August 5th, 2020Because of modern medicine, baby boomers were set to be the longest living generation ever, writes Bruce Horovitz for Kaiser Health News. Then came COVID-19 and totally...
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have published the results from the first randomised clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine for the post-exposure...
November 20th, 2019
Many patients with severe but stable heart disease who routinely undergo stenting would do as well by just taking medications and making lifestyle changes, writes...
October 23rd, 2019
Blood pressure medication may confer a larger benefit if taken at night, rather than in the morning. A “robust” Spanish study of more than 19,000 patients...
July 31st, 2019In an analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that almost no vitamin, mineral and other...
February 20th, 2019Physiological age is a better predictor of survival than chronological age, even after adjusting for sex, smoking, body mass index, statin use, diabetes, hypertension,...
Most patients who report having a penicillin allergy are not really allergic to this highly effective antibiotic, and they may be missing out on the best treatment for...Weekly Roundup
A small biotech company has a shot at shaking up a market roosted by giants, moving toward approval with a pill it believes can lower bad cholesterol at a discount to...
September 5th, 2018Heart attacks are usually caused by inflamed plaques in the coronary artery causing an abrupt blockage of blood getting to the heart. The challenge for doctors is...
Results from a clinical trial of more than 250 participants with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) revealed that ibudilast was better than a placebo in slowing brain...
