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Hormonal birth control linked to gestational diabetes

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 22:15

Missouri women who used hormonal birth control were 1.4 times more likely to develop gestational diabetes, compared with those who used no birth control, according to a first-in-kind study published...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Oncology hospitalist field is small, but growing

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 21:10

Have you met an oncology hospitalist yet? If you haven’t, you probably will soon. The latest offshoot of hospital medicine aims to take all the strengths of the hospitalist movement – increased...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Many dementia patients have guns at home

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 18:55

COPENHAGEN – More than 1 in 10 community-dwelling dementia patients had firearms in their homes, and many of those patients suffered from delusions, hallucinations, or depression, a study of nearly...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

New agent builds bone bigger, faster

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 15:50

CHICAGO – Abaloparatide, a synthetic analog of human parathyroid hormone–related peptide, displayed jaw-dropping superiority to teriparatide in boosting bone mineral density at multiple anatomic...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

New agent builds bone bigger, faster

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 15:50

CHICAGO – Abaloparatide, a synthetic analog of human parathyroid hormone–related peptide, displayed jaw-dropping superiority to teriparatide in boosting bone mineral density at multiple anatomic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Telecare intervention lessens chronic joint pain

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 21:05

A telecare intervention within the primary care practice setting elicited clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in long-standing chronic joint and other musculoskeletal...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Fractures increased with two diabetes drugs

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 18:40

SAN FRANCISCO – Adults who started taking sulfonylurea drugs for diabetes were 9% more likely to develop fractures within 5 years, and patients starting thiazolidinediones were 9% more likely to have...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

Cerebral microbleeds’ depth may reveal dementia type

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 22:05

COPENHAGEN – The location of cerebral microbleeds appears to be strongly associated with dementia subtypes, perhaps reflecting the disorders’ underlying pathologies. "This regional association...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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