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Inadequate weight gain ups preterm birth risk in twin pregnancies

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:00

Women with twin pregnancies who have inadequate gestational weight gain during the second trimester have a more than twofold increase in the risk of preterm birth before 32 weeks, compared with those...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Topical lidocaine reduces menopausal dyspareunia

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:00

Applying topical liquid lidocaine to the vulvar vestibule prior to penetration allows for comfortable intercourse in breast cancer survivors with severe menopausal dyspareunia, according to findings...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Avoid these seven risk factors and slash Alzheimer’s risk

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 20:40

ORLANDO – Up to half of all cases of Alzheimer’s disease are attributable to seven modifiable risk factors – including depression, Dr. Kristine Yaffe asserted in her 2014 AAGP Distinguished Scientist...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Medicare asks experts to weigh in on low-dose CT lung cancer screening

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 13:00

Should Medicare pay for low-dose computed tomography to screen certain patients for lung cancer? A panel of expert advisers will meet April 30 to review the evidence and make a recommendation. The...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

CDC: Vaccines prevent millions of illnesses, but measles makes a return

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 23:10

Vaccines will prevent an estimated 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations, and 732,000 premature deaths during the lifetimes of children born during the two decades after the Vaccines for...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

FDA proposes to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 22:30

The Food and Drug Administration’s long-awaited proposal to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products as if they were cigarettes does not go far enough to protect the public, and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Statin users eat more, gain more weight during 1999-2010

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 21:00

U.S. adults who take statins consumed 14.4% more fat and 9.6% more calories in 1999-2000 than a decade earlier, while the prevalence of statin use more than doubled during that time, investigators...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Simeprevir and sofosbuvir combo offers high SVR rates

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 19:10

LONDON – Cure rates of 93%-100% were achieved in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 treated with both simeprevir and sofosbuvir despite the presence of advanced cirrhosis in a phase...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Geriatric depression, pain respond to various drugs

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 17:35

ORLANDO – Duloxetine for the treatment of late-life depression missed its primary end point in a recent large randomized trial, but it did result in consistently significant clinical improvement,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Adding empagliflozin to metformin improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 17:10

Empagliflozin was associated with dose-dependent improvements in glycemic control and weight when added to metformin in adults with type 2 diabetes, according to researchers. <link...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

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