by Bruce Sylvester – Research presented on September 26, 2013 the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain, indicates that type 2… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Alogliptin treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and with high cardiovascular risk due to recent acute coronary syndromes has led to similar rates… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that, after a decade when prescription opioid use has grown dramatically, identification and treatment of pain has not improved, and, notably, the… read more.
Among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS), pretreatment with prasugrel before angiography did not improve outcomes and worsened bleeding, a randomized trial showed.
Study presenter Deepak Bhatt (pictured) – The anti-hyperglycemic agent saxagliptin neither increased or decreased therate of ischemic events when added to standard of care in patients with type… read more.
A review of the presentation by Volker Heinemann (pictured). The decision on first line treatment in mCRC matters because the number of patients benefitting from therapy diminishes with… read more.
by Pam Harrison – MSI status has clear prognostic value in stage II CRC Julien Taieb, MD, PhD, University of Paris Descartes, Paris, France Microsatellite instability (MSI), a… read more.
Mobile health technology has substantial potential for improving access to health care in the developing world and in remote regions of developed countries, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical… read more.
Similar trends found in UK, Australia and US. Missed diagnoses―particularly of cancer, heart attack, and meningitis―and drug errors make up the bulk of malpractice claims brought against doctors… read more.
The new study, which was led by Professor Carol Brayne, of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH), University of Cambridge, UK, is part of the Medical Research… read more.
Taken from the BMJ – by Bruce Sylvester – The most common type of eating disorder diagnosed in the UK is not bulimia or anorexia, but, rather, “eating… read more.
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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