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Increased Alzheimer’s risk with long-term benzodiazepine use

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 20:59

BERLIN – Chronic use of benzodiazepines by elderly patients is associated with a 43%-51% increased risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 5-10 years later, according to a large case-control...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Dabigatran raises major bleeding risk

Posted on: 03/11/2014 - 21:00

Dabigatran significantly raises the risk of major bleeding and gastrointestinal bleeding across all subgroups of patients with atrial fibrillation, and particularly in African Americans and patients...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Brain changes identified in chronic fatigue syndrome

Posted on: 29/10/2014 - 04:01

Imaging to assess brain microstructure identified increased fractional anisotropy in the anterior right arcuate fasciculus of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, which was not present in age- and...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ACR 2010 criteria for fibromyalgia critiqued

Posted on: 22/10/2014 - 17:42

Both the American College of Rheumatology 2010 criteria for diagnosing fibromyalgia and its modified version had “unsatisfactory” sensitivity and specificity in identifying the disorder in the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FDA approves new abuse-prevention labeling for extended-release Embeda

Posted on: 18/10/2014 - 16:57

The Food and Drug Administration has approved new labeling for the opioid analgesic Embeda to include information about the drug’s abuse-preventive properties, the agency announced Oct. 17. The...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Vitamin D deficiency associated with Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 17/10/2014 - 18:06

Our relationship with vitamins and supplements may be approach-avoidance. On one hand, if they are beneficial and patients are motivated to take them, we do not complain. This is likely a marker of...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Maternal weight before pregnancy linked to children’s cognition

Posted on: 10/10/2014 - 13:46

VIENNA – By age 4 years, the children of women who were overweight or obese before their pregnancy scored 3-4 points below normal on measures of neurocognitive development. The children showed...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Long-term benzodiazepine use may contribute to risk of Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 23:30

Benzodiazepine use for 3 months or more is associated with a significantly increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and longer exposure is associated with greater odds, according to...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Most advanced dementia patients get unnecessary meds

Posted on: 08/09/2014 - 21:00

Most nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive "medications of questionable benefit," given that they are terminally ill and that the goal of their care should be comfort rather...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Neuronal autoantibodies may contribute to hippocampal atrophy in SLE, Sjögren’s

Posted on: 26/08/2014 - 18:55

The presence of antibodies against the NR2 subtype of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor in cerebrospinal fluid had a significantly negative effect on the gray matter volume of the hippocampus of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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