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Highly active antiretroviral therapies for AIDS are not initiated soon enough

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been shown to delay progression of AIDS and reduce mortality, yet the optimal time to start it is unknown.

2 Sep 2004

The lower your cholesterol in midlife, the better you are off in old age

With up to 39 years of follow-up data in hand, Finnish researchers can say men who had naturally low cholesterol levels in early middle age are more likely to survive and have a higher quality of life in old age

1 Sep 2004

Study is the first comprehensive risk analysis to examine both the risk of death from breast cancer and other causes following diagnosis

Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, or at an advanced stage at any age, are more likely to die from the disease than from all other causes of death combined, according to a new study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute.

1 Sep 2004

Parental human leukocyte antigen genes linked to preterm delivery

The transmission of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) genes may play a significant role in the risk of preterm delivery, according to a study in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

31 Aug 2004

Research provides definitive evidence that radiation risk is associated with full-body CT scans

The risk of cancer mortality from a single full-body computed tomography (CT) scan is modest, but not negligible, and the risks resulting from elective annual scans are much higher, according to a study published in the September issue of the journal Radiology.

31 Aug 2004

Angina drug nifedipine safe for long-term use

Calcium antagonists such as nifedipine are used to relieve the symptoms of angina, but there have been doubts about their long-term safety. However, ACTION--A Coronary disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS--provides new information on the drug's long-term use. GITS (gastrointestinal therapeutic system) modifies the release of the drug to provide stable long-term concentrations of nifedipine in blood.

30 Aug 2004

Surgery for angina in the elderly provides long-term mortality

Elderly people who undergo surgery or angioplasty to treat chest pain fare just as well long-term as those treated with medication, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

30 Aug 2004

African-Americans and Asians more pessimistic about the health systems ability to cope with a bioterrorist event

While nearly three-quarters of Americans believe that the public health system would respond fairly in a bioterrorist event, African-Americans and Asians adhere to this view in smaller proportions, perhaps because of past discriminatory policies put in place by health officials, according to a new UCLA study.

30 Aug 2004

Diabetes mellitus in acute coronary syndromes – worse for women

Diabetes is associated with worse prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction, but if there is a difference between men and women in this respect is less well known.

30 Aug 2004

Summary of The Euro Heart Survey on the diabetic state of patients with coronary artery disease

The survey engaged 110 centres in 25 countries recruiting 4,196 patients referred to a cardiology department or outpatient clinic due to CAD. A total of 2 107 of these patients were admitted on acute basis while 2,854 had an elective consultation. Patient data were collected via a web-based case record form.

30 Aug 2004

Study suggests intramyocardial injection of cells from bone marrow might be an alternative for heart transplantation

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world and patients with end-stage ischemic heart failure carry the highest morbid-mortality rate.

30 Aug 2004

No benefit from early PCI/CABG in high risk unstable angina patients

Patients with chest pain are recognized as being at high risk of subsequent adverse cardiac events when their plasma levels of cardiac troponin are elevated as evidence of myocardial damage.

29 Aug 2004

Streptococcal bacteria disrupts blood clotting to infect humans

University of Michigan researchers have captured a glimpse of the endless arms race between infectious agents and the human immune system in a bacterium that uses a mimic of a human blood-clotting enzyme to advance its infection.

27 Aug 2004

Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors), are effective long term

Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors), a class of drugs that block production of cholesterol in the liver, lower total cholesterol and LDL and are also associated with cardiovascular benefits, are effective in the long term, conclude authors of a study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET.

26 Aug 2004

Artificial heart can keep patients awaiting heart transplant alive

The results of the nine-year study of the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart have concluded that the device prevents death in critically ill patients suffering from irreversible failure of both sides of the heart who are candidates for heart transplantation.

26 Aug 2004

Are nicotine patches safe for pregnant women?

A £1 million study, being led by a team of multidisciplinary researchers at The University of Nottingham, is to look at whether nicotine replacement skin patches could help pregnant mums to stop smoking.

26 Aug 2004

Prozac helps treat adolescents with depression

The TADS researchers said that major depressive disorder is common, with one in 20 teens affected at varying levels of severity. Like other forms of depression, major depressive disorder has been associated with increased risk of suicidal behavior and with completed suicide.

26 Aug 2004

Regular exercise boosts immune system in older men

As it turns out, judging by the reaction strength of their immune system to an unknown, but harmless, protein antigen, it’s possible for men over 70 to mount an immune response similar to that produced by much younger men -- if they get regular moderate physical activity of about six hours a week.

25 Aug 2004

Less invasive procedure to repair aortic aneurysm could reduce death by two-thirds

Early results of a UK study published online by THE LANCET suggest that a surgical procedure to repair aortic aneurysm that is less invasive than conventional open surgery could reduce death within a month of surgery by around two-thirds.

25 Aug 2004

Clinicians have been able to reduce mortality rates in HIV positive children from 15 to 3 percent

"This is perhaps the first time that it has been demonstrated that HIV positive children can be successfully treated with antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings and the outcomes are comparable to those we have seen in U.S. pediatric antiretroviral clinical trials,"

23 Aug 2004

Mortality News and Research

Highly active antiretroviral therapies for AIDS are not initiated soon enough

The lower your cholesterol in midlife, the better you are off in old age

Study is the first comprehensive risk analysis to examine both the risk of death from breast cancer and other causes following diagnosis

Parental human leukocyte antigen genes linked to preterm delivery

Research provides definitive evidence that radiation risk is associated with full-body CT scans

Angina drug nifedipine safe for long-term use

Surgery for angina in the elderly provides long-term mortality

African-Americans and Asians more pessimistic about the health systems ability to cope with a bioterrorist event

Diabetes mellitus in acute coronary syndromes – worse for women

Summary of The Euro Heart Survey on the diabetic state of patients with coronary artery disease

Study suggests intramyocardial injection of cells from bone marrow might be an alternative for heart transplantation

No benefit from early PCI/CABG in high risk unstable angina patients

Streptococcal bacteria disrupts blood clotting to infect humans

Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors), are effective long term

Artificial heart can keep patients awaiting heart transplant alive

Are nicotine patches safe for pregnant women?

Prozac helps treat adolescents with depression

Regular exercise boosts immune system in older men

Less invasive procedure to repair aortic aneurysm could reduce death by two-thirds

Clinicians have been able to reduce mortality rates in HIV positive children from 15 to 3 percent

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