MONTREAL -- Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is such a reliable indicator of cardiovascular disease that it should be the first imaging test performed in low- and high-risk patients, said an investigator at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology meeting here.
ATLANTA -- As the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic moved round the world in 2002-03, clinicians tried a range of interventions against the coronavirus. Now it seems that they may have been futile, at best.
BOSTON -- In matters of life and longevity, the United States is not one nation, indivisible, but eight nations divided by gender, race, income, and address, with huge differences in mortality rates.
ROCKFORD, Ill -- Women who might benefit from tamoxifen chemoprevention because of an increased risk of hereditary breast cancer can be identified by a five-item assessment at a mammography clinic, suggested researchers here.
MÖLNDAL, Sweden -- Amateur boxers risk becoming "punch drunk" just like professional fighters despite shorter fights and protective headgear, according to researchers here.
MONTREAL -- Nuclear cardiologists are screening asymptomatic patients for risk prevention and for interventional decision-making.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA issued a caution today about the potential for attenuation of low-dose aspirin's antiplatelet effect when ibuprofen is used concomitantly for pain relief.
BOSTON -- There is no easy way for parents to make a termination-of-care decision for a dying child, but those who have been there have offered some advice to help physicians and nurses in the pediatric ICU.
WASHINGTON -- A significant proportion of U.S. adults flunked a national health literacy test administered by the government.
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BETHESDA, Md. -- Abnormally high circulating levels of two proteins produced by the placenta may be responsible for the development of preeclampsia, researchers here reported.
TORRANCE, Calif. -- Babies born to mothers who used methamphetamine during pregnancy are 3.5 times more likely to be small for their gestational age than children of non-users. The findings resemble those seen with cocaine-using mothers.
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Despite serious early bone loss after liver transplantation, bone mineral density then increased for up to four years and remained above pre-transplant levels, researchers here reported.
BOSTON -- The younger the onset of alcohol dependence, the less the chance that a patient will seek help, according to investigators here.
BARCELONA, Spain -- An aggressive 16-week lifestyle intervention reduced cardiovascular risk factors in both patients and their domestic partners, found a European trial.
BARCELONA, Spain -- The long-term safety of drug-eluting stents suddenly eclipsed all other concerns this week at the world's largest gathering of cardiologists
BARCELONA, Spain -- In a head-to-head trial, the investigational drug-eluting stent, Xience, which is coated with everolimus, significantly outperformed Taxus, the popular paclitaxel-eluting device.
HERSTON, Australia -- Children of mothers who drink during pregnancy have a greater risk of developing alcohol problems as they grow up, according to Australian researchers.
NEW YORK -- Men in their 40s are nearly six times more likely than men in their 20s to father children with autism spectrum disorders, according to researchers here and Israel.
