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Remote ischemic conditioning using blood pressure cuff in acute heart attack

Science Daily: In patients with an acute heart attack, remote ischemic conditioning – intermittent inflation of a blood pressure cuff to cut off blood flow to the arm during transportation to hospital for acute balloon dilatation – reduces subsequent cardiac symptoms and mortality after acute heart attack. The results are presented by researchers from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University in European Heart Journal on-line 12 September 2013.

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A mechanism to kill tuberculosis bacteria has been discovered.

Brown University: In a series of laboratory experiments, the researchers have shown that it is possible to kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis by inhibiting ClpP, a cellular enzyme that is not targeted by any antibacterial drug on the market. The work is preliminary, but the researchers are hopeful it could point the way to new drugs to treat tuberculosis and other infections that are becoming resistant to traditional antibiotics.

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Arginine therapy may be useful to treat sickle cell disease related pain.

Emory U: Arginine therapy may be a safe and inexpensive treatment for acute pain episodes in patients with sickle cell disease, according to results of a recent clinical study. The study was the first randomized placebo-controlled study to demonstrate benefits of arginine therapy in children with sickle cell disease hospitalized for severe pain.

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Vaccinating cattle against toxigenic E. Coli could cut risk of infection in humans.

EurekAlert: The study, published in the online journal PNAS, used veterinary, human and molecular data to examine the risks of E. coli O157 transmission from cattle to humans, and to estimate the impact of vaccinating cattle. The risk of E. coli O157 infection is particularly significant when the cattle are 'super-shedding' – excreting extremely high numbers of bacteria in their faeces for a limited period of time. Vaccines against the bacteria exist that can reduce super-shedding.

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Toronto study suggests that CABG is better than stent for diabetic patients.

EurekAlert: People with diabetes have a 30 per cent less chance of dying if they undergo coronary artery bypass surgery rather than opening the artery through angioplasty and inserting a stent, a new study has found.

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