Plavix and Aspirin reduce stroke
For many years health the debate was should we prescribe aspirin or the more expensive Plavix, now it seems patients should receive both.
For many years health the debate was should we prescribe aspirin or the more expensive Plavix, now it seems patients should receive both.
A newly-described immunodeficiency syndrome of neutrophil defects, bone marrow fibrosis, nephromegaly, and life-threatening infections arises from a genetic mutation that impairs movement of proteins within cells, researchers found.
Asking three simple questions of patients with non-inflammatory musculoskeletal pain improved primary care physicians’ ability to predict which patients would still be in pain 6 months later, a… read more.
Spinal injections of steroids, intended to relieve back pain, increased bone fragility in the vertebrae of older patients, a retrospective analysis found.
In recent years, there has been an adjustment in the scientific thinking about the utility of screening men for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA).
by Elizabeth C. Smyth, MB, BCh, MSc, and David Cunningham, MD, FRCP, FMedSci – In 2000, in order to optimise service provision for patients with cancer, 34 “Cancer… read more.
CHICAGO – Five pivotal studies were released today ahead of the plenary session of the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
by Jamie Von Roenn, MD, and Charles von Gunten, MD, PhD – The call to integrate palliative care practices and principles into comprehensive cancer care, not as something… read more.
CHICAGO – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has completed the first phase in developing several sets of interoperability standards for cancer care data and overcoming the… read more.
Problem is worsening; time to include pregnant women in drug trials, says DTB. The lack of hard data on the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of… read more.
A new study by researchers from Brown University finds more evidence that breastfeeding is good for babies’ brains.
by Peter Mas Mollinedo – Investigators report that current marijuana users have achieved significantly lower fasting insulin, and are less likely than non-users to be insulin resistant, even… read more.
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