News tagged with blood loss
First detection of pregnancy protein in older people destined for Alzheimer's disease
In an advance toward a much-needed early diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), scientists have discovered that older women destined to develop AD have high blood levels of a protein linked to pregnancy ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Dolphins' 'remarkable' recovery from injury offers important insights for human healing
A Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) scientist who has previously discovered antimicrobial compounds in the skin of frogs and in the dogfish shark has now turned his attention to the remarkable wound healing abilities ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Too many blood transfusions? New standards urged
(AP) -- Check into the hospital and you may get a blood transfusion you didn't really need.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors
(AP) -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Diet-exercise combo best for obese seniors
For obese seniors, dieting and exercise together are more effective at improving physical performance and reducing frailty than either alone.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Nanoparticles increase survival after blood loss
In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Scheduled deliveries raise risks for mothers, do not benefit newborns
Inducing labor without a medical reason is associated with negative outcomes for the mother, including increased rates of cesarean delivery, greater blood loss and an extended length of stay in the hospital, and does not ...
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Metabolic syndrome linked to memory loss in older people
Older people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at a higher risk for memory loss, according to a study published in the February 2, 2011, online issue ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Researchers discover root cause of blood vessel damage in diabetes
A key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Drug used to treat heavy periods will stop trauma patients bleeding to death
Tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used to treat heavy menstrual periods, could save the lives of tens of thousands of bleeding accident victims each year and reduce combat deaths, say Cochrane researchers. The researchers carried ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: Maintain weight-loss goals throughout the year
The beginning of the New Year is a time when we start to think about getting back on track with our eating and exercise goals that may have slipped during the holiday season. The following is a list of strategies that may ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Weight-loss surgery improved female urinary problems but male erection issues got worse
Women who underwent gastric band surgery to lose weight reported significant improvements in urinary function and quality of life after the operation, according to research published in the January issue of the urology journal ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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As Americans keep getting fatter, doctors ask: Where are the drugs?
In their quest to find drugs to curb obesity, scientists have had about as much success as long-term dieters who want to stay thin - which is to say, very little. In fact, the last year has been so bleak on the research front ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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FDA panel recommends approval for Contrave
A Food and Drug Administration panel on Tuesday recommended that the agency approve Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.'s weight loss drug Contrave, making it the first in group of competitors to get a positive nod from experts.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Combining exenatide with insulin may be 'best result ever' for diabetes patients: UNC expert
A new study finds that combining the newer diabetes drug exenatide with insulin provides better blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes than insulin alone and helps promote weight loss.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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