Cardiovascular Week articles from July 2003

Cardiovascular Week archives from July 2003

Panel: Practice-based clinical studies yield more useful data than trials.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Practice-based clinical studies offer a practical approach and provide more relevant information about hypertension drugs than do randomized controlled clinical trials, a panel of hypertension...

Treatment of myocardial infarction with streptokinase can have adverse effects.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment of myocardial infarction with streptokinase can have adverse hemorrhagic effects in the lungs. "Thrombolytic therapy with streptokinase is commonly used in acute myocardial infarction and...

Argatroban used in bypass surgery can avoid heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In patients with a risk for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, argatroban can be used instead for operations such as cardiopulmonary bypass. According to a study from the United States, "Whereas...

Cooling heart attack patients studied.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to results of an initial safety and feasibility study, conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, mild hypothermia - cooling a patient's body temperature by a...

Statins enhance the function of endothelial progenitor cells.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play an important role in postnatal neovascularization of ischemic tissue. Ex vivo expansion of EPCs might be useful for potential clinical cell therapy of...

Microarray is expected to change the study and diagnosis of heart disease.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Microarray is expected to change the study and diagnosis of heart disease. "The massive increase in information on the human DNA sequence and the development of new technologies will have a profound...

Aneurysm can rupture after coronary artery bypass.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abdominal aortic aneurysm can rupture after coronary artery bypass grafting. According to a study from England, "Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture following cardiac surgery is usually fatal....

Transmyocardial revascularization trial results presented.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioGenesis Corporation (CGCP) announced that data from the latest clinical studies of transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) were presented at two national meetings of thoracic surgeons in...

Antioxidant vitamins provide no protection against heart disease.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidant vitamins were not found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in a recent Cleveland Clinic study. Patients given vitamin E showed no better mortality rates than a control group...

Lipitor shown to have a cardiovascular benefit.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pfizer Inc. announced that the University College of London presented preliminary results from a major study that showed diabetic patients who took its cholesterol-lowering medicine Lipitor had...

Type 2 diabetes drug may limit heart disease risk.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A drug used to treat high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes also may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, according to research at Stanford University Medical Center. If larger...

Although plant extracts are promising, quality control is still an issue.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although plant extracts are promising therapeutics, there are still many quality control problems for production. "There is increasing interest in plant extracts as potential therapeutic agents and...

Transplantation for primary cardiac sarcoma yielded marginal results.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transplantation for primary cardiac sarcoma yielded marginal results. According to a study from Spain, "Primary cardiac sarcomas are rapidly progressive malignant tumors. No good therapeutic option...

Mitral stenosis can result from fibrous tissue overgrowth after MV repair.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mitral stenosis can result from fibrous tissue overgrowth after mitral valve repair. "We report an extremely rare case of fibrous tissue overgrowth 3 years after mitral valve repair using a mitral...

Acute myocardial infarction can occur in a patient with single coronary artery.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acute myocardial infarction can occur in a patient with single coronary artery. "We report an acute myocardial infarction in a patient with a single coronary artery," scientists writing in the...

Nitrous oxide therapy opens blocked arteries.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, announced that they are treating patients suffering from peripheral vascular disease (PVD) with cryoplasty, a therapy that...

Recall expanded for cholesterol drug.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two pharmaceutical distributors have expanded the recall of the cholesterol drug Lipitor to include Lipitor products repackaged by a Nebraska company, pending a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Diabetes drug reduces development of heart stent blockage.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Groundbreaking research has shown that rosiglitazone, a drug widely used by diabetes patients to lower blood sugar levels, can also prevent or dramatically reduce the development of new blockages -...

Medtronic announces European launch of the Micro-Driver coronary stent.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medtronic, Inc., (MDT) announced the European launch of its new Micro-Driver coronary stent, designed specifically for small coronary arteries. According to the company, the Micro-Driver stent is...

Coronary endothelial dysfunction linked to increased risk.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with an early stage of vascular disease that prevents heart arteries from expanding normally are at significantly increased risk not only for heart attack but also for stroke, according to...

MicroPET imaging helps monitor cell survival.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac cell transplantation shows promise for treating heart failure; however, conventional studies on cadavers can provide only snapshots of the heart at the moment of death. Therefore,...

