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Novel oral prophylaxis tames hereditary angioedema

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 18:13

AMSTERDAM – A targeted oral medication for the prevention of potentially life-threatening episodes of hereditary angioedema produced a clinically meaningful reduction in attack frequency in a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Surprising new findings on hypertension in elderly blacks

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 17:56

CHICAGO– Older black Americans are more likely to have hypertension and less likely to have it under control than are their white counterparts, yet paradoxically they are also on more...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Dextromethorphan/quinidine mix quells Alzheimer’s anxiety, aggression

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 16:56

PHILADELPHIA – A combination drug of dextromethorphan and quinidine significantly reduced aggression and agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Associated with those improvements were...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Idalopirdine/donepezil combo boosts cognition in Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 16:10

PHILADELPHIA – An investigational 5-HT6 inhibitor in combination with donepezil significantly boosted cognition in patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease and has advanced into three...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Commentary: Managing major neurocognitive disorder in African Americans

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 14:17

The Alzheimer’s Association suggests that major neurocognitive disorder (formerly known as dementia) caused by Alzheimer’s disease is a “silent epidemic” in African Americans, noting that the <a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Men on androgen deprivation therapy not getting bisphosphonates

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 21:00

The rate of prescribing bisphosphonates to protect the bone health of prostate cancer patients taking androgen deprivation therapy is extremely low in Ontario, even among those at high risk of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Proposed criteria for lung cancer screening with LDCT may not be most efficient

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 19:00

Criteria recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the coverage of lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography may not be the most efficient way to screen...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Abortion rates reach historic low in 2011

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 17:04

The total number of abortions, the rate of abortions per 1,000 women, and the ratio of abortions to live births all reached historic lows in 2011, according to a study published in Morbidity and...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Monitoring current threats: ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR), week 48/201401 Dec 2014

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 23:37

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report is a weekly bulletin intended for epidemiologists and health professionals in the area of communicable disease prevention and control. -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Diabetes in midlife raises dementia risk

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 22:00

Adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes in midlife had greater cognitive decline over the next 20 years than did people without diabetes, according to the findings from a large prospective cohort...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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