Opioids relieve severe shortness of breath in COPD
by Bruce Sylvester – Opioid treatment offers relief and improved quality of life to patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and shortness of breath,
by Bruce Sylvester – Opioid treatment offers relief and improved quality of life to patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and shortness of breath,
by Bruce Sylvester – A research paper published in ‘Tobacco Control’ by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) shows that tobacco control policies implemented in Ireland between 1998 and… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Diabetes adds to hearing loss with age among women, if it is not well controlled with medication,
by Bruce Sylvester – Combination metformin and rosiglitazone is more effective than metformin monotherapy in youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes,
Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers from a phase 2 study published on March 27 in The Lancet Oncology report that ipilimumab,… read more.
Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – by Bruce Sylvester – Results from the largest study yet of the treatment of urinary incontinence with botulinum toxin suggests that… read more.
Emerging uses of FDA Approved Drugs – by Bruce Sylvester – Heart disease patients who use statins are significantly less likely to develop depression than their counterparts who… read more.
Taken from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) – by Bruce Sylvester – One ultrasound scan can safely rule out a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in women… read more.
Taken from The Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – Two papers published in March, 2012 in The Lancet suggest that daily aspirin use can be protective against cancer.
Taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – by Bruce Sylvester – A registry study including data on nearly 6,500 patients shows that use of… read more.
Taken from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – by Bruce Sylvester – Aortic stenosis patients who are too ill to undergo open-heart surgery have achieved better… read more.
FDA Highlights – by Bruce Sylvester – Patients who received standard therapy for cystic fibrosis plus adjunctive inhaled dry powder mannitol have achieved sustained improvement in lung function… read more.