Altered Gut Microbiome Seen in Patients With Active Lupus
Patients with lupus had fivefold greater representation of Ruminococcus gnavus
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Month: February 2019
Deep Learning-Enhanced Device Detects Diabetic Retinopathy
Device sensitivity/specificity 100/97.8 percent for vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy
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Morning Exercise Linked to BP Reduction in Sedentary Seniors
Additional reduction seen in average systolic BP with combination of morning exercise and regular breaks
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Plazomicin Noninferior to Meropenem for Complicated UTI
In second study, plazomicin may be beneficial for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections
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Experimental Test May Quickly Diagnose Sepsis
Microelectrode device analyzes a patient’s blood, provides results in as quickly as 2.5 minutes
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New Kaiser Permanente Medical School Plans to Waive Tuition
School will waive all tuition for the full four years of school for its first five classes
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FDA Head Says Feds May Intervene to Cut Vaccine Exemptions
If states do not change lax vaccine laws, federal authorities may be forced to take action
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Climate change could raise risk of congenital heart defects
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) – More babies could be born with heart defects in the...
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Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be less...
Read MoreMeasles outbreak in Canada’s British Columbia province affects 9
By Tyler Choi TORONTO (Reuters) – A measles outbreak in Vancouver that has infected nine individuals since Feb. 15 has led officials in the western Canadian city to urge the unvaccinated and under-vaccinated to be...
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Merck’s Keytruda fails late-stage study in liver cancer patients
(Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc’s cancer drug Keytruda failed a late-stage...
Read MoreCommon yeast infection pill tied to miscarriages
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who take fluconazole, an oral antifungal used to treat vaginal yeast infections, may be more likely to have miscarriages than women who don’t take this pill during...
Read MoreJoining a clinical trial is too hard for many cancer patients
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Only a small fraction of cancer patients volunteer for clinical trials. The reason, a new study suggests, is not that they don’t want to, but that the system makes it too hard....
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U.S. top court rejects bid to block Indivior opioid drug copycat
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to Indivior Plc...
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U.S. top court rejects Maryland bid to revive drug price-gouging law
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected...
Read MoreIntercept’s fatty liver drug meets late-stage main goal, shares soar
By Ankur Banerjee and Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday its treatment in patients with a progressive fatty liver disease showed an improvement in scarring on the organ, taking the drug...
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Global Burden of Tuberculosis: Are We Making Any Improvements?
The following was originally posted by PW blogger Kelly Cawcutt, MD, to the University of Nebraska...
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Philippines revokes Sanofi’s product license for dengue vaccine
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has permanently halted the sale, distribution and...
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Pfizer-Lilly drug shown to help reduce back pain in late-stage trial
(Reuters) – A non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co succeeded...
Read MoreVietnam confirms first African swine fever cases on three farms
By Mai Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – African swine fever has been detected on three farms in Vietnam, authorities said on Tuesday, the first confirmed cases of the highly contagious disease in the Southeast Asia country. All...
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