Updated: 2010-11-28 05:14:44
Here’s a summary of a Cochrane review of herbals to treat stable angina — aka chronic angina.
In stable angina, chest pain occurs with activity or stress. The pain begins slowly and gets worse over several minutes before going away.
First, the details.
Studies included traditional Chinese herbal products vs with placebo, other traditional Chinese herbal products, or [...]
Updated: 2010-11-18 13:42:28
Scientists are reporting the first direct evidence that a subtle change in the physical properties of a tissue can affect its function. The finding has immediate implications for understanding several rare hearing disorders, they said, and ultimately could offer insight into such conditions as osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease and cancer........
Updated: 2010-11-10 14:23:42
Children who have high blood pressure are much more likely to have learning disabilities than children with normal blood pressure, as per a new University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published this week in the journal, Pediatrics In fact, when variables such as socio-economic levels are evened out, children with high blood pressure were four times more likely to have cognitive problems........
Updated: 2010-11-04 01:21:25
A potentially life-threatening challenge characterized by pauses in breathing that can last for more than 20 seconds, apnea of prematurity (AOP) affects more than 50 percent of premature infants and is almost universal in the smallest of preemies. Caused in part by an underdeveloped central nervous system that can't adequately regulate breathing outside of the womb, particularly during sleep, AOP is still not fully understood by researchers and remains a grave concern among neonatologists and parents alike. New research reported in the recent issue of Pediatrics by clinical researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School suggests that heredity may play a strong role in determining an infant's susceptibility to AOP and could lead to the development of more effective therapys and screening methods........
