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Female baby boomers with asthma may need help

Written by | 28 Oct 2014

Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women.  Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.

New advice from AAN on opioid prescribing

Written by | 22 Oct 2014

Studies have shown that 50 percent of patients taking opioids for at least three months are still on opioids five years later. A review of the available studies… read more.

Telecare intervention improves chronic pain

Written by | 12 Aug 2014

A telephone-delivered intervention, which included automated symptom monitoring, produced clinically meaningful improvements in chronic musculoskeletal pain compared to usual care, according to a study in the July 16… read more.

Controlling childbirth pain tied to lower depression risk

Written by | 11 Aug 2014

Controlling pain during childbirth and post delivery may reduce the risk of postpartum depression, writes Katherine Wisner, M.D., perinatal psychiatrist, in an editorial in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE 2014: Making the most of a new liver

Written by | 4 Aug 2014

by Professor John O’Grady, Kings College Hospital, London – Liver transplantation is highly successful from the technical perspective, returning the majority of patients to a level of health… read more.

Epidural linked to lower risk of post-partum depression

Written by | 31 Jul 2014

Controlling childbirth pain appears to lower the risk of postpartum depression, researchers reported in a July 23 editorial in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

FDA Highlights: Could anti-depressant citalopram affect development of Alzheimer’s?

Written by | 17 Jul 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram appears to impede development of amyloid beta, a plaque-forming peptide in the brain believed to be involved… read more.

FDA Highlights: Could anti-depressant citalopram affect development of Alzheimer's?

Written by | 17 Jul 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram appears to impede development of amyloid beta, a plaque-forming peptide in the brain believed to be involved… read more.

ADA 2014 Report: National guidelines for lipids and blood pressure

Written by | 3 Jul 2014

National guidelines for lipids and blood pressure are likely to be a focus of attention at this year’s meeting of the American Diabetes Association.

Strong link between depression and early death among elderly diabetics

Written by | 24 Jun 2014

People with diabetes have about double the risk of premature death as people of the same age without diabetes. Studies also have shown that they have about twice… read more.

Botox treatment lifts depression in half of study patients

Written by | 19 May 2014

Emerging uses of FDA approved drugs – by Bruce Sylvester – Over half of depressed subjects in a newly reported study who were injected with onabotulinumtoxinA (OBA/Botox) achieved… read more.

Computer clusters new sub type asthma patients

Written by | 8 May 2014

Analysis could eventually lead to improved therapy, researcher says.  So many variables can contribute to shortness of breath that no person can keep them all straight. But a… read more.

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