them still won't bother to take their medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-free-drugs-heart.html Medications Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:07:23 EST news240509234 Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a severe childhood disease that many parents, even some doctors, mistake for an inconsequential viral infection. In fact, if not diagnosed or treated in time, it can lead to irreversible heart damage. After 50 years of research, including genetic studies, scientists have been unable to pinpoint the cause of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-kawasaki-disease-linked-currents.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:04:46 EST news240141841 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says Merck's cholesterol drug Vytorin helps reduce heart attack, stroke and related problems in patients with kidney disease, a potential new use for the blockbuster drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-fda-vytorin-kidney-disease-patients.html Medications Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:30:12 EST news239283003 Technology developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could significantly reduce the time and cost to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease and help answer one of the greatest biological questions: why do we age? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-reversing-aging.html Medical research Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:51:55 EST news238078304 Increasing levels of high-density lipoproteins, better known as HDL or "good" cholesterol, reduced the risk for heart attack and stroke among patients with diabetes. That's according to a new study appearing online today in The American Journal of Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-good-cholesterol-heart-diabetes-patients.html Cardiology Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:40:30 EST news237199206 Cardiac rehabilitation, traditionally used after heart attack to prevent future heart problems, seems similarly effective for people who have a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mild stroke, according to new research published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-cardiac-benefit-patients-mini-mild.html Cardiology Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:23:40 EST news235927402 (AP) -- Health officials are trying to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes in the next five years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-effort-1m-heart.html Health Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:45:35 EST news235140283 Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that high levels of a specific hormone can predict which kidney patients will develop heart problems, require dialysis or die prematurely. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-hormone-premature-death-kidney-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:33:59 EST news234757974 Researchers from the Heart Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia, have demonstrated the benefits of the 8-week 'Beating Heart Problems' group programme in a randomised controlled trial. According to Principal Research Fellow at the Centre, Dr Barbara Murphy, depressed participants appear to have benefited from the contact with their non-depressed peers: "In groups for depressed patients, progress can be slow. With our programme, which involved depressed and non-depressed patients in a group together, we saw that the depressed patients improved dramatically. We believe that the 'well' patients were positive role models for the depressed patients, helping them to embrace healthy behaviours and a more positive mood." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-heart-problems-combined-group-therapy.html Cardiology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:47:44 EST news233837246 (Medical Xpress) -- Doing things a little differently in the emergency room could mean fewer missed cases of heart disease, according to physicians at the University of Florida. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-chest-pain-er-routine-heart.html Cardiology Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:30:01 EST news233475103 Compared with oral corticosteroids, use of the beta-blocker propranolol for treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs) was associated with higher rates of lesion clearance, fewer adverse effects, fewer surgical interventions after treatment, and lowers cost, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-beta-blocker-outcomes-treatment-infantile-vascular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:38:30 EST news232648697 Children with only mildly to moderately impaired kidney function experience poor growth, delays in puberty, and heart problems, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Therapies for these conditions might help slow the progression of kidney disease in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-poor-growth-puberty-heart-problems.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:25:14 EST news232381487 (Medical Xpress) -- The first study to investigate the effect of the breast cancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) on heart and vascular function in elderly patients has found that it increases the risk of heart problems, particularly in women with a history of heart disease, diabetes or both. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-trastuzumab-heart-problems-elderly-history.html Cancer Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:43:32 EST news232162973 In cardiac care, the mantra is fast becoming circumstance, circumstance, circumstance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-heart-overprescribed.html Medical research Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:50:01 EST news231511618 When someone is rushed to an emergency room with heart problems, does it matter how much money the hospital spends on that patient? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-health.html Health Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:14:24 EST news230890330 (AP) -- Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a heart drug from Sanofi was associated with fatal heart problems in a recently halted company study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-fda-fold-death-heart-drug.html Medications Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:29:23 EST news230552945 Spanish patients with Fabry disease, a rare hereditary condition where abnormal fatty deposits collect in blood vessels and organs throughout the body, appear to react differently to those in other European countries, according to a study in the August issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-spanish-fabry-disease-patients-react.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:45:56 EST news230373931 Researchers in Poland have discovered that combining omega-3 fatty acids with two blood-thinning drugs, aspirin and clopidogrel, changed the process of blood clotting, potentially helping reduce the risk of heart attacks in patients with stents in their heart arteries. The study's findings, which could lead to improved methods to protect patients, are published in the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-omega-blood-thinning-drugs-impact-clotting.html Cardiology Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:37:46 EST news227885819 Intense distress and fear of dying, which many people experience when suffering the symptoms of a heart attack, are not only fairly common emotional responses but are also linked to biological changes that occur during the event, according to new research published online today in the European Heart Journal [1]. These changes, in turn, are associated with other biological processes during the following weeks that can predict a worse outcome for patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-dying-heart-linked-inflammation.html Cardiology Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:43:35 EST news226215781 Omega-3 fatty acids, combined with two blood-thinning drugs, significantly changed the blood-clotting process and may reduce the risk of heart attacks in patients with stents in their heart arteries, according to research reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-omega-artery-disease-heart-patients.html Cardiology Thu, 26 May 2011 16:37:14 EST news225646606 Even healthy children as young as nine-years-old can start to show an increased risk of future heart problems if they are physically inactive, according to a study in the May issue of Acta Paediatrica. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-lack-linked-higher-heart-disease.html Health Thu, 12 May 2011 10:45:12 EST news224415896 When it first passed 20 years ago, the American Disabilities Act offered hope for closing the health-disparities gap for people with disabilities, but differences still exist. Barring people with limiting physical issues from research studies may bear some of the blame, and researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing want to change that restriction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:03 EST news224339043