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'Screen' savers: Getting your blood screened before pregnancy
9 September 2010If you'e planning to get pregnant, don't forget to have your blood (and urine) screened. If you are already pregnant and have not been screened, it's not too late to get your blood checked out ... better late than never! - more
Even modest weight gain can harm blood vessels
4 September 2010Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and control the ability of the vessels to expand and contract. - more
Vena cava filters: Some types may fracture and fragment, causing potentially life-threatening complications
1 September 2010Two specific types of vena cava filters, devices used to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, appear to have evidence of fracturing inside the body, with some fractured fragments travelling to the heart and causing potentially life-threatening complications, according to a report posted online that will appear in the 8 November print issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of ... - more
Women's cholesterol levels vary with phase of menstrual cycle
28 August 2010National Institutes of Health researchers have shown that women's cholesterol levels correspond with monthly changes in oestrogen levels. This natural variation, they suggest, might indicate a need to take into account the phases of a woman's monthly cycle before evaluating her cholesterol measures. On average, the total cholesterol level of the women in the study varied 19 per cent over the ... - more
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New anti-viral drug promising for hepatitis C treatment
23 August 2010Adding a direct acting anti-viral drug to the standard treatment regimen for hepatitis C significantly increases the cure rate in the most difficult to treat patients, according to a research report published in the online edition of the journal The Lancet. - more
Is your haemoglobin "trending"?
20 August 2010Anaemia, a common blood disorder characterised by low haemoglobin levels, has long been associated with those suffering from colorectal cancer. But researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that, more than a symptom of active disease, low haemoglobin levels can actually indicate a potential for colon cancer years before it's diagnosed. - more
Lab test could identify imatinib resistance
15 August 2010Scientists in Japan may have developed a way to accurately predict those patients who will resist treatment with imatinib, which is the standard of care for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). - more
Why a common HIV drug increases risk of heart attack
13 August 2010Clinical researchers in Sydney have for the first time shown why a commonly used type of HIV drug is associated with a higher risk of heart attack. - more
Stopping anaemia drug better than reducing dose to normalise haemoglobin levels
11 August 2010Discontinuing the anemia drug epoetin may be more effective than reducing the dose for normalising potentially dangerous high haemoglobin levels in haemodialysis patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results provide useful information about the balance required between ... - more
Abnormal blood cells tied to lung cancer
9 August 2010A novel approach detects genetically abnormal cells in the blood of non-small cell lung cancer patients that match abnormalities found in tumour cells and increase in number with the severity of the disease, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. - more
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