Growth Hormone May Help Children with Heart Failure
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Although it's rare, children can develop heart enlargement and heart failure, which ultimately makes a heart transplant necessary. Now, researchers report that treatment with synthetic human growth hormone appears to benefit such children.
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The impotence drug Viagra may also  help prevent the abnormal growth of the heart seen in some  types of heart disease, researchers reported on Sunday.
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People with advanced heart failure and who also have diabetes that requires insulin treatment have about a fourfold greater mortality rate than heart failure patients
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Parents of a short child who believe growth hormone therapy will better his or her social life may be mistaken, new study findings suggest.
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Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seem to have iron deficiency, according to the results of a small study. The researchers suggest that such kids may benefit from iron supplements.
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Children who are short for no apparent medical reason get a boost in height from growth hormone shots, the results of a clinical trial show.
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Scientists have found a molecule they believe will protect and promote the survival of heart cell muscles, raising hopes of a treatment to repair the damage after a heart attack.
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NEW YORK  - In patients with heart failure, aerobic training can help the organ pump better, investigators report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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NEW YORK  - Shedding excess pounds may restore some of the heart's youth, whether the weight loss comes from eating less or exercising more, the results of a small study suggests.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted special approval for a metal rod to treat children with chest and spine deformities from a rare syndrome that limits lung growth and causes serious breathing problems.
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Some drugs that drop blood pressure can  help prevent heart disease from getting worse in patients with  lower blood pressure who would not routinely be given such  medicine, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Study bolsters theory about interference with production of key hormone.
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Obese children grow up to have  bigger left ventricles in their hearts, putting them at risk  for heart disease, researchers said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- Drugs prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder will include guides to alert patients and parents of the risks of mental and heart problems, including sudden death.
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Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a drug that may eventually be used to treat children with a severe and fatal type of muscular dystrophy.
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SATURDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is associated with sleep breathing problems in children, say U.S. researchers.
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A new study published in the journal Endocrinology reveals that giving Prozac to children may result in a loss of bone mass. The study was conducted on mice and showed an average 9.4% less bone formation in