New test assesses pregnancy diabetes risk
Gestation diabetes risk can be identified through biomarker levels during first trimester. Levels of a biomarker in a pregnant woman’s blood can help physicians gauge her risk of… read more.
Gestation diabetes risk can be identified through biomarker levels during first trimester. Levels of a biomarker in a pregnant woman’s blood can help physicians gauge her risk of… read more.
Hepatitis C patients treated with Merck’s investigative MK-5172, an oral NS3/4A protease inhibitor, combined with 24 or 48 weeks of peginterferon alfa 2b (Pegasys/ Roche) and ribavirin (Ribasphere/… read more.
Insulin resistance in diabetic men with decreased sex hormones was reversed after testosterone replacement, researchers reported.
Nocturia significantly increased mortality risk in men and women, according to data from a government health survey. Overall, awakening more than twice a night to urinate increased mortality… read more.
Disordered sleep preceded development of urinary symptoms by as much as five years in men and women, according to researchers.
Results of late breaking trials presented at Heart Failure 2013. Serelaxin may be more effective for relieving dyspnea in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) than reduced… read more.
The risk of hospitalisation or death from heart disease is 32% lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish, according to a new study from the… read more.
Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research.
A systematic review published in The Cochrane Library finds that in well-nourished adults current evidence does not support selenium for preventing heart disease.
The LAP-BAND® weight loss procedure is safe and effective in an expanded group of patients, not just in people who are morbidly obese. This conclusion is reported in… read more.
New research shows that growing up in areas where air pollution is increased raises the risk of insulin resistance (the prescursor to diabetes) in children. Previous studies have… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from JAMA – Among non-diabetic adults, smoking cessation compared with continued smoking correlates to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, even with subsequent… read more.
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