Blood Weekly articles from November 2000

Blood Weekly archives from November 2000

Diaspirin Cross-Linked Hemoglobin is Vasoconstrictive.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in England have evaluated the impact that diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DCLHb) might have on human arterial bypass conduits. "Immediately available blood substitutes could transform...

Abnormal Bleeding and Coagulation Commonly Accompany Disorder.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in England have observed abnormal bleeding and coagulation disorders in patients with systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL)-amyloidosis. "Hemorrhage is a frequent manifestation of...

Arterial Infusion Solutions Damage Red Blood Cells in the Newborn.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study indicates that many arterial infusion solutions reinfused during routine blood sampling damage red blood cells of newborns. Mayo Clinic pediatrician J.K. Jackson and colleagues examined "in...

Central Venous Access Devices Cause Complications in Children.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Central venous access devices (CVADs) apparently are a source of numerous complications for children with congenital coagulation disorders needing ready access to veins. "Reliable venous access is...

Hepatitis Vaccination, Drug Treatment Recommended for Hemophiliacs.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hemophilia patients are highly susceptible to infection with hepatitis viruses and therefore physicians recommend available immunization and drug therapy, as appropriate, for this population. Leonard B....

Multiplex PCR Rapidly Detects Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States used multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to rapidly detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) directly from blood cultures. "MRSA is frequently...

Blood and Semen Correlate, But Blood and Saliva Do Not.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in France found that compartmentalization of HIV viral loads correlate between blood and semen, but not between blood and saliva. "The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the...

Minimal Adenovirus Vector Zooms Through Preclinical Studies.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A minimal adenovirus (Ad) vector was found to be safe and efficacious in preclinical studies of hemophilia A treatment in animal models, corporate researchers announced. "For long-term expression of the...

Study Supports U.S. Kidney Registry.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study on the importance of finding a well-matched kidney supports the contentious idea that distributing transplant organs across the U.S. improves the chances they will get to those who will benefit most....

Researchers Uncover Structure of Carbon Monoxide-Sensing Protein.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A team of University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine) biochemists has uncovered the structure of a protein found in a freshwater bacterium that for the first time is providing insights into how...

Low Blood Hemoglobin Levels May Reduce Radiosensitivity.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Germany suggested that low blood hemoglobin levels may reduced the sensitivity of normal tissue to radiotherapy. M. Henke and colleagues at University of Freiburg evaluated "the influence of...

Study Shows Speed of Liver Regeneration After Transplant.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- The development of adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLTx) about two years ago vastly increases the pool of potential donors for patients in need of healthy livers. The surgery offers new hope to...

Baby Conceived as Transplant Donor Helps Save Sibling.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the first known case of its kind, a couple had several embryos created in a lab and selected one to produce a child that was free of a genetic disease and able to provide a transplant to save the life of his...

Researcher Predicts Cure Within Six Years.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A researcher at the University of Alabama-Birmingham says his team is five or six years away from discovering a cure for sickle cell disease. Dr. Tim Townes, director of UAB's Comprehensive Sickle Cell...

Herbal Extract Fraction Prolongs Transplant Longevity in Animal Model.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A portion of an extract from a Chinese medicinal plant called Tripterygium wilfordii can increase the longevity of heart and kidney allografts implanted into experimental rats. The extract fraction is...

FDA Issues Drug Warning.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Doctors should be cautious in prescribing a novel rheumatoid arthritis treatment to patients who also have multiple sclerosis (MS), and should watch out for serious anemia in anyone who uses the drug, the...

Needle-Exchange Program Follow-up Shows Some Risky Practices Continue Unabated.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A follow-up study of a major Seattle, Washington, needle exchange program reports that needle exchange significantly correlates with not re-using a used needle to inject drugs, but does not necessarily limit...

Research Analyzes Hepatitis C Prevalence in Mexican Children with Hemophilia.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Mexico studying the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in hemophiliac children in Mexico suggest that a majority of children acquired their infections during the 1980s and 1990s....

G-CSF Inhibits Immune Reconstitution After Mismatched Transplant.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) blocks interleukin (IL)-12 production, which inhibits immune recovery after mismatched hematopoietic transplantation, researchers in Italy reported. "One major...

New Methods for Treating and Understanding Condition Being Studied.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A drug that still has only a number, not a name, may hold untapped potential for treating a wide range of hypertension by blocking intracellular action that enables blood vessels to stay constricted, according...

Th-1 and Hepatitis are Key for Impaired Response in Hemodialysis Patients.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study in a recent edition of the journal Cytokine reported that hemodialysis patients have reduced production of certain cytokines and that the presence of hepatitis C virus influences the way in which those...

