News tagged with cardiac toxicity
Heart surgeries can trigger a multitude of complications
Strokes, seizures and other neurological complications related to heart surgery account for "considerable morbidity and mortality," Loyola University Health System neurologists report in the November issue of the journal ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Study finds it's safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation
Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However, a new study by researchers ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Webcam technology used to measure medications' effects on the heart
A common component in webcams may help drug makers and prescribers address a common side-effect of drugs called cardiotoxicity, an unhealthy change in the way the heart beats. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 03, 2011 |
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Fruit flies on meth: Study explores whole-body effects of toxic drug
A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 20, 2011 |
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New long-acting local anesthetic derived from algae effectively blocks pain in surgical patients
A U.S.-Chile collaboration is bringing surgical patients closer to having a long-acting local anesthetic. In a randomized, double-blind trial, patients given neosaxitoxin, a new local anesthetic derived from algae, had significantly ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Inhaled epinephrine confirmed quick, effective for croup
For more than 30 years, pediatricians have treated children who have croup with inhaled epinephrine to relieve their symptoms quickly. Now, a new review confirms the value of this approach to treat this common respiratory ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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New nanoparticles make blood clots visible
For almost two decades, cardiologists have searched for ways to see dangerous blood clots before they cause heart attacks.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 02, 2011 |
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A different path to fat-related heart disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. But heart disease is more than just one disease; there are many different 'flavors' that can result from a heart attack, high blood ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Longevinex exhibits L-shaped safety curve for first time in resveratrol biology
It was Paracelsus, the Renaissance physician (1493-1541 A.D.) who first said "the dose makes the poison." So, you can drink too much wine, or ingest too much resveratrol, but in an unprecedented study, heart researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Opioid use associated with increased risk of adverse events among older adults
Opioids appear to be associated with more adverse events among older adults with arthritis than other commonly used analgesics, including coxibs and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, according to a report in the December ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Researchers control zebrafish heart rate with optical pacemaker
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF researchers have for the first time shown that an external optical pacemaker can be used in a vertebrate to control its heart rate.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Nanogenerators grow strong enough to power small conventional electronics (w/ Video)
Blinking numbers on a liquid-crystal display (LCD) often indicate that a device's clock needs resetting. But in the laboratory of Zhong Lin Wang at Georgia Tech, the blinking number on a small LCD signals ...
Nov 08, 2010 |
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