Microglia and astrocytes proliferate only in hippocampus, temporal neocortex.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A monkey model of cerebral ischemia shows that microglia and astrocytes proliferate specifically in hippocampus and temporal neocortex following insult. According to published research from Japan,...

Small AAA lesions have high TNF alpha and macrophage infiltration.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abdominal aortic aneurysms have decreased TNF-alpha with increasing size, and the small sized ones have atheromatous change and macrophage infiltration at site, which may be responsible. According...

Newly mapped gene for ruptured heart may lead to life-saving treatment.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers studying an inherited life-threatening heart disorder have mapped a new location for a genetic mutation that causes the problem. The finding may lead to early, life-saving treatment for...

Deficiency in calcium regulator proteins may cause cardiovascular calcification.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deficiency in proteins that regulate calcification of tissue in vivo may be responsible for cardiovascular calcification seen in patients on dialysis. According to a study from Germany, "Dialysis...

Research leads to findings on a curable form of hypertension.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research being presented at ENDO 2003, the 85th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, may lead to novel treatments for atherosclerosis, improved detection of a curable form of hypertension, and...

Transmyocardial revascularization system applied with robotic technology.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioGenesis Corporation (CGCP) announced that its transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) procedure was recently done thoracoscopically with robotic assistance at the Healthpark Medical Center of Lee...

Co-packaged pravastatin sodium and buffered aspirin tablets approved.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 25, 2003, approved Pravigard PAC (co-packaged pravastatin sodium and buffered aspirin tablets) for use when treatment with both Pravachol...

Study finds patients have lower death rates under cardiologists' care.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hospitalized heart failure patients treated by cardiologists are more likely to be alive a year later than patients cared for by general internists and family practitioners, according to a report in...

Beta 2-microglobulin regulates IFN-gamma, virus-specific IgG; resists disease.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronic coxsackievirus myocarditis may develop as a result of beta 2 microglobulin, but not perforin, dysfunction. According to published research from Germany, "To gain insight into the...

Anti-inflammatory compound enters Phase I clinical trial.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Critical Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI), a private biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic products for critical care medicine, announced the initiation of a dose-escalating Phase I clinical...

SPECT plus CT imaging offers most comprehensive evaluation of coronary disease.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study finds that the most accurate and complete noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease is achieved through combining the results of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)...

Cardiovascular disease, hospitalizations studied among Georgians with diabetes.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine is funding a study to examine the occurrence of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations...

AHA's new physical activity statement gets health care professionals moving.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health care professionals should prescribe physical activity to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease, according to a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement published in the June...

'Reverse CPR' performed on back could better restore blood flow.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pilot study of the first proposed major change in decades to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) suggests that performing the maneuver while patients are on their stomachs offers far better...

FDA clearance granted for heparin coating.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioTech International, Inc., (CTE) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gish Biomedical, Inc., gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its unique heparin coating to be...

Green, black tea extracts found to lower cholesterol in human study.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A clinical trial testing a theaflavin-enriched green tea extract is the first human study to find that a tea product lowers cholesterol. The double-blind, randomized, controlled study included 240...

Care of heart attack patients on Medicare is better, but room for improvement.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Care for patients who have acute myocardial infarction (AMI, or heart attack) and who are on Medicare has improved in recent years, but room for further improvement remains, a Yale University study...

PET & SPECT help monitor success of progenitor cell transplants.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Germany recently showed that positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can be used to monitor the success of progenitor cell transplants...

TNF-alpha and peroxide induce expression of IL-18 and receptor in cardiomyocytes.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TNF-alpha and peroxide activate NF-kappa B, which induces expression of IL-18 and its receptor in cardiomyocytes, but the effects of peroxide are transient. "Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion is...

Obesity, diabetes most underfunded areas of children's research, survey shows.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obesity, diabetes, and cardiology are the most underfunded areas of research, according to a new survey of 76 researchers at more than 60 of the premier children's hospitals in the U.S. Released...

Conditions during pregnancy can raise risk of heart disease.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who have pregnancy-related high blood pressure conditions or diabetes can develop heart disease risk factors as soon as 2 years after giving birth, according to a University of Pittsburgh study...

Final PMA submitted for paclitaxel-eluting stent system.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced that it has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the fifth and final module of its premarket application (PMA) for its Taxus Express2...