Immuno-Chemotherapy Has Striking Antitumor Effectiveness.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- The combination of immunotherapy with chemotherapy induced a strong antileukemic response in murine models, researchers in Poland reported. "Until recently antitumor effects of interleukin (IL)-12 have...

HIV-1 Infected Patients Genotyped After Blood Exposure.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in France evaluated antiretroviral drug resistance patterns in HIV-1 infected patients involved in occupational exposure of hospital workers. "An association of two nucleoside analogues (NRTI)...

Computed Tomography Tested for Efficacy in Distinguishing Pneumonia Nodules.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Pneumonia is a serious illness, and perhaps more so in patients with lung transplants. In an effort to ascertain whether or not computed tomography (CT) can distinguish the different lung manifestations that...

WHO Appeals for International Support for Outbreak Control and Prevention Effort.
November 2, 2000... 2000 NOV 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching an appeal for US$975,000 to support international efforts to control and prevent Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Yemen. This viral hemorrhagic fever causes...

Vacutainers May Be Safer, But Needle/Syringe is More Accurate.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) There is a trade-off in accuracy when Vacutainers are used to collect specimens for blood cultures rather than the traditional needle and syringe. "The November 1999 [U.S.] Occupational Safety and Health...

Argatroban Benefit Demonstrated in HIT Patients Undergoing Coronary Procedures.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to clinical trial results presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), held in San Francisco, California, during October 2000, treatment with Argatroban...

Liver Function Supported by Extracorporeal Blood Dialysis.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients experiencing liver failure may benefit from extracorporeal blood dialysis to remove toxins and preserve organ function. "Liver failure associated with excretory insufficiency and jaundice results...

Glucose Tolerance Disorders May Be Long-Term Consequence for Pediatric Patients.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Children who undergo bone marrow transplantation have a greatly elevated risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic disorders, a recent study found. M. Taskinen and colleagues at the University of Helsinki...

Reinfusion of Mediastinal Blood Reduces Need for Homologous Blood.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Reinfusion of shed blood of patients undergoing heart operations reduces the need for homologous blood transfusions, surgeons report. "Several authors studying autotransfusion of shed mediastinal blood in...

Defining a Niche that Regulates Stem Cells.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have discovered a set of regulatory cells that governs the behavior of stem cells in the fruit fly Drosophila. Stem cells retain the capability to divide and to develop into many types of adult...

Tick Anticoagulant Peptides Have Inhibitory Activity.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP) may have uses in human therapy, researchers in Bulgaria suggest. "TAP isolated from extracts of the soft tick Ornithodoros mubata is a slow tight-binding inhibitor specific...

High Cysteine Levels in Liver Transplant Patients Increase Heart Disease Risk.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hyperhomocysteinemia - the presence of elevated levels of cysteine in the plasma - can be found in some patients who have received liver transplants, and is associated with the development of cardiovascular...

Travellers Not at Increased Risk.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- People who take long travel journeys are not at an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a research letter published in the October 28, 2000, issue of The Lancet. Previous work...

Controversial Transplant a Success.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Doctors declared success October 18, 2000, in the groundbreaking case of an ailing six-year-old girl who received a transplant of umbilical cord blood from her made-to-order baby brother. The little girl...

Once-Daily Heparin Treatment Available in U.S.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co., Wilmington, Delaware, announced the U.S. market availability of a once-daily low molecular weight heparin Innohep (tinzaparin sodium injection) at the Annual Meeting of the American...

SBIR Contract Awarded for Painless Continuous Monitoring of Blood Glucose.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Kumetrix, Inc., Union City, California, announced that it has received a $100,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney...

Launch of BoneMarrowTest.com Web Site Announced.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Orchid BioSciences, Inc. (ORCH), Princeton, New Jersey, announced the launch of BoneMarrowTest.com by the Bone Marrow Services group of its GeneScreen subsidiary, which conducts DNA identity testing. ...

Man with First Hand Transplant Says "Cut it Off".
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Clint Hallam, the man who underwent the world's first hand transplant, says he wants the limb amputated because his medical progress has not lived up to expectations. "I've become mentally detached from...

U.S. Congress Passes Needlestick Safety and Prevention Bill.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- On October 26, 2000, the U.S. Senate passed a U.S. House of Representatives' bill, H.R. 5178, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000. H.R. 5178 has strong bipartisan support and unanimously...

Researchers Strive to Eliminate Immunosuppressive Drugs in Patients.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- If a transplanted heart was 100% compatible with the patient receiving it, the patient would be cured - not just treated for symptoms of heart disease, said the director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant...

Total-Body Radiation Treatment Innovation Eases Care for Patients.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, have developed a method that could ease the pain for several thousand patients with blood cancer who undergo total-body radiation treatment each...

