Longer work week linked to increase in stroke risk
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons who work over 55 hours per week have a 33% increased risk of stroke and a 13% increased risk of developing coronary heart disease… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons who work over 55 hours per week have a 33% increased risk of stroke and a 13% increased risk of developing coronary heart disease… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons with type 1 diabetes and who use an insulin pump have achieved half the mortality risk from cardiovascular disease compared to take those multiple… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency is waging a fierce battle against the EU’s own employment court over the controversial 2011 appointment of its former Executive Director.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency wants to get new medicines to patients quicker where there is a clear unmet medical need. The move could also see… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency’s influential Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has given the green light for ten new medicines, as well as… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Among patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, chemotherapy with docetaxel at the start of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has resulted in an increased survival of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment of diabetes with pioglitazone does not appear to be related to an increased risk of bladder cancer, researchers from an analysis including nearly 200,000… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Oral contraceptive use appears to provide long-term protection against endometrial cancer, researchers reported on August 4, 2015 in The Lancet Oncology.
by Bruce Sylvester: A retrospective analysis of data on more than 83,000 US veterans showed that men whose low testosterone was restored to normal achieved a reduced risk… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Corticosteroid therapy appears to benefit patients with pneumonia, researchers reported online on August 10, 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
by Bruce Sylvester: Aspirin use might slow progression of early emphysema, researchers reported on May 17, 2015 at American Thoracic Society International Conference.
by Bruce Sylvester: Seniors with migraines who smoke appear to be at an increased risk of stroke, researchers reported on July 22, 2015 in Neurology.
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