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Latest studies fine-tune ACC/AHA dietary guidelines

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 14:50

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Recent large studies validate and fine-tune the 2013 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines on diet and lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Citalopram improves agitation in Alzheimer’s patients but has cardiac risks

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 21:00

Daily oral citalopram improved agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and reduced caregiver stress but was associated with a higher rate of cardiac adverse effects than was placebo at the...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

ACC highlights noninvasive cardiovascular imaging issues

Posted on: 17/02/2014 - 20:30

Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in U.S. medical practice today raises two policy challenges, according to a statement released on Feb. 17 by the American College of Cardiology and 13 collaborating...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Annual mammography at age 40-59 provides no survival benefit

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 20:55

Annual mammography in women aged 40 to 59 years was no more effective than was physical examination or usual care for reducing breast cancer mortality when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Annual mammography at age 40-59 provides no survival benefit

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 20:55

Annual mammography in women aged 40 to 59 years was no more effective than was physical examination or usual care for reducing breast cancer mortality when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Suppressing interpregnancy HIV prevents infant transmission

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 17:55

NEW ORLEANS – There were no cases of HIV transmission to infants born of a second pregnancy to mothers who maintained viral suppression between their two pregnancies, a study showed. In a...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Suppressing interpregnancy HIV prevents infant transmission

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 17:55

NEW ORLEANS – There were no cases of HIV transmission to infants born of a second pregnancy to mothers who maintained viral suppression between their two pregnancies, a study showed. In a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

NIH and pharma partner on RA, lupus, diabetes, Alzheimer’s research

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 15:35

The National Institutes of Health, 10 biopharmaceutical companies, and several nonprofit organizations have partnered to transform the current model for identifying and validating the most promising...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Pancytopenia warning added to label of hepatitis C drug boceprevir

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 21:55

A warning about cases of pancytopenia linked to the use of the oral hepatitis C antiviral drug boceprevir has been added to the drug’s label, the Food and Drug Administration has announced. There...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Pancytopenia warning added to label of hepatitis C drug boceprevir

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 21:55

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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