Tranexamic Acid is Efficacious and Cost-Effective Compared to High-Dose Aprotinin to Reduce Bleeding.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tranexamic acid is as efficacious and is more cost-effective than high-dose aprotinin to reduce perioperative bleeding and the need for allogeneic blood transfusions in primary elective heart operations,...

Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Recipients Issued.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced compilation of "Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: Recommendations of...

Aggressive Treatment Offers Striking Improvement in Infants with Acute Disease.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Infants with acute leukemia do not have as favorable a prognosis with conventional chemotherapy as older children. A study suggests that high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with stem cell transplantation can...

First Purification and Expansion of Hepatic Stem Cells Published.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- The antigenic profile and methods of purification of rat liver stem cells have been described in an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper was written by Dr....

Prevailing Factors Identified in HCV Patients Who Reject Grafts Early.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) Organ transplant recipients are susceptible to graft rejection, even under the best circumstances. Patients with chronic hepatitis due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have an additional set of circumstances...

PEG-Sak Pilot Trial Results to Treat Heart Attack Published.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the October 2000 issue of Circulation, pilot clinical trial results of PEG-Sak, a form of staphylokinase, developed by ThromboGenics Ltd., for treatment of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), were...

FDA Approval Received for CTLA4-Ig Clinical Trial.
November 9, 2000... 2000 NOV 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Repligen Corp. (RGEN), Needham, Massachusetts, announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase II clinical trial with CTLA4-Ig. The trial will...

Cell-Free and Cell-Associated HIV in Plasma Can Be Eliminated.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) Both cell-free and cell-associated HIV can be eliminated in plasma by a filtration/methylene blue photoinactivation system, say researchers in Japan. "Methylene blue phototreatment effectively inactivates...

Inflammatory Mediators are Generated During Blood Storage.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Inflammatory mediators generated during storage of blood are responsible for non-hemolytic transfusion reactions, researchers in Japan report. "Several studies indicate that inflammatory mediators,...

Low-Dose Vitamin K Could Benefit Patients on Warfarin.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The routine use of low-dose oral vitamin K could benefit patients on warfarin whose blood-clotting time is too long, concludes research published in the November 4, 2000, issue of The Lancet. Warfarin is...

Hemodialysis Patients Can Take Doxercalciferol with No Adverse Effects.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism can take a form of vitamin D called doxercalciferol (1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D-2 [1 alpha D-2]) with none of the adverse affects normally experienced by...

Health Care Workers at Risk of Bloodborne Virus Exposure.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Study results indicate 19% of patients admitted to the emergency room of a Mexico City hospital are infected with at least one blood-transmissible virus. "The frequency of hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B...

Graft in Spinal Cord Restores Movement in Paralyzed Mice.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins University report they've restored movement to newly paralyzed rodents by injecting stem cells into the animals' spinal fluid. Results of their study were presented at the...

Human Stem Cells Transplanted into Sheep Develop into Broad Range of Tissues.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Adult human stem cells taken from bone marrow have been induced to develop into a wide range of normal tissues, including bone, cartilage, fat, tendon, and muscle, when transplanted into fetal sheep. The...

Cytokines Accumulate in Platelet Concentrates During Storage.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Platelet-derived cytokines still sneak past white blood cell (WBC) reduction methods, government researchers in England caution. "Several studies have suggested that cytokine accumulation during storage...

WHO Claims Inaccuracies in Stern Magazine Article.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following is a statement released October 26, 2000, by the World Health Organization: [helv] The article published today [October 26, 2000] by Stern Magazine under the title "Boses Blut" (Bad Blood)...

Study Approval for Cell Therapy Program.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hemosol Inc. (HML), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced on October 17, 2000, that it has been granted regulatory approval for the Investigational New Drug (IND) submission for its cell therapy program to...

Arizona Hospital Launches Policy Review.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Criticism of how the University of Arizona liver transplant program makes its decisions of who does or doesn't receive transplants has prompted University Medical Center officials to launch a review of its...

Liver Urgency Scale to Advance to UNOS Board for Consideration.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- A proposed improved, objective scale to classify medical urgency of patients needing liver transplants will be considered for adoption by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Board of Directors at its...

Internet-Based Transplant Program Celebrates Successes.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Whether for a five-year-old Florida boy in need of a kidney or a California woman donating her organs, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) uses Internet technology to save thousands of lives through...

Credit Card Companies in the U.K. Asking Applicants to Register as Donors.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Leading credit card companies are backing Britain's campaign to encourage more people to become organ donors. Goldfish, which has over a million card holders in the U.K., will ask customers applying for a...

HAART Improves Survival of HIV Infected Hemodialysis Patients.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) improves the survival of HIV infected patients on permanent hemodialysis (HD), study findings show. "HIV infected HD patients have a very high morbidity and...

