By Bruce Sylvester – Men treated with long-acting (extended release) opioids for chronic pain experience low testosterone levels five times more often than men using short-acting (immediate release… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester – Even with good clinical management of type 2 diabetes, the risk of premature death increases significantly with the onset of kidney disease, researchers reported… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – In a study published in PLOS Medicine on January 29, 2013, researchers reported that an increasing risk of future cardiovascular disease and of premature… read more.
Scotland takes action to tackle relationship between deprivation and CVD. Deprivation represents the “elephant in the room” with regard to cardiovascular disease (CVD), and health care professionals have… read more.
Abuse of common anesthetic has ‘rapid downhill course’, reports Journal of Addiction Medicine. Abuse of the anaesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that… read more.
Research led by a psychologist at the University of Liverpool has found that using memories of recent meals reduces the amount of food eaten later on. It also… read more.
Major journal reports study findings. A study in the JAMA Neurology suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life may limit or delay the brain… read more.
Smoking is a known risk factor for back pain and disc disease. In a new study presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic… read more.
New research finds that for a number of patients physical therapy provides similar improvements in physical function and pain
One in 10 say they follow pediatricians’ advice ‘only occasionally;’ most likely to ignore guidance on discipline, sleep, watching TV. Paediatricians regularly dispense advice to parents of young… read more.
It is well known that COPD patients run a higher risk of contracting respiratory infections. However, a new thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows that they are… read more.
Bronchiectasis is independently associated with an increased mortality risk in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD, according to a new study from researchers in Spain.
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