Non-invasive technology is a money-saver for heart patients needing PCI
Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Doctors evaluating patients for blockages in the heart are aided by having a good roadmap of the vascular...
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PET myocardial perfusion imaging more effective than SPECT scans in detecting coronary disease
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienc..
Heart attack protocol can improve outcomes, reduce disparities between men and women
ORLANDO: Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that implementing a four-step protocol for the most severe type of heart attack not only improved outcomes and reduced...
High school athletes with shoulder instability benefit from nonoperative treatment
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Nonoperative treatment of high school athletes with shoulder instability is an effective approach, according to research presented today at the American...
Osteochondral allograft transplantation effective for certain knee cartilage repairs
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Isolated femoral condyle lesions account for 75% of the cartilage repair procedures performed in the knee joint, and physicians have a...
Previous cortisone injections may increase risk of future rotator cuff repair
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Cortisone injections are a common nonsurgical approach to treating rotator cuff injuries. However, researchers presenting their work today at the American...
High-containment lab raises sand flies to investigate global health issue
Credit: Pauline Zulueta, Cumming School of Medicine They're smaller than a mosquito; they only live for about a month, yet these tiny flying insects are...
West Coast waters returning to normal but salmon catches lagging
Credit: Adam Obaza/West Coast Region/NOAA Fisheries Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heat...
Study: Absence of key protein, TTP, rapidly turns young bones old
Credit: Photo: Keith Kirkwood BUFFALO, N.Y. - The absence of a protein critical to the control of inflammation may lead to rapid and severe bone...
Blood donors’ leftover immune cells reveal secrets of antibody affinity
During some kinds of blood donations, you get most of your blood back. For example, platelet donation involves a procedure in which donor blood is...
Researcher creates ‘Instagram’ of immune system, blending science, technology
Credit: Dr. Carsten Krieg, Medical University of South Carolina Being on the cutting edge of science and technology excites Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) researcher Carsten...
Could living at high altitude increase suicide risk? Evidence suggests possible treatments, reports Harvard Review of Psychiatry
March 9, 2018 - High-altitude areas--particularly the US intermountain states--have increased rates of suicide and depression, suggests a review of research evidence in the Harvard...
Researchers investigate the role of arsenic in the development of diabetes
A five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will help researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago answer basic...
Blood stored longer may be less safe for patients with massive blood loss and shock
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Human blood from donors can be stored for use up to 42 days, and it is a mainstay therapy in...
UC San Diego Researchers launch combination drug trial to eradicate B-cell malignancies
Credit: UC San Diego Health Fueled by a multimillion dollar grant from the state's stem cell agency, researchers at University of California San Diego School...
