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Consider facet joint OA in older patients with low back pain

Posted on: 28/05/2014 - 18:20

DESTIN, FLA. – Facet joint osteoarthritis likely accounts for much of what is classified as "nonspecific" low back pain, according to Dr. Alfred C. Gellhorn. "Amazingly – and I think...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Posaconazole disappoints against chronic Chagas’ disease

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 15:10

The ergosterol-synthesis inhibitor posaconazole proved ineffective at eliminating Trypanosoma cruzi DNA from the blood of patients with chronic Chagas’ disease, according to a report published...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Posaconazole disappoints against chronic Chagas’ disease

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 15:10

The ergosterol-synthesis inhibitor posaconazole proved ineffective at eliminating Trypanosoma cruzi DNA from the blood of patients with chronic Chagas’ disease, according to a report published...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Amyloid deposition may be aggravated in small-vessel disease

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 21:00

Cerebral vascular damage from small-vessel disease appears to aggravate the deposition of amyloid, particularly in patients carrying the apolipoprotein E e4 genotype, according to a report published...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Coronary artery calcification can guide aspirin therapy

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 21:00

The benefits of aspirin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease outweigh the risks in patients who have coronary artery calcification scores of 100 or more, while the opposite is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 20:40

ORLANDO – Up to half of all cases of Alzheimer’s disease are attributable to seven modifiable risk factors – including depression, Dr. Kristine Yaffe asserted in her 2014 AAGP Distinguished Scientist...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

MCI confers increased risk of death

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 21:00

Patients with mild cognitive impairment were 80% more likely to die over a 6-year period than cognitively normal patients. The risks were significantly elevated for both patients with amnestic and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

A fib–associated stroke jumped 42% in 2000s

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 19:57

WASHINGTON – A third more Americans were hospitalized for ischemic stroke in 2010 than 7 years before, and the incidence of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation grew even more sharply, up by...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Pulsatile tinnitus looms large in fibromuscular dysplasia

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 20:30

WASHINGTON – Think cerebrovascular fibromuscular dysplasia in a middle-aged woman who presents with a complaint of pulsatile tinnitus. That’s the take-home message from a new analysis of the <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Insertable monitor reveals AF in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 18:50

WASHINGTON – Continuous cardiac monitoring via Medtronic’s insertable REVEAL XT device resulted in detection of atrial fibrillation in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients at 36 months of follow-up in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Consider facet joint OA in older patients with low back pain

Posaconazole disappoints against chronic Chagas’ disease

Posaconazole disappoints against chronic Chagas’ disease

Amyloid deposition may be aggravated in small-vessel disease

Coronary artery calcification can guide aspirin therapy

Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk

MCI confers increased risk of death

A fib–associated stroke jumped 42% in 2000s

Pulsatile tinnitus looms large in fibromuscular dysplasia

Insertable monitor reveals AF in 30% of cryptogenic stroke patients

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