New Latent TB Drug Saves Lives, Money
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Using the drug Rifampin to
treat people with latent tuberculosis saves time, money and lives,
new research shows.
Sorafenib Shows Promise for Heart-Lung Disease
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- The cancer drug sorafenib
(Nexavar) shows promise as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension,
according to a University of Chicago Medical Center study.
Smallpox Drug May Protect Against Common Cold
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- An investigational smallpox
drug may also protect against adenovirus, which causes upper
respiratory infections and is one of the many viruses that causes
the common cold.
Educational Drive Cut Death Rate From Sepsis
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- A national education program
in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis (bloodstream
infection) and septic shock led to improved guideline adherence and
a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals, a new study says.
Hormone Therapy Safe, Effective for Women Entering
Menopause
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Many women, and even some
physicians, quickly abandoned the use of hormone replacement
therapy in 2002, after the large Women's Health Study suggested
that the treatment might harm women who were long past
menopause.
Oxidized LDL Cholesterol Linked to Metabolic
Syndrome
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Higher levels of LDL
cholesterol "packets" that have undergone oxidation are associated
with an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a
constellation of conditions that can lead to heart attack and
stroke, a new study finds.
Teen Blood Donors More Prone to Complications
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. blood collection
centers face a conundrum: At a time of decreasing blood donations,
a new study shows that an important source of current and future
donations, 16- and 17-year-olds, are more likely to bruise, faint
or experience other complications when they donate.
More Dialysis Not Better in Acute Kidney
Injury
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Intensive kidney dialysis
for patients with acute kidney injury does not reduce death,
improve kidney function, or reduce the rate of organ failure, a new
study finds.
Ted Kennedy Has a Brain Tumor
TUESDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Massachusetts Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, the last surviving brother in an American political
dynasty, has a malignant brain tumor, his doctors reported
Tuesday.
