Explaining Trends In Heart Attack: Prevention Has Improved, Mortality Rates Are Down, Hospitalisation Remains The Same

Explaining Trends In Heart Attack: Prevention Has Improved, Mortality Rates Are Down, Hospitalisation Remains The Same
A report in Circulation from the Framingham Heart Study, which compared acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence in 9824 men and women over four decades, has proposed an explanation for the apparent paradox of improved prevention, falling mortality rates but stable rates of hospitalisation.(1) The study found that over the past 40 years rates of AMI diagnosed by ECG decreased by 50%, whereas rates of AMI diagnosed exclusively by infarction biomarkers doubled.

Identification Of Key Molecules That Inhibit Viral Production May Aid In The Development Of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Drugs

The research, led by Professor Donny Strosberg of Scripps Florida, was published on March 4, 2009, in the Journal of General Virology's advance, online edition, Papers in Press. In the new study, Strosberg and his colleagues describe peptides (molecules of two or more amino acids) derived from the core protein of hepatitis C. Continue reading ...

Understanding Why Tribal Populations Are Free From Clinical Symptoms Of Infection With H Pylori Strains

Helicobacter pylori is of growing concern today because of its crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer diseases and in the multi-step carcinogenic process of gastric cancer. However, it is still an enigma why few strains are associated with ulcer formation with relevant clinical symptoms while others are not associated with any disease manifestation. Read more ...