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Treatment deteriorates giant cell arteritis imaging sensitivity – News-Medical.Net
Patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA) should undergo imaging before or as soon as possible after treatment has started to minimize the chance of a false-negative result, advise German researchers. The team found that corticosteroid … Bing News – … Continue reading
Poor vaccine uptake blamed for polio rise in Pakistan, Afghanistan – News-Medical.Net
The number of cases of poliomyelitis per year in Pakistan and Afghanistan has more than doubled since 2006 despite improvements in available vaccine efficacy, show study findings in The Lancet. The researchers found that there was a correlation … Bing … Continue reading
Obese women draw the hypertension short straw – News-Medical.Net
The associations of obesity with prehypertension and hypertension are stronger in women than men, a study suggests. The study showed that in men and women, crude and adjusted odds ratios for prehypertension and hypertension in participants with … Bing News … Continue reading
Gene transfer technique eliminates specific neural circuit linked to Parkinson’s disease – News-Medical.Net
Success in applying the technique to the basal ganglia, a brain region that is involved in movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease In the brains of humans and non-human primates, over 100 billion nerve cells build up complicated neural … … Continue reading
Lead 8A analog can treat osteosarcoma in children – News-Medical.Net
The new funding will allow Dr. Lin’s team to develop two additional 8A analogs that would further increase STAT3 binding, while retaining the drug properties of celecoxib. The team will then test all three versions in human and canine … … Continue reading
Guideline update for infective endocarditis successful – News-Medical.Net
The incidence of infective endocarditis did not increase after American guidelines for antibiotic use before dental procedures were updated in 2007, a report in Circulation shows. The national annual infective endocarditis diagnosis rates … Bing News – Full Story →
Cordoning off of lipids of the liver helps manage insulin resistance in the body – News-Medical.Net
A Penn research team, led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, reports in Nature Medicine that mice in which an enzyme called … … Continue reading
CAM therapies plus usual care can improve outcomes in low back pain patients – News-Medical.Net
Nearly 8 of 10 Americans will experience lower back pain at some time in their lives. Persistent low back pain is a common, incapacitating, costly, and difficult to treat condition. Many patients might benefit significantly from an … Bing News … Continue reading
FDA clears CooperVision’s Avaira Toric contact lenses for astigmatism – News-Medical.Net
CooperVision, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a Special 510(k) clearance for CooperVision’s Avaira® Toric two-week silicone hydrogel contact lenses for astigmatism. Avaira® Toric highlights … Bing News – Full Story →
Beating coronary artery bypass surgery may carry an increased likelihood of death – News-Medical.Net
Coronary artery bypass surgery performed whilst the heart is still beating may carry an increased likelihood of death, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers. The researchers suggest beating heart surgery should not be … Bing News – Full … Continue reading