Benefits of IL-2-Transduced Cells Must Be Balanced By Toxic Complications.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from Austria, the benefits of interleukin (IL)-2-transduced bone marrow cells must be balanced by dose-limiting toxicities. "The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects...

Rare, Deadly Disease May Have Been Spread in Hospital.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- A patient who died after brain surgery had an incurable disease that may have been spread to eight other patients through tainted instruments, hospital officials say. Tulane University Hospital and...

Relaxin Stimulates Growth Factors at Ischemic Sites.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Connetics Corp. (CNCT), Palo Alto, California, announced the publication of preclinical study results assessing the ability of recombinant human relaxin to selectively induce angiogenesis. The results,...

Study Results Suggest Hope for Previously Untreatable Patients.
November 16, 2000... 2000 NOV 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Of the nearly four million Americans who suffer from hepatitis C, an estimated one million cannot begin or must discontinue treatment with the current standard of care due to thrombocytopenia (low platelet...

Genetically Engineered Hemoglobin Brings Artificial Blood a Step Closer.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Using genetic engineering techniques, researchers have created artificial hemoglobin that could someday alleviate perennial blood bank shortages. The achievement is reported in the November 21, 2000,...

Intraoperative Tests and Data Evaluation Reduce Blood Component Use.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Intraoperative coagulation tests and a transfusion algorithm was found to help reduce the need for allogenic blood transfusion following cardiopulmonary bypass. "Excessive bleeding following...

Enoxaparin Found More Effective than Heparin as Clot-Busting Therapy.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Heart patients sometimes suffer ischemic episodes during which obstructions in the arteries prevent the heart from getting the blood it needs. Now a new study has found that a drug called enoxaparin is a more...

Umbilical Cord Blood has Superior Multi-Lineage Expansion Potential.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Umbilical cord blood is superior to mobilized peripheral blood for its multi-lineage expansion potential, according to researchers in the United States. "The majority of studies assessing ex vivo...

Care Has Improved in Scotland.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study of the quality of care given to people with bleeding disorders in central Scotland through the years 1980-1994 showed improvements, researchers in that country reported. "To estimate the resources...

Correction of Factor VIII Deficiency Obtained in Murine Model.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States have corrected factor VIII deficiency in a murine model by targeting expression of a single chain variant of human factor VIII to epidermis. "Hemophilia A is an X-linked...

Study Simulating Aircraft Conditions Suggests Increased Risk.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study published in the October 28, 2000 issue of The Lancet concluded that there was no increased risk of venous thrombosis from air travel. Now, in the November 11, 2000, issue of the journal suggests...

Long-Term Stability Data Reported for Epoetin Products.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Elanex Pharma released information on the long-term stability of its EPO product for six months or more at room temperature, which compares to leading EPO products such as Procrit, Eprex, Epogen, and other...

Multilineage Hematopoietic Therapy is Safe in Chemotherapy Patients.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Maret Pharmaceuticals, Inc., reported positive Phase I clinical results that demonstrate the potential of MARstem(tm) as a multilineage hematopoietic therapy (multiple blood cell stimulant) to treat or...

Decitabine Data Reported.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- SuperGen Inc. (SUPG; SUPGZ), San Ramon, California, announced that study data suggest its product, decitabine, could be a platform product for treatment of hematologic and solid cancers. Data were...

U.K. Doctors Defend Embryo Research.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Despite recent advances toward using adult cells to fight illness, embryos provide the only realistic hope for cell-based treatments in the near future, Britain's premier scientific organization said on...

New Dialyzer Approved by FDA.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gambro AB (GAMBaST, GAMBbST), an international medical technology and health care company, announced that it has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a synthetic dialyzer for...

Vitamin E Supplements Can Help Prevent Stroke in Men with High Blood Pressure.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- A health study in Finland has found that vitamin E supplements can reduce risk of stroke in men who have high blood pressure. "Vitamin E supplementation may prevent ischemic stroke in high-risk...

Compression Stockings Help Prevent "Coach Class Syndrome".
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Compression stockings help prevent a rare, but potentially deadly, medical condition resulting from long-distance travel, medical experts say. Deep vein thrombosis, sometimes called "coach class...

Natural Killer Cells Benefit Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- Adoptive immunotherapy with natural killer (NK) cells may be a useful adjunct for patients undergoing allogenic bone marrow transplantation (BMT), suggest researchers in the United States. "BMT has been...

New Study Re-Opens Debate on Third Generation Pills and Venous Clotting.
November 23, 2000... 2000 NOV 23 - (NewsRx.com) -- New study findings reported in the British Medical Journal indicate that the third generation oral contraceptive pills are associated with around a two-fold increased risk of clots in the veins. These...