Of two major weight-loss surgeries, sleeve gastrectomy is safer long-term than gastric bypass, researchers reported on Oct. 6, 2021 in JAMA Surgery. But sleeve gastrectomy is associated with… read more.
For survival and functional recovery, spinal anesthesia for hip-fracture surgery is not superior to general anesthesia, researchers reported on Oct. 9 in the NEJM/New England Journal of Medicine…. read more.
Drugs which are already (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved could be effective in treating of lung cancer in “never-smokers,” researchers reported on Sept. 30, 2021 in… read more.
Treatment with alendronate, an osteoporosis drug, appears to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers reported on Sept. 26, 2021 at the annual meeting of the… read more.
Migraines are linked to poorer quality sleep in both adults and children, researchers reported on Sept. 22, 2021 in Neurology As background to the new meta-analysis, investigator and… read more.
Addition of baricitinib to standard of care (including dexamethasone and remdesivir) was associated with reduced mortality among hospitalized adults with COVID-19, researchers reported on Sept. 1, 2021 in… read more.
Persons with Type 2 diabetes can, through diet and pharmacist supervision, eliminate the need for diabetes medications, researchers reported on Sept. 10, 2021 in Nature Communications. “There is… read more.
Combination therapy with aspirin, statins and at least two blood pressure drugs significantly lowers the risk of developing fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) researchers reported on August 29, 2021… read more.
Researchers report that, for treatment of afebrile (non-feverish) men with a urinary tract infection (UTI), a 7-day course of ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is a non-inferior alternative to a… read more.
Researchers report that patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in their youth are, by young adulthood, at risk of serious complications. The findings from the TODAY2 study (Treatment… read more.
Consumption of ultra-processed foods appears to be linked to an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), researchers reported on July 15, 2021 in the BMJ/British Medical Journal…. read more.
One infusion of an investigative chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) for multiple myeloma has produced early and durable responses in heavily pretreated patients, researchers reported… read more.
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