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Brain scans show signs of early Alzheimer's: study (Reuters)
Mar 15, 2010 3:13:53 PM | Yahoo
Reuters - People with a family history of Alzheimer's disease often have clumps of a toxic protein in their brains even though they are perfectly healthy, researchers said on Monday.

Impotence plus heart disease ups death risk: study (Reuters)
Mar 15, 2010 3:11:22 PM | Yahoo
Reuters - Men with heart disease who also complain of erectile dysfunction die sooner than other male heart patients, researchers reported on Monday.

Adding fat-lowering drug no help for diabetic hearts (Reuters)
Mar 15, 2010 3:06:47 PM | Yahoo
Reuters - Adding a drug that lowers blood fats known as triglycerides to cholesterol-fighting statins provided no additional protection from heart attack, stroke and death from heart disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to data from a large study.

2 Drugs Fail to Prevent Diabetes in the Overweight (HealthDay)
Mar 15, 2010 3:04:25 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Hopes that two available drugs could help prevent diabetes and the problems it causes in overweight people with poor sugar metabolism have been dashed by a major international study.

Health Tip: Buying Baby's Car Seat (HealthDay)
Mar 15, 2010 3:04:18 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Car safety seats, like the infants and children they protect, come in lots of different shapes and sizes.

Clinical Trials Update: March 15, 2010 (HealthDay)
Mar 15, 2010 3:04:14 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Repeated Anesthesia May Hamper Children's Learning Ability (HealthDay)
Mar 15, 2010 3:04:11 PM | Yahoo
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- Brain stem cell loss is the reason why repeated anesthesia causes memory and learning problems in children, Swedish researchers suggest.

Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery (AP)
Mar 15, 2010 7:17:44 AM | Yahoo

This undated photo illustration made available by Abbott Laboratories shows the MitraClip mounted on the end of a catheter. The clip, a fabric-covered clothespin, inserted through a blood vessel in the groin, clips the two flaps of the mitral valve together and keeps in the heart's main pumping chamber from backing up into the smaller upper chamber. (AP Photo/Abbott Laboratories) NO SALESAP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.




Studies: Intense treatment doesn't help diabetics (AP)
Mar 14, 2010 6:20:51 PM | Yahoo
AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects.

Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests (AP)
Mar 13, 2010 4:07:53 PM | Yahoo

Traders work in the newly renovated section of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AP - Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.




  
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