A paper in the December issue of Hypertension reports that long-term vitamin C supplementation has no effect on blood pressure, while another paper in the

Findings from a small study suggest that photodynamic therapy is useful in preventing the restenosis of angioplasty-treated superficial femoral arteries (SFAs). Although angioplasty is a

European investigators have shown that concentrations of endotoxin typically found in heart failure patients stimulate production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha. They suggest that therapeutic approaches

In clinical practice, the level of LDL cholesterol reduction observed with statin therapy is significantly less than estimated by package insert guidelines, researchers from the

For Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Management division, 2002 was its most prolific year ever, one of unequalled product introductions and surging acceptance of therapies that have

Perhexiline potentiates the responsiveness of platelets to nitric oxide (NO) in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) and those with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), Australian

One month after undergoing cardiac surgery, 10% of patients will have a pleural effusion that occupies more than 25% of the hemithorax, according to a

Carvedilol appears to reduce the inappropriate elevated ventilation levels seen in heart failure patients during exercise, say Italian researchers.  Beta-blockers are known to improve the

Evidence that bone-marrow stem-cell transplantation could regenerate damaged cells in the heart after myocardial infarction is demonstrated by separate research among teams in Germany and

Primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) offers a better prognosis for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (AMI) than thrombolytic therapy, finds a systematic

For long-term survivors of childhood cancer treated with doxorubicin, the improvements in left ventricular (LV) function and structure at first seen with enalapril diminish over

In diabetic patients who require a revascularization procedure following previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may be preferable to repeat CABG,

After coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), abnormalities on MRI of the brain suggesting small embolic infarcts can occur, even in patients without overt neurological defects,

Candesartan (Atacand) given as prophylaxis reduced the severity and duration of migraine, according to the results of a randomized trial reported in the Jan. 1

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בתגובה לדו”ח שפורסם אתמול, על פיו החיסונים נגד אבעבועות שחורות מזוהמים ומסוכנים, מודים במשרד הבריאות שאכן התגלו ליקויים, אולם טוענים כי החיסון יעיל ובטוח לשימושלכתבה

בתגובה לדו”ח שפורסם אתמול, על פיו החיסונים נגד אבעבועות שחורות מזוהמים ומסוכנים, מודים במשרד הבריאות שאכן התגלו ליקויים, אולם טוענים כי החיסון יעיל ובטוח לשימושלכתבה

דוח סודי: ליקויים חמורים בהכנת החיסון לאבעבועות שחורות, מתחקיר “ידיעות אחרונות” עולה כי החיסונים אוכסנו בתנאים מזוהמים, יחד עם חיידקי דבר וכולירע;  שיטת הכנת החיסון בישראל

דוח סודי: ליקויים חמורים בהכנת החיסון לאבעבועות שחורות, מתחקיר “ידיעות אחרונות” עולה כי החיסונים אוכסנו בתנאים מזוהמים, יחד עם חיידקי דבר וכולירע;  שיטת הכנת החיסון בישראל

Many medical textbooks claim that a response by patients with chest pain to sublingual nitroglycerin can help diagnose myocardial ischemia. But many of the up