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Children with ADHD should get heart tests before treatment with stimulant drugs
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should get careful cardiac evaluation and monitoring – including an electrocardiogram (ECG) –…
22 Apr 2008
Gene mutations found in many children with abnormally thick heart muscles
Most children with unexplained thickening of the heart muscle, called idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy, actually have a genetic mutation that affects…
14 Apr 2008
Heart Transplant
Heart transplant (heart replacement) surgery involves replacing a damaged heart with a heart from a donor, to increase life expectancy.
12 Mar 2008
Heart Risks of Stimulants in Children with ADHD
Stimulant medications used to treat children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder may be responsible for an increased number of visits to…
07 Jan 2008
Kids ‘eating their way into middle-age disease’
Both New Zealand and Australia are seeing the same lifestyle-related diseases that are occurring throughout the world, together with increasing…
07 Dec 2007
Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an accumulation of fatty deposits in the liver, causing cirrhosis. It is diagnosed by liver function tests.
14 Aug 2007
New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging
There is renewed hope for treatment of a rare genetic condition that causes rapidly accelerated aging and leads to an…
11 Jul 2007
Future Parents’ Lifestyle Choices Affect Babies’ Risk of Heart Defects
Prospective parents can take positive lifestyle steps to increase the chance that their babies will be born with a healthy…
14 Jun 2007
Role of Homocysteine in Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease encompassing diseases involving the heart or blood vessel is currently the leading cause of death in Australian adults. It is primarily caused by…
04 May 2007
