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MedWire News: Three common genetic variants are associated with circulating levels of natriuretic peptides and blood pressure (BP) in the European population, important research shows. The study appears in the journal Nature Genetics and represents the first discovery of a common gene variant that influences BP, a finding that could potentially lead to new antihypertensive therapies. “It’s well known that hypertension ...

MedWire News: A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with improved all-cause and cardiovascular disease survival in hospitalized, elderly patients with Type 2 diabetes, researchers report. Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality risk in both the general population and in patients with Type 2 diabetes. However, some studies have shown that the opposite is true in hospitalized elderly ...

MedWire News: Study results show that evidence of enteroviral infection is most common in pancreatic islets from patients with Type 1 diabetes, but is also found in some islets of patients with Type 2 diabetes. “Enteroviral infection has long been implicated in triggering autoimmunity, islet inflammation (insulitis), and beta cell death in human Type 1 diabetes,” say Noel Morgan (Peninsula Medical ...

MedWire News: US researchers are calling for new treatment protocols in children with latent tuberculosis (TB). Rifampin should be considered for any child with nonactive TB arriving from an area with isoniazid-resistance exceeding 11%, according to the team. "It will be important that future latent TB infection guidelines address the possibility of drug resistance in high-risk individuals such as children who ...

MedWire News: Children with stroke are most likely to have cerebral arteriopathies if they are of early school age, have sickle cell disease, or a recent upper respiratory tract infection, reports the International Pediatric Stroke Study Group. The group encompasses 30 centers in five continents. For the current study, Heather Fullerton (University of California, San Francisco, USA) and colleagues report on ...

MedWire News: Use of the Goeckerman regimen to treat psoriasis in children may increase their risk of genotoxicity, warn researchers. The Goeckerman regimen combines dermal application of 2% crude coal tar with daily broadband ultraviolet B radiation. Children are often more sensitive than adults to chemical treatments, so Lenka Borska (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) and colleagues studied 42 children ...

MedWire News: A study suggests that a lifetime lactation of 2 or more years is associated with a decreased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) decades later. “Our findings are consistent with and extend those from earlier reports linking reproductive history to cardiovascular disease risk,” comment Alison Stuebe (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) and colleagues

Oops. You missed your spin class again. It’s just as well – you still haven’t gotten through the day’s email, you’re hungry as hell and American Idol is on in an hour. You’ll try again tomorrow. “Try” being the operative word. Because despite your regular attempts, these days you never seem to get out of work in time to hit the ...

The role of "patient advocate" is new and evolving. As the importance of patients' rights gains momentum, a group of healthcare professionals has banded together to stand up for the best interests of their patients. Because patient advocates are a new career path, many healthcare professionals declare themselves "patient advocates" after extensive experience in the fields. However, degree programs focusing on ...

Experts Revise Guidelines on Daily Aspirin for Heart 03.15.09, 08:00 PM EDT MONDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Amid the continuing debate over who should pop an aspirin each day to fight heart disease, and at what dose, U.S. experts have revised guidelines stating that lower doses appear to be at least as effective as higher doses and safer at preventing ...

Suicide is a major public health problem, with more than 32,000 persons dying by suicide each year in the United States, or about 80 suicides per day. In addition to completed suicides, another 1,500 unsuccessful suicide attempts occur each day. In the 18- to 65-year age group, suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an emotional illness that develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience. PTSD sufferers re-experience the traumatic event or events in some way, tend to avoid places, people, or other things that remind them of the event (avoidance), and are exquisitely sensitive to normal life experiences (hyperarousal). Although this condition ...

Pernicious anemia (per-NISH-us uh-NEE-me-uh) is a condition in which the body does not make enough red blood cells due to a lack of vitamin B12 in the body. It usually occurs in people whose bodies have lost the ability to absorb vitamin B12 from food. Anemia Pernicious anemia is one of many different types of anemia. Having anemia means you do ...

The heart is a two stage electric pump whose job it is to circulate blood through the body. The pump is dependent on the electric current that the cells of the heart generate to have a coordinated squeeze so that the pump can pump. The heart has four chambers, the right and left atria (singular= atrium) and the right and left ...

You're a busy healthcare professional, and you've probably got a lot more on your plate than just your job. You might have a family. A hobby (or two, or three!). A social life. Between everything you take it, you might forget about the food you put into your body. It's easy to swing by the fast food restaurant on the way ...

The March of Dimes would like to see all babies in all states screened for the following 29 disorders, for which effective treatment is available. This recommendation is based on endorsement of a report by the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) urging screening for these disorders. The report was commissioned by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration.The 29 disorders ...

As the heart beats, it pumps blood through a system of blood vessels called the circulatory system. The vessels are elastic tubes that carry blood to every part of the body. Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins return it. Vascular disease includes any condition that affects your circulatory system. This ranges from diseases of your arteries, veins and ...

Reactive arthritis is a chronic form of arthritis featuring the following three conditions: (1) inflamed joints, (2) inflammation of the eyes (conjunctivitis), and (3) inflammation of the genital, urinary, or gastrointestinal systems. This form of joint inflammation is called "reactive arthritis" because it is felt to involve an immune system that is "reacting" to the presence of bacterial infections in the ...

Binswanger's disease (BD), also called subcortical vascular dementia, is a type of dementia caused by widespread, microscopic areas of damage to the deep layers of white matter in the brain. The damage is the result of the thickening and narrowing (atherosclerosis) of arteries that feed the subcortical areas of the brain. Atherosclerosis (commonly known as "hardening of the arteries") is a ...

A hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus (womb). For certain conditions, the Fallopian tubes and ovaries are also removed. The most common medical reasons for doing a hysterectomy include benign fibroid tumors of the uterus (30% of cases), abnormal uterine bleeding (20%), endometriosis (20%), genital prolapse (15%), and chronic pelvic pain (about 10%). Some women choose to have a hysterectomy ...