Women with heart failure received nearly equal care as men at hospitals participating in the…
Month: August 2011
New heart scan may speed up diagnosis with less radiation
The next generation of computerized tomography (CT) scans appears faster and more accurate than current…
Diet that combines cholesterol-lowering foods results in greater decrease in LDL than low-saturated fat diet, study finds
Persons with high cholesterol who received counseling regarding a diet that combined cholesterol-lowering foods such…
Text search tool for electronic medical records shows promise for identifying postoperative complications
Use of natural language processing, such as in the form of free-text searches of electronic…
Diastolic dysfunction appears to worsen over time; associated with increased risk of heart failure
A follow-up of participants in a heart function study finds that the prevalence of left…
Use of certain biologic therapies for psoriasis do not appear to increase risk for cardiovascular problems
Although some preliminary reports have indicated an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events with…
Scientists define cellular pathway essential to removing damaged mitochondria
Researchers have defined a specific protein complex that allows cells to rid themselves of damaged…
Novel cytokine protects mice from colitis
Inflammatory bowel disease, which affects more than 1 million patients in North America, results from…
New set of building blocks for simple synthesis of complex molecules
Assembling chemicals can be like putting together a puzzle. Chemists have developed a way of…
Melanin’s ‘trick’ for maintaining radioprotection studied
Researchers have made new insights into the electrochemical mechanism that gives the complex polymer known…