Longer work week linked to increase in stroke risk
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons who work over 55 hours per week have a 33% increased risk of stroke and a 13% increased risk of developing coronary heart disease… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons who work over 55 hours per week have a 33% increased risk of stroke and a 13% increased risk of developing coronary heart disease… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons with type 1 diabetes and who use an insulin pump have achieved half the mortality risk from cardiovascular disease compared to take those multiple… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency is waging a fierce battle against the EU’s own employment court over the controversial 2011 appointment of its former Executive Director.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency wants to get new medicines to patients quicker where there is a clear unmet medical need. The move could also see… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency’s influential Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has given the green light for ten new medicines, as well as offering… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Among patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, chemotherapy with docetaxel at the start of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has resulted in an increased survival of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment of diabetes with pioglitazone does not appear to be related to an increased risk of bladder cancer, researchers from an analysis including nearly 200,000… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Oral contraceptive use appears to provide long-term protection against endometrial cancer, researchers reported on August 4, 2015 in The Lancet Oncology.
by Bruce Sylvester: A retrospective analysis of data on more than 83,000 US veterans showed that men whose low testosterone was restored to normal achieved a reduced risk… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Corticosteroid therapy appears to benefit patients with pneumonia, researchers reported online on August 10, 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
by Bruce Sylvester: Aspirin use might slow progression of early emphysema, researchers reported on May 17, 2015 at American Thoracic Society International Conference.
by Bruce Sylvester: Seniors with migraines who smoke appear to be at an increased risk of stroke, researchers reported on July 22, 2015 in Neurology.
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