Type 2 Diabetes Risk Up With PCOS Regardless of BMI
PCOS one of most influential predictors of T2DM after adjustment for BMI, education, family history
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Month: February 2019
Value-Based Incentive Program Does Not Cut Catheter-Linked UTIs
VBIP implementation not linked with immediate changes or changes in trends for any outcome
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Omadacycline Noninferior to Moxifloxacin for Pneumonia
Second study shows noninferiority to linezolid for acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections
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Recommendations Updated for Tonsillectomy in Children
Strong recommendations presented against administering perioperative antibiotics, codeine after tonsillectomy
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EEG-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Cut Postop Delirium in Seniors
Significantly less median cumulative time found with EEG suppression in EEG-guided group vs. usual care
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Patient Tested for Ebola at Philadelphia Hospital
Testing was done out of ‘an abundance of caution’
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FDA Approves Cablivi for Rare Blood-Clotting Disorder
Drug approved to treat adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers introduces bill to fight high drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators re-introduced a bill on Tuesday...
Read MoreBreakfast may not help keep pounds off
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – The idea that skipping breakfast contributes to weight gain doesn’t mean that eating breakfast can help with weight loss, a research review suggests. Researchers examined data from...
Read MoreE-prescribing bounces back after hurricanes only if infrastructure does too
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – The e-prescription system bounced back quickly after two out of three major 2017 hurricanes, a new U.S. study finds. Recovery took much longer after the third, Hurricane Maria, most...
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U.S. jury orders Takeda to pay Bayer $155 million over hemophilia drug
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. jury has ordered Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s...
Read MoreWith self-compression, women suffer less and mammogram quality not at all
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – There are many reasons women dislike mammograms, chief among them the awkward and often painful process of having their breasts squashed by a technician into a machine that flattens them...
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Merck CEO Frazier to testify at Senate drug pricing hearing
By Michael Erman and Yasmeen Abutaleb NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. drugmaker Merck...
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease & Diabetes
Recent data suggest that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as a worldwide...
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WHO and vaccine group back ‘critical’ cervical cancer shots
(This Feb. 4 story corrects seventh para to say Merck’s Gardasil vaccine targets nine (not...
Read MoreU.S. hurricane response slower in Puerto Rico than in Florida, Texas: study
By Ankur Banerjee (Reuters Health) – The U.S. government’s response in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017 fell short of federal responses to other major storms that year, researchers say. The U.S. deployed...
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GSK pays up to $4.2 billion for Merck KGaA cancer immunotherapy
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline bolstered its cancer drug development...
Read MoreMost U.S. kids not meeting sleep, exercise and screen time targets
(This February 4 story corrects location in fourth paragraph to Houston) By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Just one in 20 U.S. children and teens gets the amount of sleep, exercise and screen time that doctors recommend...
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AstraZeneca’s infant respiratory drug prioritised in Europe, U.S.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s AstraZeneca said a potential medicine to prevent...
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EU health official slams Greek minister for defying smoking ban
ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top health official hit out at Greece’s...
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