by Bruce Sylvester: Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment with the clot-busting drug alteplase appears to be an effective way to decrease mortality in intraventricular hemorrhage, a catastrophic type… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Investigators from a phase l/II clinical trial report that high-dose atorvastatin treatment of patients with the dry form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) resulted in… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a meta-analysis of relevant studies suggest that exercise, alone or in combination with education, reduces the risk of low back pain. The findings… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Women who have problems sleeping are at an increased risks of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers reported on January 28, 2016 in Diabetologia.
by Bruce Sylvester: Ozone exposure appears to be associated with acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS) in some critically ill patients, according to research published on Dec. 17, 2015… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Women with heart failure are as likely as men to achieve survival benefit from receiving an implantable cardiac defibrillator, researchers reported on Jan. 12,2016 in Circulation: Heart… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that in most cases hip x-rays are unreliable for diagnosing hip osteoarthritis (OA). The findings appeared on Dec. 8, 2015 in the British Medical… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a meta-analysis of randomized trials for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke suggest that, compared to standard clot dissolving treatment, endovascular intervention, such… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: No matter what their blood pressure is at the beginning of treatment, blood pressure-lowering drugs should be offered to all persons at high risk of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, significantly lowers the risk of common, non-melanoma skin cancer in high-risk patients, researchers reported on Oct. 21,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with sildenafil, marketed as Viagra and other trade names, appears to improve insulin sensitivity in persons with prediabetes, as well as lowering a biological… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Anastrozole appears to be as effective as tamoxifen in treating ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a very early form of breast cancer, and could offer… read more.
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