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Meta-analysis suggests need for wider use of blood pressure-lowering drugs

Written by | 7 Jan 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: No matter what their blood pressure is at the beginning of treatment, blood pressure-lowering drugs should be offered to all persons at high risk of… read more.

Viagra ups insulin sensitivity in prediabetes

Written by | 4 Jan 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with sildenafil, marketed as Viagra and other trade names, appears to improve insulin sensitivity in persons with prediabetes, as well as lowering a biological… read more.

EMA Highlights: EMA gives green light for new drugs

Written by | 23 Dec 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Ten medicines, including a first-in-class orphan medicine for narcolepsy, were recommended for authorisation in the EU at the latest meeting of the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal… read more.

EMA Highlights: Drug watchdog’s hands are tied in off-label prescribing spat

Written by | 21 Dec 2015

by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says its powers are limited when it comes to regulating off-label use of licensed medicines. The watchdog is at the… read more.

Diabetes-related amputations reduced since 1990s

Written by | 10 Dec 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Diabetes-related amputations have declined significantly since the mid-1990s, researchers reported in November, 2015 in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

IMV 2015 Debate: Professors Faith Davies, Gareth Morgan (both UAMS) and Sagar Lonial (Atlanta) discuss the importance of combination therapy. Professor Faith Davies from UAMS and Professor Shaji Kumar from Mayo Clinic faced one another in a debate over the respective benefits of combination therapy and sequential therapy in MM…

Written by | 13 Nov 2015

Specialists in the MM field are in the enviable position of having lots of different treatment options available – the challenge is how to integrate these into the… read more.

ESOT 2015: The enemy within: improving adherence. Professor John Forsythe (Edinburgh), Dr Luis Guirado Fundació Puigvert (Barcelona), Lorna Marson (Edinburgh) and Dr Peter Nickerson (Manitoba) discuss the issues around non-adherance in renal transplantation.

Written by | 10 Nov 2015

Non-adherence with immunosuppressive treatment is potentially one of the most significant risk factors for intra-patient variability (IPV) in drug concentrations – and one that is modifiable. The link… read more.

Bedtime dosing of blood pressure drugs reduces diabetes risk

Written by | 2 Nov 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Blood pressure drug dosing at bedtime instead of  in the morning not only lowers blood pressure during sleep but significantly reduces the risk of type… read more.

USA pain by the numbers

Written by | 6 Oct 2015

In one of the largest population studies on pain to date, researchers with the National Institutes of Health estimate that nearly 40 million Americans experience severe pain and… read more.

Acupuncture shows promise for treating hypertension

Written by | 21 Sep 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Hypertensive patients have achieved a modest but therapeutic and durable response to acupuncture treatment, researchers from the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the… read more.

Medicines watchdog battles to reinstate chief

Written by | 2 Sep 2015

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.

Pioglitazone treatment not linked to bladder cancer

Written by | 27 Aug 2015

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.

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