Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center find patients with shortness of breath may have a higher risk of dying from cardiac disease than patients without symptoms, and even with patients that suffer from typical cardiac pain.Daniel Berman, M.D., senior author of the study and the Director of Cardiac Imaging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center says, "Patients often do not interpret shortness of breath as a serious symptom, but particularly in patients who have cardiac risk factors and in patients without lung disease, it may be the only sign of the presence of serious coronary artery disease that may need treatment."

In the retrospective study, patients without diagnosed coronary artery disease who had shortness of breath were four times more likely to suffer death from a cardiac cause than a symptomatic patients and twice as likely as patients who had chest pain that is considered to be typical cardiac pain

A new interactive Website from the Women's Health Foundation offers women down-to-earth information about what may be one of the last "taboo" personal issues: bladder problems.

Embarrassment over the issue has had a significant effect on women's ability to get help and has created a void in U.S. research data on the subject

A new interactive Website from the Women's Health Foundation offers women down-to-earth information about what may be one of the last "taboo" personal issues: bladder problems.

Embarrassment over the issue has had a significant effect on women's ability to get help and has created a void in U.S. research data on the subject

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will come to Phoenix, Arizona on November 9 as part of its education initiative, to inform physicians and the public about buprenorphine, a new office-based medical treatment for addiction to prescription pain relievers and other opiate drugs, such as heroin.

The forum will offer information about the science of buprenorphine and the federal requirements for establishing this new office-based treatment

A new interactive Website from the Women's Health Foundation offers women information about what may some may consider to be a "taboo" personal issue: bladder problems.

Embarrassment over the issue has had a significant effect on women's ability to get help and has created a void in U.S. research data on the subject