Documents tagged 'Cent'
New study demonstrates bone protein can reverse kidney failure
Author: Katte 
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Bonnie Prescott bprescot@bidmc.harvard.edu 617-667-7306 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON (USA) - A new study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has shown that a protein used to heal fractured bones is effective in repairing and reversing...US birth weight falls to record low
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
America’s birth rate fell to a record low last year as both teenagers and women in their prime childbearing years had fewer babies, the government said Wednesday. But the percentages of premature and low birth weight babies climbed, continuing the rise of recent years. The birth rate was...New hope for children with eye tumors, cancer
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Media Relations media@aao.org 415-561-8534 American Academy of Ophthalmology SAN FRANCISO - A deadly form of cancer in children, which starts out as a tumor in the eye, can now be treated successfully by a combination of therapies. This is the conclusion of a study appearing in the...Hormone may reduce early births
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Giving pregnant women the hormone progesterone can reduce their risk of premature delivery by one-third, offering the first clear-cut way to head off this increasingly common and dangerous problem, a study found. Low birth weight and serious, sometimes-deadly complications also occurred less...USA - Healthcare spending up 9.2% in 2002
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Health-Care Spending Grew Slightly Less in 2002 Health care spending per privately insured American jumped 9.6 percent in 2002, growing nearly four times faster than the overall U.S. economy, according to new study data. The study, published in the journal Health Affairs, was conducted by the...Cardiac MRI Detects Thinned Heart Muscle Previously Deemed Unsalvageable
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
media contact: Richard Merritt , (919) 684-4148 merri006@mc.duke.edu ORLANDO - Duke University Medical Center researchers have used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to demonstrate that heart muscle that had been ’thinned’ by a heart attack could indeed be ’saved’ by...Natural brain chemical reduces effects of cocaine
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Kelly Duncan kadunca@emory.edu 404-727-9254 Emory University Health Sciences Center Researchers led by Jason Jaworski, PhD, and Michael Kuhar, PhD, both at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University (USA), have shown that CART peptide, a chemical that occurs...Better brain imaging helps surgeons avoid damage to language functions
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Advances in neurosurgery have opened the operating room door for an amazing array of highly invasive forms of brain surgery, but doctors and patients still face an incredibly important decision - whether to operate when life-saving surgery could irrevocably damage a patient’s ability to speak,...Direct link between chronic inflammation, colon cancer
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Cynthia Floyd Manley or Clinton Colmenares cynthia.manley@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4747 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Investigators in the A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Research Center at Vanderbilt have identified a type of DNA damage caused by chronic inflammation as a potential...Treating blood clots, a half-century later
Author: Katte
Published: 15/11/2008
Contact: Leslie Orr leslie_orr@urmc.rochester.edu 585-275-5774 University of Rochester Medical Center The first new oral drug in 50 years to prevent blood clots after knee-replacement surgery was superior to the standard treatment in a clinical trial of about 2,300 patients led by the...
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