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Say goodbye to ‘dementia’

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 18:50

ORLANDO – This May, the hallowed term "dementia" is supposed to be tossed onto the scrapheap of discarded psychiatric nomenclature, replaced by "major neurocognitive disorder."...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Glycerol phenylbutyrate reduces hepatic encephalopathy events in cirrhosis

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 15:35

Glycerol phenylbutyrate significantly reduced the number of cirrhosis patients experiencing hepatic encephalopathy and the time to first event, a phase II trial has shown. The randomized,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Group issues recommendations for genetic susceptibility testing for carbamazepine skin reactions

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 19:10

Genetic testing for alleles that affect histocompatibility should be the rule for patients who initiate the drug carbamazepine, according to new recommendations issued by the Canadian...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Transcranial ultrasound method outdoes echocardiography for finding PFO

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 17:00

SAN DIEGO – Transcranial Doppler saline studies were superior to transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosing a hole in the heart, according to a prospective study of patients who had a cryptogenic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

No new cardiovascular warnings needed for NSAIDs say FDA advisers

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 23:00

SILVER SPRING, MD. – There do not need to be major changes to the warning labels on prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, said a group of federal advisers on...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

NSAID makers argue against new warnings on CV risks

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 14:05

SILVER SPRING, MD. – Manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications said at a <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

West Nile virus has cost the United States nearly $800 million

Posted on: 10/02/2014 - 22:00

Since the West Nile virus was first detected in New York in 1999, hospitalized patients in the United States have cost an estimated $778.1 million in health care expenditures and lost productivity,...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Intensive BP, lipid control didn’t alter cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 21:00

Neither intensive blood pressure control nor intensive lipid management slowed cognitive decline in adults with long-standing type 2 diabetes. Additionally, after 40 months, patients in the ACCORD...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Intensive BP, lipid control didn’t alter cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 21:00

Neither intensive blood pressure control nor intensive lipid management slowed cognitive decline in adults with long-standing type 2 diabetes. Additionally, after 40 months, patients in the ACCORD...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

DDT metabolite may be associated with risk for Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 27/01/2014 - 21:00

A metabolite of the pesticide DDT – banned in the United States since 1972 – was associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in a small, case-control study. Levels of the chemical...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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