in Westwood will open a 7,500-square-foot dedicated space Monday for its Blood and Marrow Transplant program.
The space’s renovation started in the fall and cost $2 million, KU Hospital spokesman Dennis Minich said Wednesday. The project was paid for by Annette Bloch’s $20 million donation in the fall, Minich said.
The Blood and Marrow Transplant program had been in shared space in the cancer pavilion, he said.
The program had three Read the rest of this entry »

–Eat lots of fruits and veggies every day, especially those high in
potassium and vitamin C, such as citrus; dark green, leafy veggies;
and melons.
–Keep up that fiber intake. Aim for at least 50 grams per day. Some
studies suggest that fiber such as psyllium and wheat bran can help
lower blood pressure. It’s estimated that prehistoric folks got about
100 grams of fiber per day in their diet; the average American now
gets about 10.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) — A sophisticated measure of blood flow to determine where artery-opening stents should be implanted is more effective than the X-ray examinations now commonly used, an international study finds.
The technique, measuring what’s known as “fractional flow reserve” (FFR), is designed for people who have multiple blockages that require artery-opening procedures such as angioplasty, followed by implantation of the Read the rest of this entry »

ScienceDaily (Jan. 22, 2009)
— Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered how a whole class of commonly used chemotherapy drugs can block cancer growth. Their findings, recently reported online at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition, suggest that a subgroup of cancer patients might particularly benefit from these drugs.
The anthracycline class of chemotherapeutics — doxorubicin Read the rest of this entry »

For the last six years,
’s blood thinner Plavix has enjoyed a near monopoly in the market for oral medications meant to prevent clots in patients who are at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
That monopoly status could be threatened, if the
. Tuesday afternoon, an advisory panel may recommend that the F.D.A. grant that approval.
Plavix had global sales of $7.3 billion in 2007, making it the world’s second best-selling drug after
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rose into the close Tuesday after an FDA unanimously recommended approval of its anticlotting agent prasugrel.
The nine members of the Food and Drug Administration’s cardiology panel said the new blood thinner, which Lilly developed with Japanese drugmaker
, is a significant improvement over its forebears for preventing blood clots in patients with heart problems.
Lilly had asked the panel to specifically evaluate prasugrel in patients requiring Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – An epilepsy drug used to
treat partial seizures in adults can cause excessive acidity of
the blood in some patients, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration said on Monday.
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The condition, known as metabolic acidosis, can include a
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Friday a blood thinner from Eli Lilly offers life-saving benefits over drugs currently on the market, though its use may have to be restricted due to bleeding side effects.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the highly anticipated drug, called prasugrel, as a therapy for patients with acute heart problems such as heart attacks, who face increased risk of blood clots. Lilly developed Read the rest of this entry »

The researchers studied 2,304 women ages 18 to 30, about half of whom were black and half were white. They measured the women’s blood pressure before and after their pregnancies and in follow-up visits, up to 20 years after their first measurement. Only women who did not develop high blood pressure while pregnant were considered in the analysis.
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People who eat wild game killed with lead bullets tend to have higher levels of lead in their blood than people who don’t, according to a first-of-its-kind study of 738 North Dakotans.
“People who ate a lot of wild game tended to have higher lead levels than those who ate little or none,” Dr. Stephen Pickard, epidemiologist for the North Dakota Department of Health, said Wednesday.
The study also showed that the more recent the consumption of Read the rest of this entry »