Yuma News
Armed robbery in the 1100 block of S. 10th Avenue
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- Written by YPD YPD
- Published: 04 July 2016 04 July 2016
Yuma, Arizona - On Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 at 11:04 p.m. Yuma police officers responded to the 1100 block of S. 10th Avenue reference an armed robbery. The investigation revealed that the victim answered the door after hearing the doorbell ring. When they opened the door they were met by two Hispanic males who forced their way in displaying a handgun. The suspects took numerous items and fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle. There were no injuries reported by the victims.
Genetically inherited high cholesterol increases long-term risks of coronary heart disease and stroke
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- Written by AHA AHA
- Published: 04 July 2016 04 July 2016
Dallas, Texas - Patients who experience high cholesterol due to an inherited genetic disorder from one of their parents heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia are much more likely than those with average cholesterol levels to have diseases caused by hardening of the arteries, including an accelerated onset of coronary heart disease by up to 30 years, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Prehypertension during pregnancy could lead to cardiovascular risks
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- Written by Akeem Ranmal Akeem Ranmal
- Published: 04 July 2016 04 July 2016
Dallas, Texas - Pregnant women who experience persistent blood pressure elevations in the upper ranges of normal may be at high risk of developing metabolic syndrome and increased cardiovascular risk after giving birth, according to research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension.
High Court Protects Patients from Unjustified Government Intrusion in Medicine
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- Written by AMA Editorial AMA Editorial
- Published: 04 July 2016 04 July 2016
Chicago, Illinois - High Court Protects Patients from Unjustified Government Intrusion in Medicine - Statement attributable to: Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., President, American Medical Association:
FDA approves implantable device that changes the shape of the cornea to correct near vision
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 04 July 2016 04 July 2016
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Raindrop Near Vision Inlay, a device implanted in the cornea (the clear, front surface) of one eye to improve near vision in certain patients with presbyopia. It is the second FDA-approved implantable corneal device for correction of near vision in patients who have not had cataract surgery and the first implantable device that changes the shape of the cornea to achieve improved vision.
NIH-led effort uses implementation science approaches to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
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- Written by Ann Puderbaugh Ann Puderbaugh
- Published: 03 July 2016 03 July 2016
Washington, DC - An emerging field, known as implementation science, may help reduce the nearly 150,000 instances of mother-to-child HIV transmissions that occur annually around the world, mostly in developing countries. A team of scientists and program managers, led by the National Institutes of Health, has been studying a variety of implementation science approaches to prevent mother-to-child transmission and has published the results in a 16-article open-access supplement to the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
New method detects telomere length for research into cancer, aging
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- Written by Lori Sundeen Soderbergh Lori Sundeen Soderbergh
- Published: 03 July 2016 03 July 2016
Dallas, Texas - UT Southwestern Medical Center cell biologists have identified a new method for determining the length of telomeres, the endcaps of chromosomes, which can influence cancer progression and aging.