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Study: Heart disease emerges as number one killer among Indians

Heart disease has emerged as the number one killer among Indians, according to a recent study by the Registrar General of India ( RGI) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

25 Jul 2013

Innovative microsurgery technique helps prevent lymphedema in patients with breast cancer

A team of surgeons and members of the breast cancer program of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is conducting a two-year pilot study of an innovative microsurgery technique coupled with imaging technology to not only prevent lymphedema but also potentially detect and treat it early.

24 Jul 2013

Mortality rates declining among dialysis patients despite rise in coronary artery disease, study finds

A new study led by researchers at the University of Limerick’s Graduate Entry Medical School has found that deaths among dialysis patients are falling despite a rise in coronary artery disease.

24 Jul 2013

Child cancer survival: an interview with Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones, University College London

Back in the early 1960s, just before chemotherapy really started to be used, only about 30% of children survived cancer. That was mainly because they had cancers that were amenable to surgery.

24 Jul 2013

Study upends common perception that urban areas are more dangerous than small towns

Large cities in the U.S. are significantly safer than their rural counterparts, with the risk of injury death more than 20 percent higher in the country. A study to be published online tomorrow in Annals of Emergency Medicine upends a common perception that urban areas are more dangerous than small towns ("Safety in Numbers: Are Major Cities the Safest Places in the U.S.?").

23 Jul 2013

Echocardiographic screening does not reduce risk of death

A study in Norway suggests echocardiographic screening in the general public for structural and valvular heart disease was not associated with benefit for reducing the risk of death, myocardial infarction (heart attack) or stroke, according to a report published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

23 Jul 2013

Report reveals off-pump CABG surgery failed to show any improvement in short-term mortality

In a Special Report in the current issue of Circulation, Boston Medical Center cardiothoracic surgeon Harold Lazar, MD, has found that off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) surgery has failed to show any significant improvement in short-term morbidity or mortality as compared to the traditional on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

23 Jul 2013

Study finds link between mental illness and premature death in people with epilepsy

People with epilepsy are 11 times more likely to die prematurely than the general population, and the risk appears to be much higher for individuals with common co-existing psychiatric illnesses*, especially depression and alcohol and drug use disorders, new research published in The Lancet suggests.

22 Jul 2013

DaVita acquires dialysis operations of Malaysia's CDC Group

DaVita®, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, today announced the acquisition of the dialysis operations of Malaysia's Caring Dialysis Centre Group by DVA (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.

22 Jul 2013

Study reveals correlation between premature death and mental illness in people with epilepsy

People with epilepsy are ten times more likely to die early, before their mid-fifties, compared with the general population, according to a 41 year study in Sweden published today in the Lancet and part-funded by the Wellcome Trust.

22 Jul 2013

Vegetation may not protect people from ozone pollution, says new research

During heat waves - when ozone production rises - plants' ozone absorption is curtailed, leaving more pollution in the air, and costing an estimated 460 lives in the UK in the hot summer of 2006.

20 Jul 2013

Structural properties have changed across bacterial families without putting limits on antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been emerging at an alarming rate. In some of the scariest of these pathogens, the mechanism responsible for the bacteria's ability to defeat antibiotics is a complex protein molecule embedded in the bacterial cell wall -- the enzyme β-lactamase.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers explain most likely pathways of international spread of MERS coronavirus

The life-threatening MERS coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East could spread faster and wider during two international mass gatherings involving millions of people in the next few months, according to researchers who describe the most likely pathways of international spread based upon worldwide patterns of air travel.

20 Jul 2013

IVAN study: Lucentis and Avastin effective in treating wet AMD

An anti-cancer drug has been proven to be equally as effective in treating the most common cause of blindness in older adults as a more expensive drug specifically formulated for this purpose.

20 Jul 2013

Study reveals that nondrinkers have higher mortality risk than light drinkers

As a class, people who don't drink at all have a higher mortality risk than light drinkers. But nondrinkers are a diverse bunch, and the reasons people have for abstaining affects their individual mortality risk, in some cases lowering it on par with the risk for light drinkers, according to a University of Colorado study.

19 Jul 2013

MedUni Vienna cardiologist demonstrates effectiveness of substance that makes heart softer

Heart failure with concomitant pulmonary hypertension is a growing health problem with a high mortality rate, above all in older people. The cardiologist Diana Bonderman from the University Department of Internal Medicine II at the MedUni Vienna, as the author of a multinational phase II study, has demonstrated the effectiveness of a substance that sticks to the so-called nitric oxide pathway and makes the heart "softer".

19 Jul 2013

UK Markey Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center was joined by national, state and local leaders last Friday to celebrate its designation as a National Cancer Institute cancer center.

19 Jul 2013

Research shows split liver transplantation carries no increased risk of failure in either recipient

Split liver transplantation carries no increased risk of failure in either recipient, allowing surgeons to safely save two lives from a single donated organ (graft), according to new research from Boston Children's Hospital published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

19 Jul 2013

Health Affairs July 2013 issue describes health success stories outside US

Health Affairs July 2013 issue describes health success stories outside USOne, by Sema Sgaier of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and colleagues, is titled "How The Avahan HIV Prevention Program Transitioned From The Gates Foundation To The Government Of India."

19 Jul 2013

Safe Life FZC employs NanoSeptic self-cleaning products to combat MERS outbreak

Safe Life FZC, a new breed of healthcare distributors based in United Arab Emirates, is employing the latest technology to combat dangerous outbreaks like the deadly Coronavirus or MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome).

18 Jul 2013

Mortality News and Research

Study: Heart disease emerges as number one killer among Indians

Innovative microsurgery technique helps prevent lymphedema in patients with breast cancer

Mortality rates declining among dialysis patients despite rise in coronary artery disease, study finds

Child cancer survival: an interview with Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones, University College London

Study upends common perception that urban areas are more dangerous than small towns

Echocardiographic screening does not reduce risk of death

Report reveals off-pump CABG surgery failed to show any improvement in short-term mortality

Study finds link between mental illness and premature death in people with epilepsy

DaVita acquires dialysis operations of Malaysia's CDC Group

Study reveals correlation between premature death and mental illness in people with epilepsy

Vegetation may not protect people from ozone pollution, says new research

Structural properties have changed across bacterial families without putting limits on antibiotic resistance

Researchers explain most likely pathways of international spread of MERS coronavirus

IVAN study: Lucentis and Avastin effective in treating wet AMD

Study reveals that nondrinkers have higher mortality risk than light drinkers

MedUni Vienna cardiologist demonstrates effectiveness of substance that makes heart softer

UK Markey Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation

Research shows split liver transplantation carries no increased risk of failure in either recipient

Health Affairs July 2013 issue describes health success stories outside US

Safe Life FZC employs NanoSeptic self-cleaning products to combat MERS outbreak

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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