by mokosam on November 13, 2009
A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further evaluation.
Published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association, followed 200 patients (101 women and 99 men) in private dental practices [...]
by mokosam on November 10, 2009
Heart attacks appear to have become more common in middle-aged women over the past two decades, but all women and especially those younger than 55 have recently experienced a greater increase than men in their chances of survival following such a heart event, according to two reports in the October 26 issue of Archives of [...]
by mokosam on December 18, 2008
Canadian researchers have identified protein biomarkers that shed new light on the development of two severe and debilitating forms of malaria.
The findings may let doctors detect earlier two crippling malaria variations – one that develops in the placenta of pregnant women affecting countless unborn children, the other, cerebral malaria, that develops in the brain`s blood [...]
by mokosam on November 22, 2008
While digital video recorders and products like TiVo allow television viewers to skip past commercials, Boston College researchers have found that fast-forwarding viewers actually pay more attention and can be influenced by brand images they view only for a fraction of a second.
Tracking the eye movements of viewers, Carroll School of Management Professors S. Adam [...]
by mokosam on November 22, 2008
What was once thought to be the culprit responsible for fatal brain damage in acute viral meningitis has now been found to be only an accomplice, say researchers at the Scripps Research Institute.
In a November 16 advance, online publication of the journal Nature, the researchers say their discovery revamps common beliefs about how such potentially [...]
by mokosam on October 31, 2008
Patients treated for their prolonged seizures with the sedative propofol may be at high risk for complications and even death.
New research presented at CHEST 2008, the 74th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), shows that the use of propofol as an antiepileptic agent in patients with [...]