Sequential CT screening can identify indolent lung cancers
(HealthDay)—Changes in size on sequential low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screenings, expressed as volume doubling time (VDT), indicate that about 25 percent of progressive lung cancers are slow growing ...
Cancer
Dec 04, 2012 |
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Phone calls to help adults delay the onset of diabetes
(Medical Xpress)—A pilot medical program at Virginia Tech will use an automated calling system as part of larger program to help adults who are at risk for developing diabetes. The calls will be designed to encourage patients ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Diabetes drug may reduce brain damage after stroke
In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for ...
Diabetes
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Researchers advocate better access to angioplasty treatment
New research from the United Kingdom has found that primary angioplasty does increase the survival rate of heart attack patients. The Imperial College London researchers said recent studies examining the ...
Cardiology
Nov 30, 2012 |
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New genetic test detects early breast cancer and identifies future risk
Physicians may now be better at detecting breast cancer than ever before, but much more work remains to ensure accurate diagnosis is possible and especially to assess future risk. That's why researchers from Germany have ...
Cancer
Nov 29, 2012 |
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CT depicts racial differences in coronary artery disease
While obesity is considered a cardiovascular risk factor, a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) showed that African-American patients with coronary artery disease ...
Cardiology
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Scientists report a potential new treatment to prevent strokes
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists may have discovered a new way to prevent strokes in high risk patients, according to research from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire ...
Cardiology
Nov 22, 2012 |
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Routine checkups don't cut cancer, heart deaths, study says
(HealthDay)—Routine checkups don't help reduce a patient's risk of dying from either heart disease or cancer, new Danish research suggests.
Health
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Inpatient sleeping drug quadrupled fall risk
A drug commonly prescribed to help patients sleep in hospitals has been associated with an increased risk of falls, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Health
Nov 19, 2012 |
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U-shaped link for BMI at diagnosis with mortality in T2DM
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), classification as normal weight or obese within a year of initial diabetes diagnosis correlates with significantly higher mortality, forming ...
Diabetes
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Tests don't predict outcome after spine fusion for back pain
(HealthDay)—Currently, there is no test available to reliably predict which patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) will achieve a good clinical outcome after spinal fusion surgery, according to the results ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Letter from doctor boosts cholesterol medication use
In a new study, Northwestern Medicine researchers found that patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are more likely to receive a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication, and to achieve lower long-term ...
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Diabetes mellitus and the life-threatening late complications of cardivascular disease
Between 600,000 and 800,000 Austrians have diabetes mellitus. This "sugar disease", as it is known, can itself already be treated very effectively. The later consequences of diabetes, however, which mostly ...
Diabetes
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Evidence that respiratory exercises before heart surgery can prevent pneumonia
Patients who practice respiratory physical therapy exercises before elective cardiac surgery may reduce serious pulmonary complications later, finds a new evidence review from The Cochrane Library.
Cardiology
Nov 14, 2012 |
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ESC says don't forget to screen for diabetes in CAD patients
While it is well recognized that patients with diabetes are at risk of developing Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), on World Diabetes Day the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) highlights the fact that patients with CAD are ...
Diabetes
Nov 14, 2012 |
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