ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Nearly two-thirds of the accidental overdose deaths in one state were associated with the use of pharmaceuticals prescribed for someone else, researchers reported here.
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A systematic review shows that in patients with asthma receiving corticosteroids, adding long-acting beta-agonists does not increase the risk for asthma-related hospitalizations. Medscape Medical News
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Important studies presented at the meeting include reports on the effects of statins on inflammation, studies showing no apparent benefit of exercise or RAS inhibition in heart failure, a randomized trial suggesting that getting LDL as low as possible with high-dose statins does not provide additional benefits over standard dose statins, and many more. [...]
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (MedPage Today) — Clinical trial participants don’t usually find out the results of studies in which they participate, but they like it when they do, researchers reported here.
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(Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes are four times more likely to have abnormal glucose levels compared to other overweight children. Because abnormal glucose levels may indicate risk for diabetes or diabetes itself, these children could benefit from screening tests and diabetes prevention education.
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(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A new University of Illinois study suggests that we may pay a price for ingesting too much fructose. According to lead author Manabu Nakamura, dietary fructose affects a wide range of genes in the liver that had not previously been identified.
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(American College of Medical Genetics) Carrier screening for SMA — a serious genetic disease affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 infants that causes progressive muscle weakness and death — should be made available to all families, according to a new guideline issued by the American College of Medical Genetics. SMA meets criteria for population-based genetics [...]
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(University of Cincinnati) A University of Cincinnati neurosurgeon who has spent his career helping people with severe spine problems stand up straight has spearheaded the creation of a new spinal deformity classification system.
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(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A new study from the Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Psychiatry in the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows that smokers who carry a particular version of a gene for an enzyme that regulates dopamine in the brain may suffer from concentration problems and other cognitive deficits [...]
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(New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College) Preliminary results of a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of pralatrexate, a drug that partially works by mimicking folic acid, showed a complete or partial response in 27 percent of patients with recurrent or resistant peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
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