Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 4 May 2008

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Sunday 4 May 2008

Improving Survival Rates Among Users Of Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Despite the general success of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) used in critically ill heart failure patients, implantation of these devices often leads to increased bleeding and a need for high-volume blood...
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News From The May 2008 Issue Of Ophthalmology
Three studies in the May 2008 issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, shed new light on important eye health issues: the role of antioxidant supplements, the relationship of visual...
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Benefits Of ICDs In Children: Largest Study To Date
More and more children with congenital heart disease are receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to maintain proper heart rhythm. ICDs were first introduced for adults in the 1980s, but little is known...
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Other Medical and Health News for 4 May*

Psychological Distress, School Bullying And The 'Choking Game'

Death Penalty Cases Show Racial Bias

Nature Paper Describes Technique For Extracting Hierarchical Structure Of Networks

Biological Image Analysis Accelerated By Carnegie Mellon Technique

Better Training For Officers Who Give Interviews Could Improve Media's Coverage Of Risk Factors And Prevention For Injuries, Accidents And Fires

New Weapon In Forensics

Monoclonal Antibody Hb3: A Marker For Colon Cancer Progression Or As A Therapeutic Target?

A Patient Who Was Diagnosed As IPN-B Without Hepatolithiasis?

Regulatory T Cells In Patients Treated With Adacolumn Granulocytapheresis

Defective Gene And Harmful Blood Glucose Levels Linked

Experiences Of Parents Who Have Children With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review Of Qualitative Studies

Preventative And Integrative Therapies

The Effect Of Urologic Disorders And Treatments On Fertility

Cholera Study Provides Exciting New Way Of Looking At Infectious Disease

Researchers Report The Cloning Of A Key Group Of Human Genes, The Protein Kinases

Common Drugs Linked To Impaired Physical Function In Older Adults

European Commission Grants Full Approval Of HIV Protease Inhibitor, Tipranavir (Aptivus®)

FDA Approves Advair 250/50 For Reduction Of Exacerbations In Patients With COPD

GlaxoSmithKline's Volibris (ambrisentan) Receives Authorisation From The European Commission For The Treatment Of Functional Class Hypertension

29% Of Men And 27% Of Women Experience Pain, USA

Four-Fifths Of High Blood Pressure Related Deaths Occur In Developing World

Peanut Allergy Immunotherapy Should Be Available In Five Years

GSK Receives Positive Opinion For Conditional Approval Of New Oral Breast Cancer Treatment, Tyverb (lapatinib)

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