Elevated blood sugar tied to dementia, even without diabetes
‘Big 4’ Journal Highlights – New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – by Bruce Sylvester – Research published on Aug. 7, 2013 in the New England Journal of… read more.
‘Big 4’ Journal Highlights – New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) – by Bruce Sylvester – Research published on Aug. 7, 2013 in the New England Journal of… read more.
‘Big 4’ Journal Highlights – The Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – Opioid dependence leads in causing death and illness among all illicitly used drugs, researchers report. The… read more.
‘Big 4’ Journal Highlights – Journal of the American Medical (JAMA) – by Bruce Sylvester -Among patients with unfavorable treatment characteristics, treating chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype… read more.
‘Big 4’ Journal Highlights – British Medical Journal (BMJ) – by Bruce Sylvester – Children of obese mothers are more likely to die before age 55 than children… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that, in a double-blind trial involving clinically depressed patients who had not responded to at least three prior antidepressants, intravenous… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Treatment with the antipsycotic drug haloperidol does not reduce symptoms of delirium in critically ill patients, UK researchers report.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report from a phase I clinical trial report that diffuse, large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) resistant to chemotherapy have been successfully reprogrammed… read more.
FDA Highlights by Bruce Sylvester – Misoprostol vaginal insert used for labor induction has significantly reduced time to vaginal delivery compared with dinoprostone vaginal insert, researchers reported at… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Newly published research suggests that a derivative of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), found in over-the-counter fish oil supplements, might be used to effectively treat and… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – The combination of obesity and low vitamin D deficiency appears to cause a greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, researchers reported… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester – In a 3-decade study of adults recruited in the United States, researchers report positive correlations between durations of overall obesity and abdominal obesity and… read more.
By Bruce Sylvester – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is related to an increased risk of cerebral microbleeds, researchers from the Netherlands reported online on July 19, 2013… read more.