Taken from JAMA – by Bruce Sylvester – After analyzing data on nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, researchers report that thrombolytic treatment initiated sooner correlates to… read more.
Taken from the NEJM – by Bruce Sylvester – Three biomarkers in the urine of kidney transplant recipients can be used to diagnose and predict transplant rejection, researchers… read more.
Taken from the BMJ – by Bruce Sylvester – The most common type of eating disorder diagnosed in the UK is not bulimia or anorexia, but, rather, “eating… read more.
Taken from the Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – High doses of some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of major vascular events (non-fatal heart attacks, strokes,… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Lexapro (escitalopram), which is used to treat depression and anxiety, appears to improve a stress-related heart condition in persons with stable coronary… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that finasteride appears to reduce alcohol consumption in some men. The results were published online on June 13, 2013 by Alcoholism:… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Bazedoxifene, approved in Europe to treat osteoporosis, appears to stop the growth of breast cancer cells, even in therapy-resistant tumors, researchers from… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Patients with an advanced kind of lung cancer and a dysfunctional ALK gene have achieved better outcomes with the targeted investigative therapy crizotinib rather… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) researchers from the AMAROS (After Mapping of the Axilla: Radiotherapy Or Surgery?) trial reported… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – More than half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with the immunotherapy drug ipilimumab and the investigational antibody drug nivolumab have achieved durable tumor… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – over 30,000 clinicians and researchers attended the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2013 annual meeting in Chicago on May 31-June 4. Among the most… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Nine thousand clinicians gathered at the 2013 annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver/International Liver Congress in Amsterdam on… read more.
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