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Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:00

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:00

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

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

Some providers quicker to tube feed end-of-life elderly

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 17:00

Hospitalists who care for dementia patients near the end of life are much less likely to introduce a feeding tube than other physicians who follow such patients. Compared with nonhospital...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Obeticholic acid shows promise in primary biliary cirrhosis

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 15:35

LONDON – Obeticholic acid significantly reduced key liver enzyme and bilirubin levels in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis in a phase III trial. Results of <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Stopping biologics in RA remission remains uncertain

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 14:00

Once a rheumatoid arthritis patient maintains relatively long-term remission on a regimen that combines a synthetic and a biologic disease-modifying drug, temptation mounts to try withdrawing one of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Chinese herbal remedy found noninferior to methotrexate in RA patients

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:30

A traditional Chinese herbal remedy used to treat joint pain, fever, edema, and local inflammation was found noninferior to methotrexate for controlling active rheumatoid arthritis in an open-label,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Diabetes prevalence increases, but so does diabetes control

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 22:00

The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the United States rose significantly from 1988 to 2010, jumping from 6% to 10%. Prediabetes doubled in prevalence over the same time period, from 6% to 12%,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Intervention manages cardiac patients with depression, anxiety

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 21:00

A low-intensity intervention aimed at managing cardiac patients who have concomitant depression or anxiety improved mental-health–related quality of life when compared with usual care, according to a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

First ASCO survivor care guidelines tackle fatigue, anxiety/depression, neuropathy

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 21:00

The American Society of Clinical Oncology has issued three new practice guidelines related to fatigue; anxiety and depression; and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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