Growth Hormone May Help Children with Heart Failure
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NEW YORK  - 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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Bone marrow cells infused to the heart through tiny incisions helped several severe heart failure patients get markedly better, an international team of researchers reported on Tuesday.
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SUNDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- There&#39;s more evidence that cardiovascular problems help drive Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists say, and that treating the heart might help protect the brain.
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A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - Despite normal growth and  maturation, young people with type 1 diabetes appear to lag in  bone development, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - For children born with serious   heart disease, a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program leads   to improvements in exercise capacity that are "consistent,   substantial, and sustained," cardiologists at Children's   Hospital in Boston report.
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A study in Australia has shown that  changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese  children from as young as six, warning signs that might be  linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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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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SATURDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure is associated with sleep breathing problems in children, say U.S. researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes who take growth hormone in an effort to enhance their performance risk developing diabetes, two doctors from the UK warn in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A compound designed to block growth hormone, coupled with a standard chemotherapy drug, successfully treated human breast cancer in mice.
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Nov 26 (HeartCenterOnline) - A heart protein that is naturally produced during fetal development is showing promise as a therapy for heart attack patients.
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Injecting immature cells into hearts   damaged months or years earlier by a heart attack can help that   heart beat more efficiently, a study showed on Wednesday.
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Although obesity is usually linked to detrimental health consequences, new research indicates that overweight people with heart failure have a lower mortality risk than those of normal weight.
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NEW YORK  - Drugs usually used to treat  high blood pressure and heart failure may also be helpful for  Alzheimer's patients, Japanese researchers report.
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SUNDAY, Jan. 2  -- The American Heart Association's warning last week that more children than ever are heading toward heart trouble is primarily due to the nation's obesity epidemic.
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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.