Archive for April, 2012
Intense Light Prevents, Treats Heart Attacks, Study Suggests
April 29th, 2012 | 
Author: There are lots of ways physicians might treat a patient after a heart attack — certain resuscitation methods, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now researchers have found a new candidate: Intense light.
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Saturday Nite @ The Movies
Captain Kidd (1945)
The unhistorical adventures of this real-life pirate star Charles Laughton & Randolph Scott.
Conductor & composer Werner Janssen received an Academy Award nomination for his work.
(more at TMC)
U.S. teens lead in deaths, pot & obesity
U.S. teens smoke the most marijuana in the world, have the highest mortality in the world and have high binge drinking rates, a worldwide study found.
Scars, Seizures Common in Discoid Lupus
Patients with the discoid form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus not only have worse skin damage than patients with systemic lupus, but are also at risk for neurologic manifestations, data analysis showed.
Vitamin D May Affect Lung Transplant Success
Researchers from Loyola University Health System in Chicago found that vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections.
Study: Diabetes, obesity raise breast cancer risk after menopause
Overweight postmenopausal women who had a history of diabetes and high cholesterol faced more than nine times the risk of developing breast cancer as those without the conditions, according to a study in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. Researchers also found overweight women with diabetes and a high ratio of fat to muscle were nearly eight times as likely to develop breast cancer.