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Hot flashes in younger women may signal cardiac risk

Posted on: 14/03/2015 - 17:50

For women in midlife, an earlier age of onset of vasomotor symptoms – hot flashes and night sweats – was linked to impaired endothelial function, ... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Diet’s link to RA risk centers on alcohol, fish, sugar consumption

Posted on: 11/03/2015 - 19:01

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Moderate alcohol intake and fish consumption are the two dietary factors supported by the strongest epidemiologic evidence for a p... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Randomized trial assesses behavioral weight loss as migraine treatment

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 22:33

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. - The first randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss as a treatment for migraine in women is underway, with results expected in mid-2016. The trial “provides an...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Ospemifene’s effect more comprehensive than its FDA indication

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 21:52

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Ospemifene, a treatment for dyspareunia in postmenopausal women, also improved other symptoms of vaginal vulvar atrophy, according to a secondary analysis of two pivotal phase...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Simple risk score predicts dementia risk in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 20:44

BERLIN – The first-ever dementia risk score designed specifically for patients with type 2 diabetes has successfully undergone external validation and is ready for everyday use by clinicians, Rachel...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Radioactive iodine may boost survival in papillary thyroid cancer

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 20:30

CORONADO, CALIF. – The use of radioactive iodine in patients with papillary thyroid cancer showed a small but statistically significant survival benefit for all tumor size categories, a long-term...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Obesity, diabetes spur on group A strep infections

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 18:50

PHILADELPHIA – Obesity and diabetes are independent risk factors for invasive group A Streptococcus infections, with the highest risk among those with diabetes and morbid obesity. The...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Ovarian aging may be tip-off on cardiovascular risk

Posted on: 28/10/2014 - 15:45

HONOLULU – Women with greater ovarian reserve had lower cardiovascular risk in a prospective study of 1,092 healthy, ovulating women aged 25-45 years, 250 of whom were followed for 3-5...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Is the FDA’s black box on estrogen too ‘alarming’?

Posted on: 18/10/2014 - 18:22

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Does the Food and Drug Administration’s black-box warning on estrogen contribute to noncompliance – or worse, to clinicians being unwilling to prescribe estrogen treatments –...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Biomarker predicts bone loss in premenopausal breast cancer patients

Posted on: 03/10/2014 - 19:17

CHICAGO – A premenopausal breast cancer patient’s follicle-stimulating hormone level upon completion of chemotherapy predicts her risk of bone loss during the ensuing 12 months, Dr. Laila S....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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