Diabetic foot (gangrene) is curable
Diabetes :: Diabetic foot (gangrene) is curable We Homoeopaths have been claiming about curing the diseases among ourselves since ages, but conveniently forgetting how to convince the other school of science i.e. allopathic world now claiming to be a modern science. This modern science with the help of other pharmaceutical companies and the world of [...]
Cancer risk from cardiac CT scans
Cancer :: Cancer risk from cardiac CT scans An analysis based on computerized simulation models suggests that the lifetime risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from a computed tomography (CT scan) coronary angiography varies widely, with the risk greater for women and younger patients, according to a study in the July 18 issue of [...]
Same-day coronary angiography and surgery safe for many patients
Angiography :: Same-day coronary angiography and surgery safe for many patients Mayo Clinic researchers discovered it is safe — and much more convenient and less costly — for many patients to undergo coronary angiography and elective valve surgery on the same day, it is reported in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. ?We have [...]
MR angiography highly accurate in detecting blocked arteries
Angiography :: MR angiography highly accurate in detecting blocked arteries A novel type of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is highly accurate in identifying blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the brain, according to a study in the February issue of Radiology. “Contrast-enhanced MR angiography provided highly accurate information about the supra-aortic arteries,” said [...]
Catheter angiography may be an unnecessary follow-up to CT angiography
Angiography :: Catheter angiography may be an unnecessary follow-up to CT angiography Even in challenging cases, CT angiography (CTA) offers an accurate and rapid diagnosis for blunt trauma victims who may have aortic or great vessel injury negating the need for more invasive procedures, according to a recent study conducted by radiologists at the University [...]
CTA useful in detecting ruptured cerebral aneurysms
Angiography :: CTA useful in detecting ruptured cerebral aneurysms CT angiography (CTA) has a nearly 100% detection rate in acute ruptured, cerebral aneurysms, according to a recent study conducted at the Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg, Canada. The study consisted of 171 patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who underwent preoperative 3D CTA. CTA correctly [...]
Pneumonia leads list of causes of hospital re-admissions after stroke
Pneumonia :: Pneumonia leads list of causes of hospital re-admissions after stroke Stroke is a leading cause of hospital admission among older adults. Yet more hospital readmissions after stroke are for pneumonia or for heart disease than for another stroke, according to a study published in the June 2007 issue of the journal Stroke. This [...]
Effect of plant extracts on metabolic syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome :: Effect of plant extracts on metabolic syndrome Rutgers University plant scientists are truly into something hot – They are working with a research laboratory named for the late Tabasco? Pepper Sauce heir, John S. McIlhenny, and built with a gift from the trust he established, the Coypu Foundation. The lab is part [...]
Timing of start of hormone therapy may have effect on risk of coronary heart disease
Menopause :: Timing of start of hormone therapy may have effect on risk of coronary heart disease Women who initiate hormone therapy closer to menopause tend to have a reduced risk of coronary heart disease compared to women who begin treatment further from menopause, but researchers did not find this reduced risk was statistically significant, [...]
