Nachrichten aus der Welt der Medizin. Zur Verfügung gestellen von CMG (Current Medicine Group).
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- 06.09.2010
- Migraine with aura linked to hemorrhagic stroke, death risk Patients who suffer migraine with aura may have an increased risk for hemorrhagic stroke and all-cause mortality, in addition to the already established high risk for ischemic stroke, show two large cohort studies.
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- 06.09.2010
- Reasonably long-term survival can occur after HCM cardiac transplant Patients who undergo cardiac transplant for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have 10-year survival rates of over 60% and better long-term survival rates than non-HCM cardiac transplant patients, a US study suggests.
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- 06.09.2010
- SCOUT confirms sibutramine adverse cardiac effects The weight loss drug sibutramine increases the risk for cardiovascular events among patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, show the results of the SCOUT study.
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- 06.09.2010
- Rectal cancer incidence increasing in young patients Physicians may be routinely underestimating the risk for rectal cancer in the young despite increasing incidence in this group, an analysis of over 7000 US individuals suggests.
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- 03.09.2010
- Beta-1 adrenergic receptor polymorphism may increase LVH risk. The Arg389 polymorphism of the beta-1 adrenergic receptor is associated with a higher risk for left ventricular hypertrophy than is the Gly389 polymorphism in non-diabetic acute myocardial infarction survivors, researchers report.
