Simple, no-cost computer changes can affect the number of opioid pills prescribed to patients, according to a new UC San Francisco study. Researchers found that when default settings, showing a […]
» Read moreIn 2017 a paper was published asserting that intravenous vitamin C given to patients with sepsis was literally a life saver. Despite the study only looking at 47 subjects, the […]
» Read moreFrom the detection of functional brain changes that occur during Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a research team from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) has located a set of biomarkers that […]
» Read moreA new assessment of the Medicare Part D program based on a proposal from the West Health Policy Center finds that Medicare beneficiaries would save $29 billion if drug manufacturer […]
» Read moreResearchers at National Jewish Health and around the world report today that a three-drug combination of medications can improve lung function, reduce exacerbations and improve quality of life for people […]
» Read moreMedication prescribed for a certain type of epilepsy may offer a new method for treating malignant infantile brain tumors. A specific mTOR inhibitor has the ability to cross the blood-brain […]
» Read moreA secondary analysis of the NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-RTOG 0424, which initially reported a 73.1% 3-year overall survival rate, shows a decline in neurocognitive function (NCF) for half of […]
» Read more(HealthDay)—Few eligible patients receive prescriptions for weight-loss medications, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in Obesity. David R. Saxon, M.D., from the University of Colorado in Aurora, and […]
» Read moreHalf of older Americans got help from the infection-fighting power of antibiotics in the past two years, a new poll finds, but a sizable minority didn’t follow the instructions on […]
» Read more(HealthDay)—In a head-to-head study of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, spironolactone was found to be noninferior to eplerenone for slowing the progression of heart damage in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), […]
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