Patients who receive drug-coated stents to open heart arteries may lower their risks of heart attack or death by taking an anti-platelet medication longer than current recommendations, according to a study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and published in the online version o...
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Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) Biogen Idec announced data from a Phase I/II study of an investigational anti-CD23 monoclonal antibody, lumiliximab, suggesting it may be synergistic with fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab (FCR), an emerging standard of care for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)...
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Atherosclerosis is a disease of the blood vessels that causes many problems, including heart attacks. It is caused by a buildup of fat (lipid)-containing macrophages (the rubbish-collecting cells of the immune system) in the arteries. The presence in the blood of high levels of remnant lipoproteins,...
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This year, Medicare will pay for tens of thousands of heart patients to have high-tech devices implanted in their chests. Called ICDs or implantable cardioverter defibrillators, the expensive devices are designed to shock damaged hearts back into rhythm and save patients from sudden cardiac death, w...
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Most of us think of chromium as the shiny metal in the bumpers of cars. Chrome bumpers are long gone, but the metal plays a crucial role in human health, reports the January 2007 issue of Harvard Menā??s Health Watch.Chromium and cholesterol. In rats, chromium deficiency leads to high cholesterol le...
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People with low levels of LDL cholesterol are more likely to have Parkinson's disease than people with high LDL levels, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers.LDL stands for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; low levels of LDL cholesterol are considered an indicator o...
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Abnormal thyroid function is common among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma taking a new drug called sunitinib, and these patients' thyroid levels should be routinely monitored, a new study finds.Sunitinib was recently approved for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. A common...
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Use of the drug pexelizumab immediately before and for 24 hours after stent placement or angioplasty for certain heart attack patients did not have any significant treatment effect compared to placebo, according to a study in the January 3 issue of JAMA. The medication had shown promise in prelimina...
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Researchers said Wednesday they have developed a new molecule that makes it possible for scientists to look inside the brain and distinguish between people who are normal, who have mild forms of dementia or who have Alzheimer`s disease.
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