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New omega-3-fatty acid approved for severe hypertriglyceridemia

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 19:55

Another omega-3 fatty acid formulation – omega-3-carboxylic acids – has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating adults with severe hypertriglyceridemia, the manufacturer,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Women’s Health Initiative study netted $37 billion in savings

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 22:00

The massive Women’s Health Initiative estrogen plus progestin clinical trial netted more than $37 billion in savings in the 10 years after it was published, largely by curtailing postmenopausal...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Yearly monitoring does not predict fractures after bisphosphonate cessation

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 21:00

Fracture risk in women who discontinue therapy with bisphosphonates can be assessed by measuring bone mineral density at the time of discontinuation, but subsequent frequent monitoring appears to...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:45

CHICAGO – Patients with hypothyroidism who needed higher doses of levothyroxine were more likely to have celiac disease, according to a study released at the annual Digestive Disease Week. In a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: When to screen for celiac disease in hypothyroidism

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 20:45

CHICAGO – Patients with hypothyroidism who needed higher doses of levothyroxine were more likely to have celiac disease, according to a study released at the annual Digestive Disease Week. In a...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Salt targets could reduce cardiovascular disease burden and health expenditures

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 15:01

MELBOURNE – Reducing salt intake to less than 5 g/day could reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease by 11% and significantly decrease out-of-pocket health expenditures, particularly among...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery improved liver histopathology in NAFLD

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:15

CHICAGO – Grade 2 or 3 hepatic fibrosis in the setting of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease resolved or improved in 56% of affected patients following their bariatric surgery for severe obesity,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vitamin D deficiency predicts aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:05

Among African American men with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels or abnormal findings on digital rectal examination of the prostate, biopsies are more likely to detect prostate cancer in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Statin users eat more, gain more weight during 1999-2010

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 21:00

U.S. adults who take statins consumed 14.4% more fat and 9.6% more calories in 1999-2000 than a decade earlier, while the prevalence of statin use more than doubled during that time, investigators...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Adding empagliflozin to metformin improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 17:10

Empagliflozin was associated with dose-dependent improvements in glycemic control and weight when added to metformin in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to researchers. <link...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

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