News tagged with complications
Long Distant Air Flights Increases Risk of Deep Venous Thrombosis 4X
(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Society of Cardiology, (ESC) the preeminent authority on cardiovascular health re-affirms its warning to passengers on long-haul plane trips of the risk of deep venous thrombosis ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Researchers find potential cause of heart risks for shift workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and colleagues have identified the potential cause of the increased risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease in shift workers. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Key to pre-eclampsia may be found in misfolded proteins in the urine
Clues to the cause of preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertension complication of pregnancy that has puzzled doctors and researchers for decades, point to proteins that misfold and aggregate, according to Yale School ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Protein loss in the urine harmful for people with high blood pressure
Healthy people with high blood pressure who excrete a slight excess of protein in the urine raise their risk of developing kidney and heart complications. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 29, 2010 |
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Technology tethers free radicals
The science world is abuzz with news of a new platform technology developed by physicists at the University of Sydney - technology that can be used in areas as diverse as disease detection through to biofuel production.
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Diabetics show alarming increase in morbid obesity
A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetics is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight.
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy face future of complications
Chronic hypertension, diabetes and blood clots are more likely in otherwise healthy women who experienced complications due to hypertension such as preeclampsia in their first pregnancies, according to Yale School of Medicine ...
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Stem cell transplantation helps patients with diabetes become insulin free
The majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent a certain type of stem cell transplantation became insulin free, several for more than three years, with good glycemic control, and also increased C-peptide levels, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Prostate cancer therapy increases risk of fractures and cardiovascular-related death
Prostate cancer patients who undergo therapy to decrease testosterone levels increase their risk of developing bone- and heart-related side effects compared to patients who do not take these medications, according to a new ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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FDA backs drug that treats diabetes via the brain
(AP) -- People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain - an idea sparked, surprisingly, by the metabolism of migrating birds.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 06, 2009 |
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Agent used in spinal surgery linked to higher complications rate, greater inpatient charges
A new study indicates that bone-morphogenetic protein (BMP; a biological agent used to promote bone creation) is used in 25 percent of spinal fusion procedures and is associated with a higher rate of complications than in ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Pregnancy complications are a stress test for future maternal health and pregnancies
Predicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two studies conducted by researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive ...
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Adults with genetic disorder PKU need to get back to the clinic
Genetic researchers at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are aggressively identifying adult patients who suffer from the genetic disorder, Phenylketonuria (PKU), and are presenting those findings at the 11th International ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Should obese, smoking and alcohol-consuming women receive assisted reproduction treatment?
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has published a position statement on the impact of the life style factors obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption on natural and medically assisted reproduction.
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Pregnant women who are overweight put their infants at risk
In recent years, there has been a large increase in the prevalence of overweight and obese women of childbearing age, with approximately 51% of non-pregnant women ages 20 to 39 being classified as overweight or obese.
Jan 20, 2010 |
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