Ireland and US E-Cig poisoning on the rise
‘The jury is still out on e-cigarettes. They are likely to prove less harmful than tobacco, however they can potentially become a gateway drug to smoking tobacco, due… read more.
‘The jury is still out on e-cigarettes. They are likely to prove less harmful than tobacco, however they can potentially become a gateway drug to smoking tobacco, due… read more.
Results of a new trial of treatments for chronic whiplash pain, published in The Lancet, suggest that expensive, intense physiotherapy sessions do not show any additional benefit over… read more.
Twenty percent of adults who have tonsillectomies will have a complication, which is significantly higher than previously shown, according to a team of researchers. The team also found… read more.
Twenty percent of adults who have tonsillectomies will have a complication, which is significantly higher than previously shown, according to a team of researchers. The team also found… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – On March 29, 2014, investigators presented results from three separate evolocumab trials at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting/ACC2014. Evolocumab is a human… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Post non-cardiac surgery treatment with low-dose clonidine increased rates of clinically important hypotension and non-fatal cardiac arrest, researchers from the POISE-2 trial have reported.
2000 LIVES COULD BE SAVED ANNUALLY WITH ALL-ISLAND SMOKY COAL BAN
by Bruce Sylvester – Severe aortic stenosis patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a self-expanding bioprosthesis have achieved a significantly higher rate of survival at one… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – For managing uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in obese patients, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are each more effective than intensive medical therapy alone.
Application of U.S. and European cholesterol guidelines to a European population found that proportions of individuals eligible for statins differed substantially, with one U.S. guideline recommending statins for… read more.
Among patients undergoing aortic valve replacement using a catheter tube, a comparison of two types of heart valve technologies, balloon-expandable or self-expandable valve systems, found a greater rate… read more.
The connection between being underweight and the higher risk of dying is true for both adults and foetuses. Being underweight puts people at highest risk of dying, just… read more.
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