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Bedtime dosing of blood pressure drugs reduces diabetes risk

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 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.

Video Interview and editorial from the BSH 2015: Professor Graham Jackson discusses the journey from despair to hope in multiple myeloma. Click on the image for interview and editorial.

Written by Christine Clark | 1 Jun 2015

Graham Jackson, Professor of Clinical haematology, Newcastle upon Tyne and former president of the British Society for Haematology (BSH). Article by Christine Clark: In the 1970s the prospect… read more.

ACC Report 2015: Digoxin treatment for atrial fibrillation tied to higher mortality

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 31 Mar 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Atrial fibrillation patients treated with digoxin have a 27 percent greater risk of dying than atrial fibrillation patients not treated with the drug, according to… read more.

Neither aspirin nor clonidine treatment used perioperatively lowers risk of kidney injury

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 21 Jan 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: In the non-cardiac surgical setting, neither aspirin nor clonidine taken perioperatively appears to reduce the risk of acute kidney injury, researchers reported on Nov. 15,… read more.

World population gains more than 6 years of life

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 15 Jan 2015

Despite global improvements in life expectancy, death rates for some causes — including drug use and liver cancer — continue to rise. Global life expectancy increased by 5.8… read more.

Australian study casts doubt on sepsis guidelines

Written by Gary Finnegan | 19 Dec 2014

World Health Matters – Australia- by Gary Finnegan: New research suggests treatment in Australia and New Zealand for patients with sepsis is the best in the world but… read more.

FDA Highlights: Statins appear to protect against microvascular complications of diabetes

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 5 Nov 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – Microvascular complications of diabetes that can lead to blindness and amputations might be reduced by statin therapy, researchers reported on Sept.9, 2014 in The Lancet… read more.

Bendamustne Lymphoma Case Study

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 4 Nov 2014

Ger Walpole, CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist), H.Dip Oncology Nursing, BNS(Hons), Sligo Regional Hospital, Sligo. Dr Andrew Hodgson, MB, BS, BSc (Hons), FRCPI, FFPath, FRCPath. Written by Karen Mas-Mollinedo… read more.

Higher BMI associated with 10 common cancers

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 24 Sep 2014

by Thomas R. Collins – After evaluating data on 5 million adults in the UK, researchers concluded that an increasing body mass index (BMI) raises the odds of… read more.

WTC Report 2014: Are the early quality of life benefits sustained long-term after liver transplantation? A 10-year longitudinal diagnosis stratified evaluation

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 8 Sep 2014

By Vincent H Karam et al, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France. Liver transplantation is associated with consistent improvements in quality of life in the first three years after… read more.

ITLS 2014: Liver transplantation – aspiring to excellence: Current challenges and cutting edge developments

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 6 Aug 2014

Report from the Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE 2014. Recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after transplantation is a major challenge for centres all… read more.

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

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 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.

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