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  Action needed to help tobacco users quit

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Jul 2013

  More than half of the countries who signed the WHO 2005 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have not formed plans to help tobacco users quit.

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  New immune disease cripples white cells

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Jul 2013

  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.

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  Three pain questions we should all ask

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Jul 2013

  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.

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  Ca & Vit D help hormones help bones

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 1 Jul 2013

  Should women take calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause for bone health? Recommendations conflict, and opinions are strong.

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  Heart failure survivors at greater cancer risk

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jun 2013

  Trend toward more cancers and more deaths among heart failure patients.  Heart failure patients are surviving more often with the heart condition but they are increasingly more likely… read more.

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  Spine injections may set stage for fractures

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jun 2013

  Spinal injections of steroids, intended to relieve back pain, increased bone fragility in the vertebrae of older patients, a retrospective analysis found.

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  Pain from heart surgery disrupts sleep long-term

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jun 2013

  Heart surgery patients reported persistent pain for at least 4 weeks after the procedure, and that pain appeared to manifest as shortened total sleep time, researchers reported.

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  Men with chronic pain

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 27 Jun 2013

  Men with chronic pain and opioid-induced androgen deficiency may find some pain relief with testosterone replacement therapy, a small trial suggested.

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  Burnout and depression are common in Anesthesia trainees…

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 27 Jun 2013

  Study Raises Concerns about Impact on Patient Care and Safety.   Residents in anesthesiology training programs have high rates of burnout and depression, reports a survey study in the… read more.

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  Less hypoglycaemia with sitagliptin compared to sulfonylurea

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 26 Jun 2013

  Researchers announced results from a post-hoc pooled analysis showing patients with type 2 diabetes and mild renal impairment treated with JANUVIA® (sitagliptin) 100 mg once-daily achieved similar blood… read more.

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  ASCO 2013 – Although better defined, role of PSA in prostate cancer screening remains controversial

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 26 Jun 2013

  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).

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  ASCO 2013 – Cancer services in the United Kingdom: Improving nicely

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 25 Jun 2013

  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.