Dallas scientists working on lab mice have used a new approach to prevent dangerous enlargement of the heart. The condition, in people, can lead to congestive heart failure. Under transplant rules, his wait is likely to go on. It takes warfarin four days to naturally diminish so that surgery is safe. A leading backer of a bipartisan patients' rights bill in the Senate lashed out Tuesday at a competing measure currently being drafted.
New research suggests it is also good health advice.
In an era of brief doctor visits and high-tech medicine, it may be the development of warmth and empathy between doctors and their patients that makes the difference in care, study findings suggest. Patients with congestive heart failure may have reason to hope for an alternative treatment that may improve their chance of survival, according to a new study. Today, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., plans to offer an amendment aimed at ensuring that a debtor's monthly expenses could include an allowance for health insurance. Copyright 1999 PHCentral, Inc.