Heart
01 Jan 2013
EPIC
Platelets are believed to play a part in the ischemic complications of coronary angioplasty, such as abrupt closure of the coronary vessel during or soon after the procedure. Accordingly, we evaluated the effect of a chimeric monoclonal-antibody Fab fragment (c7E3) directed against the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor, in patients undergoing…
Heart
01 Jan 2013
SPEED
Low-dose alteplase with standard-dose abciximab enhances reperfusion 90 minutes after acute myocardial infarction (MI). We combined standard-dose abciximab with low-dose reteplase for acute MI in 2 phases. Two heparin doses were also explored. Phase A patients were randomized 4:1 to receive an abciximab bolus with infusion alone (n = 63)…
Heart
01 Jan 2013
LIPID trial follow-up
Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease. The trial has been completed and patients are still being followed up to examine the long-term safety and cost-effectiveness of pravastatin. Official Title Conditions Study Type Study Design Further Details LIPID (Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease) was a large multicentre trial…
Heart
01 Jan 2013
FIELD trial
Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes: prevention of coronary heart disease with fenofibrate in people with diabetes. The FIELD trial Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes aims to determine whether treatment with fenofibrate, a potent modifier of blood lipid levels, will reduce the risk of fatal coronary heart…
Children's health
28 Dec 2012
Teen terminal illness blurs boundaries
Blurring professional and personal boundaries can sometimes happen when it comes to caring for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with a terminal illness, according to a Flinders University palliative care expert. Ms Kim Devery, a lecturer in the Department of Palliative and Supportive Services, and colleague Mrs Sharon…
Children's health
12 Dec 2012
Risk of pertussis increases as time since last dose of DTaPÂ vaccine lengthens
In an examination of cases of childhood pertussis in California, researchers found that children with pertussis had lower odds of having received all 5 doses of the diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP) vaccine series; however the odds increased as the time since last DTaP dose lengthened, which is…
Children's health
28 Nov 2012
Preterm Birth Can Be Prevented with a Few Proven Treatments, Lancet Article Says
Lowering preterm birth rates by an average of 5 percent across 39 high-resource countries, including the United States, by 2015 would prevent prematurity for 58,000 babies a year, a group of international experts said. In an article published in The Lancet to coincide with the second annual World Prematurity Day,…
Children's health
22 Nov 2012
Teenagers' brains affected by preterm birth
New research at the University of Adelaide has demonstrated that teenagers born prematurely may suffer brain development problems that directly affect their memory and learning abilities. The research, conducted by Dr Julia Pitcher and Dr Michael Ridding from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute, shows reduced ‘plasticity’ in the brains…
Children's health
16 Nov 2012
7 minutes a day of 'vigorous' physical activity may be enough for kids
Children need a minimum of seven minutes a day of vigorous physical activity, demonstrates recently published findings by University of Alberta medical researchers and their colleagues across Canada. “If you watch late-night television, or look in the backs of magazines, you’ll see magical ads saying you need just 10 minutes…
