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EMA to fast track much-needed therapies

Written by | 1 Sep 2015

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.

New approach to prostate cancer treatment increases survival for some patients

Written by | 28 Aug 2015

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.

Steroids appear to benefit patients with pneumonia

Written by | 24 Aug 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Corticosteroid therapy appears to benefit patients with pneumonia, researchers reported online on August 10, 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Senior smokers with migraine have increased stroke risk

Written by | 20 Aug 2015

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.

ICML 2015 Report: Thirty years of progress in cutaneous lymphoma research

Written by | 28 Jul 2015

John Ultmann Memorial Lecture / by Maria Dalby.  Cutaneous lymphomas are rare conditions that require careful linking of clinical features with pathological findings for accurate diagnoses and effective… read more.

Mortality in coronary artery bypass graft surgery lowered by preoperative statin treatment

Written by | 8 Jul 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: A study of the protective effect of heart medications that patients receive before coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery suggests that statins reduce the risk… read more.

World Health Matters: Ireland: Early palliative care delivers cost savings

Written by | 1 Jul 2015

by Gary Finnegan: People with terminal cancer often require palliative care in the late stages of their lives. This branch of medicine has long been lauded for the… read more.

BSH 2015: COSD and SACT Cancer Data: How do you perform/conform nationally? Robin Ireland, Kings College Hospital, London.

Written by | 3 Jun 2015

by Christine Clark: The National Cancer Information Network (NCIN) was established to drive change and improve cancer outcomes. Analyses show large variations in practices and outcomes some of… read more.

Faecal microbiota transplant cures C. diff, blocks multi-drug resistant pathogens

Written by | 14 May 2015

A faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) not only cured a case of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infection in a 66 year old man; it eliminated populations of multi-drug resistant organisms both… read more.

World Health Matters: Denmark: Better outcomes for IVF babies

Written by | 27 Apr 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Health outcomes for children conceived using assisted reproduction technologies (ART) have improved significantly over the past two decades, according to a Danish-led study. However, the… read more.

Morphine/antidepressant combo tops monotherapy for chronic neuropathic pain relief

Written by | 21 Apr 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that a combination morphine and nortriptyline successfully relieves chronic neuropathic pain in 87 per cent of patients, and the efficacy of the combination… read more.

Morphine treatment questioned for children after tonsillectomy

Written by | 1 Apr 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that treating post-tonsillectomy pain with morphine can cause some children to develop life-threatening respiratory problems. The study also showed that ibuprofen is a… read more.

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