Increased risk associated with higher levels of blood-marker for inflammation.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elevated levels of a blood-marker for inflammation are associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke among the elderly regardless of the amount of plaque in the arteries leading to the...

Risk may be associated with mother's health.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malnourished pregnant women generations ago may account for today's increased stroke risk in certain parts of Britain and the United States, according to a study in journal Stroke. In both...

Rare stroke risk related to air travel.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rare type of stroke can occur as a result of long airplane flights, according to a study in the journal Neurology. The type of stroke can occur in people who have a patent foramen ovale, or an...

Blacks less likely to accept, benefit from high-tech options for fast heartbeat.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Testing to guide treatment of rapid heart rhythms leads to poorer survival in blacks than in whites, according to research in the journal Circulation. Lead author Andrea M. Russo, MD, says blacks...

Creative strategies can sustain growth in blood pressure monitors market.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The increasing incidence of high blood pressure among the American population and the fact that blood pressure measurement is a vital statistic in determining overall health, are driving interest in...

Reducing nationwide obesity starts in neighborhoods.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children, adolescents, and adults reported adopting healthier behaviors - such as choosing heart-healthy foods more often - after participating in a Hearts N' Parks program, according to a new report...

F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET is favored to monitor autoimmune disease.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET is favored to monitor autoimmune diseases such as large vessel vasculitis. According to a study from Austria, "F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography...

African Americans slow to seek treatment for heart attack.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- African Americans are far less likely to seek immediate treatment for a heart attack than non-Hispanic whites, according to a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In a study of 239...

More research urged on vitamins' benefits.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An influential government advisory panel says there is not enough evidence to either recommend or reject the use of vitamin supplements as a way to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. The...

Queens, University of Ulster unveil revolutionary therapeutics.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new generation of technology will use peptides produced by amphibians to fight multiple-drug-resistant bacteria, the so-called "Doomsday Bugs," and treat cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The...

An onion, a tomato, and a pomegranate a day keep the doctor away.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have discovered that antioxidants in supplement form don't measure up to the benefits that come from eating the whole vegetables or fruits...

Medtronic announces launch of InSync III in Europe.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medtronic, Inc., (MDT) announced the launch of the InSync III Marquis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system in Europe. This is the company's fifth and most advanced cardiac...

Some patients are found to have an ala601Thr mutation in the plasminogen gene.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The plasminogen gene mutation, ala601Thr, is found in a low percentage of Korean deep vein thrombosis patients. "Plasminogen is a key proenzyme in the fibrinolytic and thrombolytic systems....

Risk from air travel unrelated to reduced air pressure in cabin.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a new study suggest that reduced air pressure (leading to decreased oxygen availability) in pressurized aircraft cabins is not associated with increased activity of the agents responsible...

BCBS of North Carolina launches heart health initiative.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), the state's largest health insurer, has launched a heart health initiative to give members with heart conditions the resources they need to...

Japanese herbal immunomodulator may enhance cardiac cell contraction.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Toki-shakuyaku-san, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, may directly stimulate cardiomyocytes to contract. "Toki-shakuyaku-san (TJ-23), a Japanese traditional herbal medicine, has a long...

Almonds are key to boosting vitamin E intake.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taking vitamin E dietary supplements to prevent heart disease in individuals who are otherwise healthy may be a waste of time. The synthetic vitamin E in dietary supplements is not absorbed as...

FDA approves Pravigard PAC.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pravigard PAC (Buffered Aspirin and Pravastatin Sodium) tablets. Pravigard PAC contains...

Knowledge from animal models should soon give ideas as to arteriopathy therapy.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Knowledge from animal models should soon give ideas as to arteriopathy therapy, as it is a major adverse effect in heart transplant. "Transplant arteriopathy is the leading cause of long-term...

Popularity of new drug-coated stents exceeds supply.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barely 2 months after Johnson & Johnson's new drug-coated stents hit the U.S. market, demand from patients and doctors has greatly eclipsed supply. The stents reduce chances a heart artery will reclog...

N-Acetyl cysteine may protect against brain injury in focal cerebral ischemia.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The potent antioxidant N-acetyl cystein appears to be protective against cerebral ischemic damage, lowering infarct volume, and blocking TNF-alpha and iNOs; as seen in an animal model. According...

