British doctors are trying to assess the effectiveness of using spray-on skin cell cultures to treat burn victims.

A medical team at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, East Sussex has already used the technique to treat a man with burns over 90 percent of his body

Researchers say a widely used pill can reduce the risk of death in elderly heart attack survivors by preventing their hearts from deteriorating through a process known as "remodeling."

Perindopril, part of a group of popular anti-hypertension drugs called ACE inhibitors, reduces remodeling by 46-percent over a period of one year, when compared to a placebo. The findings are in a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress

The world's best-selling drug is no more effective than similar drugs and in some cases has worse side effects, according to a study of the cardiovascular treatment drug Lipitor.

The results come from a survey of previous studies worldwide, rather than new clinical tests on patients. It was released Saturday by Institut fuer Qualitaet und Wirtschaftslichkeit im Gesundheitswesen

Researchers say a widely used pill can reduce the risk of death in elderly heart attack survivors by preventing their hearts from deteriorating through a process known as "remodeling."

Perindopril, part of a group of popular anti-hypertension drugs called ACE inhibitors, reduces remodeling by 46 percent over a period of one year, when compared to a placebo. This according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress

A trial published in this week's issue of the Lancet

The study, called the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial, shows the technique, known as coiling, is more likely to result in survival without disability for one year, when compared to neurosurgical clipping, which involves a craniotomy and clipping of the aneurysm to prevent further bleeding