Guidelines
Guidelines to enable cannabis users to reduce health risks
Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, based on a scientific review by an international team of experts and released with the endorsement of key medical and public health organisations, provide 10 science-based recommendations to enable...Recommendations on use drug testing and treatment of SUDs
A new Consensus Document from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on the use of drug testing for identification, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients with or at risk for...FDA issues safety alert for Canagliflozin over amputation risk
Based on new data from two large clinical trials, the US Food and Drug Administration has concluded that Johnson & Johnson’s type 2 diabetes medicine canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) causes an increased risk of leg and foot...CDC recommendation on Vaxchora for adult travel
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends Vaxchora, the only vaccine available in the US for active immunisation against cholera, for use in adults to any area of active cholera transmission. The recommendation states...CDC recommendations to prevent surgical site infections
Good patient and environmental hygiene and judicious use of antimicrobial therapy form the basis of new recommendations issued by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for preventing surgical site infections. Patients should shower...EASL guidelines for the management of HBV infection revised
The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) presented revised clinical practice guidelines for the management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection – the first update since 2012 – during a special session at its International Liver...Multiple US guidelines on statins create confusion
More than 9m people in the US may miss out on the preventative effect of statins, if doctors choose one set of medical guidelines over another. Reuters Health reports that according to a study, that's because the government-backed US Preventive...BP should be used to screen for pre-eclampsia
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women with blood pressure measurements throughout pregnancy. This is a B recommendation, which in this case indicates that there is moderate certainty...Study backs guidelines for meds to treat diabetic neuropathy pain
For the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy pain (DPN), certain antidepressants and anticonvulsants ranked best, according to a systematic review, reports MedPage Today. The findings by lead author Dr Julie M Waldfogel, of Johns Hopkins...Not enough evidence for guidance on celiac disease testing
There is not enough evidence to encourage or discourage doctors from testing all their patients for celiac disease, according to a US government-backed panel. Even when close relatives have been diagnosed with the autoimmune condition, there isn't...
Conflicting guidelines on care for cancer survivors
March 22nd, 2017 Treatment guidelines on care for survivors of the most common cancers often lack specifics or offer conflicting advice about when or how often to do certain tests, a review of recent recommendations has found. Researchers examined cancer...New guidelines not recommending statins for African Americans
Approximately one in four African American individuals recommended for statin therapy under guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association are no longer recommended for statin therapy under guidelines from the US...WHO guidelines on a woman-centred approach to healthcare
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched the Consolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV, which takes a woman-centred approach throughout to effectively address and represent the needs of...Updated ASTRO clinical guidelines
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published an updated clinical guideline that underscores the safety and effectiveness of palliative radiation therapy (RT) for treating painful bone metastases. Based on recent clinical trial...
New evidence-based treatment guidelines for lower back pain
February 22nd, 2017 The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based clinical practice guideline that physicians and patients should treat acute or subacute low back pain with non-drug therapies such as superficial heat, massage, acupuncture, or...