Type of disease and severity dictate careful use of steroids, immunosuppressants.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The different types of systemic vasculitides require selective, differential use of steroids and immunosuppressants. According to a study from France, "Steroids and immunosuppressants are...

Immune rejection of tumors may be preceded by vascular volume increase.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immune rejection of tumors may be preceded by an increase in vascular volume, and could be monitored by MRI. According to a study from England, "Dynamic contrast agent-enhanced magnetic resonance...

Endothelin-1 upregulates its own secretion, or angiotensin-II can upregulate it.
July 21, 2003... 2003 JUL 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endothelin 1 and angiotensin II were both independently capable of upregulating endothelin 1 expression in vascular endothelial cells, while receptor antagonists inhibit it. According to recent...

Increased blood flow to rostral brainstem, neuronal hyperexitability involved.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased blood flow to the rostral brainstem and neuronal hyperexitability may be involved in migraine formation. According to recent research from the United States, "The pathophysiology of...

Interferon regulatory factor-1 may be linked to cerebral ischemia and stroke.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interferon regulatory factor 1 appears to be involved in the mechanisms following cerebral ischemia that lead to cellular damage, and is present in intravascular neutrophils, neurons, and brain...

French patients with type 2 diabetes possess high risk of cardiovascular disease.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - A nationwide survey conducted in France revealed that complications of diabetes increasing heart disease risk, such as high cholesterol levels,...

Drink more tea to lower cholesterol: VUMC study.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A clinical trial testing a theaflavin-enriched green tea extract, led by a Vanderbilt University Medical Center researcher, is the first human study to find that a tea product lowers low-density...

Anger, anxiety may boost heart risk in postmenopausal women.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Psychological factors like anger and anxiety are associated with impaired artery function in healthy postmenopausal women, which could put them at greater risk for heart disease, a new study suggests....

Angiopoietin-1 and VEGF have synergy for reversing acute hindlimb ischemia.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Angiopoietin-1 and VEGF have synergy for reversing acute hindlimb ischemia. According to published research from Taiwan, "vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin-1 (Ang1) are...

Danaparoid is successful in case of heparin induced skin reaction in pregnancy.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetic heparinoid, danaparoid, is successful in case of heparin therapy-induced skin reactions during pregnancy. "Allergic cutaneous reactions to heparin are a diagnostic, but mainly...

Atherosclerosis found in normotensive obese women with low DHEA levels.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early carotid atherosclerosis was found in normotensive severely obese premenopausal women with low levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). According to recent research published in the Journal of...

Enrollment commences in pivotal ARISE phase III trial of AGI-1067.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AtheroGenics, Inc., (AGIX) has begun enrollment of patients in its pivotal ARISE phase III clinical trial of AGI-1067, a novel oral anti-inflammatory agent targeting atherosclerosis, the disease that...

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy can lead to serious mycobacterial infections.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment of bladder cancer by bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy involves a risk of systemic mycobacterial infection, including tuberculous abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm. "We describe a case of a...

Estrogens in HRT may reduce heart disease risk in younger postmenopausal women.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research shows that estrogens commonly used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) reduce the build up of harmful oxidized lipoproteins, which can lead to heart disease, by acting as antioxidants....

Company announces Proxis trial, distribution agreement, and financing.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Velocimed, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of medical devices used in the treatment of cardiological and neurological diseases, announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Immune modulation therapy company completes private placement.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vasogen, Inc., (VSV) a developer of immune modulation therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases, announced that it has completed a private placement totaling US$37.5...

Beta blockers useful in the patient with diabetes.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Later generation beta blockers are useful for preventing heart disease in diabetic patients. "Beta blockers are even more powerful in reducing cardiac events in the patient with diabetes, than...

Alliance to promote rapid test for cardiology marker.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Akers Biosciences, Inc., announced that it has signed an agreement forming an alliance with The Medicines Company (MDCO) to increase awareness of and market Akers Biosciences' Rapid Heparin-Platelet...

White pulp areas of T, B cells are interdigitating; arterioles cross through.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human and mouse spleens differ histologically, the human white pulp has high interdigitation of T and B cell areas, and arterioles cross both regions. "The precise arrangement of B and T...

Breast cancer survivors have fewer heart attacks.
July 28, 2003... 2003 JUL 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast cancer survivors appear to be one-third less likely to have a heart attack than other women, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the July 2003 issue of Cancer. This...