Smoking cessation drugs do not increase suicide/self-harm risk
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the BMJ – British Medical Journal – Patients prescribed the smoking cessation drugs varenicline and buproprian are not at an increased risk… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the BMJ – British Medical Journal – Patients prescribed the smoking cessation drugs varenicline and buproprian are not at an increased risk… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from The Lancet – An investigative, single-pill combination drug shows efficacy for treating patients with the most difficult-to-treat types of hepatitis C, researchers… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from JAMA – Journal of the American Medical Association – A retrospective analysis of data on Danish women exposed to the nausea medication… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) – Addition of nab-paclitaxel to gemcitabine for treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer has resulted in… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Cholesterol lowering statin therapy appears to also reduce inflammation associated with gum disease, researchers reported on Oct. 2, 2013 in the Journal of the American… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – A newly published meta-analysis suggests that influenza vaccination lowers the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events like heart failure or hospitalization for heart attack,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – A new meta-analysis of clinical trials evaluating the use of statin medications to prevent heart attacks suggests that the drugs do not threaten short-term… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Investigators suggest caution in prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to high-risk patients such as pneumonia survivors, after their research shows a twofold risk for repeat infection.
by Bruce Sylvester – Research presented on September 26, 2013 the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain, indicates that type 2… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Alogliptin treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and with high cardiovascular risk due to recent acute coronary syndromes has led to similar rates… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that, after a decade when prescription opioid use has grown dramatically, identification and treatment of pain has not improved, and, notably, the… 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 Medicine/NEJM indicates… read more.
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