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Study: Abdominal debrancing with aortic stent grafts linked to high early mortality

The clinical data from 167 patients who underwent abdominal debrancing combined with aortic stent grafts (ADSG) at 12 centers in North America from1999-2010 were released today at the 65th Vascular Annual Meeting® presented by the Society for Vascular Surgery.

20 Jun 2011

Low levels of education, poverty and other social factors contribute to many U.S. deaths

How researchers classify and quantify causes of death across a population has evolved in recent decades. In addition to long-recognized physiological causes such as heart attack and cancer, the role of behavioral factors-including smoking, dietary patterns and inactivity-began to be quantified in the 1990s. More recent research has begun to look at the contribution of social factors to U.S. mortality.

18 Jun 2011

PDA urges public to undergo screening for oral cancer

Oral cancer claims more lives than leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma, laryngeal cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, or skin cancer. In 2010, approximately 36,540 Americans were diagnosed with this largely preventable type of cancer that affects the mouth and throat; 7,880 died of the disease. Early detection is essential to dramatically reduce the number of deaths from oral cancer.

18 Jun 2011

Paternal exposure during pregnancy may affect man's ability to father a child

According to the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line, more studies are needed to evaluate men and the potential effect of illnesses, medications and lifestyle habits on fertility and pregnancy. For couples suffering fertility problems, the issue is linked to the potential father approximately 50 percent of the time. In close to a quarter of these cases, a specific cause is unknown.

18 Jun 2011

Researchers uncover protein structural clues associated to PD

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered structural clues about the protein linked to Parkinson's disease (PD), which ultimately could lead to finding a cure for the degenerative neurological disorder.

18 Jun 2011

Cancer vaccine shows promise

In the latest research news, a cervical cancer vaccine programme has produced the first evidence of disease prevention among treated women. This vaccine targets human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus believed to trigger cervical cancer in women.

17 Jun 2011

Scientists reveal complex protein mechanism that regulates genes linked with cancer

Scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and at IRB Barcelona reveal the mechanism of action of a protein that is essential for life and is associated with disease.

17 Jun 2011

Civil unrest creates serious health implications in South Sudan

BMJ reports on the health affects of civil unrest in South Sudan, which will become the world's newest country on July 9.

17 Jun 2011

Key to remove stem cells responsible for fat expansion

Researchers may have found the key to developing a method to rid the body of stem cells responsible for driving fat expansion. According to a report in the June 16 Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, they've landed the first protein marker on the surface of those so-called adipose stromal cells (ASCs), which serve as progenitors of the cells that make up fat tissue.

17 Jun 2011

HRT use linked to decreased risk of peripheral arterial disease in postmenopausal women

A new study presented at the 65th Vascular Annual Meeting of the Society of Vascular Surgery found that the use of HRT in postmenopausal women is associated with a significant reduction in the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease.

17 Jun 2011

Low testosterone linked to varicoceles

As many as 15 percent of men have varicoceles, masses of enlarged and dilated veins in the testicles. There is new evidence that varicoceles, long known to be a cause of male infertility, interfere with the production of testosterone -- a crucial hormone to maintaining men's health. There is good news too: Microsurgery can increase testosterone levels in these men. Results of new research by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are in a recent edition of BJU International.

16 Jun 2011

Mist inhalers increase risk of death in patients with COPD

People who use a mist inhaler to deliver a drug widely prescribed in more than 55 countries to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be 52 percent more likely to die, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.

16 Jun 2011

Study establishes potential genetic link to human REM sleep behaviour disorder

Researchers at the University of Toronto are the first to indentify a potential cause for a severe sleep disorder that has been closely linked to Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

16 Jun 2011

High FGF-23 hormone levels linked to increased risk of end-stage renal disease and death

Patients in the early stages of chronic kidney disease who had elevated levels of the endocrine hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (that regulates phosphorus metabolism) had an associated increased risk of end-stage renal disease and death, according to a study in the June 15 issue of JAMA.

15 Jun 2011

NYU Langone implements biometric technology to identify patients

NYU Langone Medical Center announced today that it is the first medical center in the Northeast to use PatientSecure™ - a cutting-edge biometric technology - to identify patients. Utilizing near infrared light to map an image of the blood-flow pattern through the veins in a person's palm, the digital palm image is converted into a unique patient identifier that interfaces with the medical center's electronic health record system.

15 Jun 2011

Bariatric surgery may treat polycystic ovarian syndrome in women of child-bearing age

Obesity has been linked to infertility and now a new study shows bariatric surgery may treat its most common cause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that affects up to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age -- 33 to 50 percent of whom are overweight or obese.

15 Jun 2011

Family socioeconomic situation linked to sedentary behaviours in children

It is not strange to expect that families with better living conditions enjoy better health and a longer life expectancy. Now, a new study has also confirmed the relationship between a family's socioeconomic situation and certain sedentary behaviours, such as watching television and playing videogames, during the first years of life.

15 Jun 2011

GOP presidential candidates touch on the health overhaul, Medicare plans in first major meeting of 2012 contest

The spotlight was trained squarely on Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, who has come under withering attack for the health care plan he signed into law that resembles the plan Mr. Obama pushed through Congress. But his rivals treaded lightly, and he relentlessly turned the conversation back to Mr. Obama, emerging unscathed from his return to the debate stage four years after losing his first bid for the party's nomination.

15 Jun 2011

Outpatient gastric bypass surgery linked to increased risk of complications, death

A new study of nearly 52,000 patients found that people who had gastric bypass surgery and were discharged from the hospital sooner than the national average of a two-day length of stay, experienced significantly higher rates of 30-day mortality and complications.

15 Jun 2011

VARI researchers discover protein linked to spread of head and neck cancer nasopharyngeal carcinoma

In a study recently published in Cancer Research, Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers found a protein that could help predict the spread of the head and neck cancer nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); this protein could also serve as part of a treatment strategy to stop the spread of the disease.

15 Jun 2011

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Study: Abdominal debrancing with aortic stent grafts linked to high early mortality

Low levels of education, poverty and other social factors contribute to many U.S. deaths

PDA urges public to undergo screening for oral cancer

Paternal exposure during pregnancy may affect man's ability to father a child

Researchers uncover protein structural clues associated to PD

Cancer vaccine shows promise

Scientists reveal complex protein mechanism that regulates genes linked with cancer

Civil unrest creates serious health implications in South Sudan

Key to remove stem cells responsible for fat expansion

HRT use linked to decreased risk of peripheral arterial disease in postmenopausal women

Low testosterone linked to varicoceles

Mist inhalers increase risk of death in patients with COPD

Study establishes potential genetic link to human REM sleep behaviour disorder

High FGF-23 hormone levels linked to increased risk of end-stage renal disease and death

NYU Langone implements biometric technology to identify patients

Bariatric surgery may treat polycystic ovarian syndrome in women of child-bearing age

Family socioeconomic situation linked to sedentary behaviours in children

GOP presidential candidates touch on the health overhaul, Medicare plans in first major meeting of 2012 contest

Outpatient gastric bypass surgery linked to increased risk of complications, death

VARI researchers discover protein linked to spread of head and neck cancer nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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