by Bruce Sylvester: Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an increased risk of no-warning heart attack, researchers reported on May 4, 2015 at ICNC 12 (International Conference on Nuclear… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Lung cancer patients whose tumors carry specific mutations in the BRAF gene appear to benefit from drugs used to treat melanoma, researchers from the retrospective… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Phenytoin, a drug used to prevent seizures in epilepsy, appears to help protect the eyesight of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers reported this finding… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that a combination morphine and nortriptyline successfully relieves chronic neuropathic pain in 87 per cent of patients, and the efficacy of the combination… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers from a phase 3, randomized trial of brentuximab vedotin report that adults with hard-to-treat Hodgkin lymphoma treated with brentuximab vedotin immediately after stem cell… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Paracetamol is not effective for treating neck and lower back pain, and it provides only slight relief for osteoarthritis, researchers reported on March 31, 2015… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: A blood test administered between weeks 10 and 14 weeks of pregnancy appears to be a more accurate diagnostic tool for Down syndrome and two… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Diabetes and advanced stage breast cancer appear to be linked and diabetic women need better screening, Canadian researchers reported online on March 24, 2015 in… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Compared to women who deliver at full-term, women with a history of spontaneous preterm delivery appear to have a doubled risk of developing heart disease,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Results of a retrospective study suggest that, among middle-aged to elderly smokers, men have a higher risk than women of developing osteoporosis and fractures of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that treating post-tonsillectomy pain with morphine can cause some children to develop life-threatening respiratory problems. The study also showed that ibuprofen is a… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Atrial fibrillation patients treated with digoxin have a 27 percent greater risk of dying than atrial fibrillation patients not treated with the drug, according to… read more.
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