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Antidepressants may lower risk of recurrent heart attack in depressed heart attack patients
In depressed patients who have experienced a heart attack, use of antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), was associated with a reduced risk of death and recurrent heart attack, according to an article in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of... view more (2005-07-05)

Drops in blood oxygen levels may be key to sudden death in some epilepsy patients
A new study by researchers at UC Davis Medical Center suggests that the sudden unexplained deaths of some epilepsy patients may be a result of their brains not telling their bodies to breathe during seizures.   view more (2008-11-18)

Ageing and the NHS: how age affects hospital admissions
Use of acute services by patients who die in NHS hospitals does not increase with age according to new research by the University of Bristol published in the British Medical Journal this Friday [16 April]. Professor Shah Ebrahim and colleagues in the University's Department of Social Medicine... view more (2004-04-15)

Deaths from foodborne diseases are underestimated
The number of deaths from foodborne diseases is likely to be underestimated, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Denmark identified 48,857 people infected with the bacteria Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia enterocolitica or Shigella plus 487,138 controls from the general population.... view more (2003-02-12)

A new understanding of crystal structure of actinide metals
Researchers have a better understanding of how the crystal structure of some metals becomes stable through magnetism. Magnetic stabilization of the crystal structures of metals is rare. In some metals, such as manganese, iron, and cobalt, the magnetic interaction energy is large enough to influence... view more (2007-06-07)

Strong spiritual beliefs may help people recover from bereavement
People who profess stronger spiritual beliefs seem to resolve their grief more rapidly and completely after the death of a person close to them than those with no spiritual beliefs, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-06-26)

Link between cannabis and death still not established
Although the use of cannabis is not harmless, its link with death is still not established, argues a senior researcher in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-09-17)

Nearly 28,000 US infants died in 2004
Preterm birth contributes to more than one-third of all infant deaths, according to the National Vital Statistics report released today.   view more (2007-05-07)

Early use of statins after coronary syndromes does not reduce risk of heart attack, stroke or death
Beginning use of statins within 14 days of acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) does not decrease the risk of death, heart attack, or stroke, for up to 4 months, based on a meta-analysis of previously published studies.   view more (2006-05-03)

Earliest Human Remains Reveal A Bloody End
University of Leicester archaeologists discover the earliest human remains from Leicestershire Analysis of human remains found during archaeological work carried out by University of Leicester Archaeological Services has established that they are the earliest remains ever to be found in the county... view more (2004-03-29)

Scientists provide new evidence for cellular cause of SIDS
University of Chicago researchers and colleagues have found strong support that a disturbance of a specific neurochemical can lead to sudden infant death syndrome, the primary cause of death before age 1 in the United States.   view more (2006-03-08)

Study finds significant differences in protocols hospitals use to determine brain death
A survey of some of the top hospitals in the country has found that protocols followed to determine brain death differ significantly among those institutions.   view more (2008-01-18)

All bat handlers should get rabies jab
All bat handlers in the United Kingdom should be immunised against rabies, following the death of a bat conservationist in Scotland last year, according to an expert in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-04-02)

Patients who get ICDs for prevention have less driving restrictions
People who receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) as a preventative measure don't need the same driving restrictions as people who get an ICD after surviving a life-threatening heart rhythm disturbance, according to an updated scientific statement.   view more (2007-02-08)

ORNL scores hit with National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
An electronic accountability system developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will result in savings of more than $2 million per year at one federal facility alone and will ensure 100 percent accountability of employees.   view more (2007-02-05)

Ancient Oak Trees Help Reduce Global Warming, MU Study Finds
The battle to reduce carbon emissions is at the heart of many eco-friendly efforts, and researchers from the University of Missouri have discovered that nature has been lending a hand. Researchers at the Missouri Tree Ring Laboratory in the Department of Forestry discovered that trees submerged in... view more (2008-06-30)

Clinical depression raises risk of death for heart attack patients years after attack
Depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death in the months following a heart attack. Now a team led by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the risk continues for many years.   view more (2008-03-04)

Diabetic hearts make unhealthy switch to high-fat diet
The high-fat "diet" that diabetic heart muscle consumes helps make cardiovascular disease the most common killer of diabetic patients, according to a study done at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.   view more (2006-02-06)

An irregular heartbeat makes exercise deadly
The results of a study in mice that was conducted by researchers from Vanderbilt University has provided a potential explanation for why the heartbeat of humans lacking the protein cardiac calsequestrin (CASQ2) is irregular, and potentially fatal, only during exercise and not at other times.   view more (2006-08-25)

Beneficial effects of no-till farming depend upon future climate change
By storing carbon in their fields through no-till farming practice, farmers can help countries meet targeted reductions in atmospheric carbon dioxide and reduce the harmful effects of global warming.   view more (2005-10-13)

Sunlight associated with lower risk of death from breast and colon cancer
Sunlight is associated with a reduced risk of breast and colon cancer, finds research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.   view more (2002-04-02)

No improvement in trauma care for critically injured patients since 1994
Trauma care and the risk of death for critically injured patients in England and Wales have not improved since 1994, finds research in Emergency Medicine Journal. But the risk of dying varied by as much as 85% between the best and worst performing hospitals. The findings are based on returns from... view more (2002-11-01)

Long-term aspirin use associated with reduced risk of dying in women
Women who take low to moderate doses of aspirin have a reduced risk of death from any cause, and especially heart disease-related deaths.   view more (2007-03-27)

Losartan Could Offer New Cardiovascular Benefit Beyond Blood-Pressure Control (pp 990, 999, 1004)
Two studies in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight the potential of the angiotensin-II type-1 receptor antagonist losartan to be more effective than ß-blockers in reducing cardiovascular complications associated with high blood pressure. Blood-pressure reduction achieved with ß... view more (2002-03-20)

Sexual frustration: programmed cell death prevents plant inbreeding
Scientists have demonstrated the importance of programmed cell death in preventing inbreeding in plants, according to research published in Nature today. Researchers at the University of Birmingham School of Biosciences have found that self-incompatibility, an important mechanism in plants that... view more (2004-05-19)
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