Hospitals' Cost For The Top 6 Cardiovascular Treatments Nearing $60 Billion, USA

Hospitals' Cost For The Top 6 Cardiovascular Treatments Nearing $60 Billion, USA
Treating heart attack victims, opening clogged arteries and treating other common cardiovascular conditions cost U.S. hospitals $57.9 billion in 2006 - about 40 percent more than in 1997, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Most of this growth in costs, however, occurred between 1997 and 2003.

Panic Attacks Linked To Higher Risk Of Heart Attacks And Heart Disease, Especially In Younger People
People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population, with higher rates occurring in younger people, according to research published in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Thursday 11 December).

Cholinesterase Inhibitors Reduce Aggression, Wandering And Paranoia In Alzheimer's Disease

Cholinesterase inhibitors, used to treat cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, are also a safe and effective alternative therapy for the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, according to a study that appears in the December 2008 edition of Clinical Interventions in Aging. Complete news at...

Sciele Pharma, Inc., a Shionogi Company, and Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ("Plethora" - AIM:PLE), the specialist developer of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, today announced the final analysis of its European Phase III double-blind placebo-controlled study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation ('PE'). Complete news at...

Celiac - Intolerance to Gluten

The celiaquia or intolerance to gluten is a condition that is manifested mainly by a rather complex immunological disorder afflicting the small intestine caused directly by the same element (gluten) but it is good to ask what is gluten? Gluten is an element that is found in foods like oats, barley and wheat, and more on whether the type of food grain, this element in the feeding of a person tolerant to it is quite useful in regulating some systems as the digestive and absorcivo but for people with celiac or intolerant, this element is highly damaging ...