Skimpy, skipped breakfasts associated with plaque in Spanish study by Nicole Lou, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today October 02, 2017 Action Points • Skipping breakfast was associated with atherosclerotic buildup in a Spanish study, with light breakfasts also tied to subclinical plaque formation. [...]
Recent advances have made the technology more useful for planning surgery and creating drugs By Aili McConnon – Wall Street Journal - Updated Sept. 12, 2017 A year ago, an 11-year-old girl named London Secor had surgery at the Mayo Clinic [...]
Latest app has kick-counter, contraction timer built-in by Douglas Maurer DO, MPH, FAAFP September 29, 2017 The app store is bursting with apps for pregnant patients. Which ones should we recommend? For years, the Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs Pregnancy Guide – [...]
Approved for use in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes by Kristen Monaco, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 28, 2017 WASHINGTON -- Abbott's FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System -- the first system that doesn't require fingerstick calibration -- [...]
Shared decision-making works well, but requires time by Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today September 26, 2017 WASHINGTON -- Paying doctors more for simply sitting and talking with their patients -- rather than basing payment more on quality measures -- would [...]
Following industry trends, the pharma giant creates a start-up by Damian Garde, STAT News September 26, 2017 There's a popular theory about the limitations of global pharma companies: For all their skyscrapers and strategy reviews and private jets, they're simply too [...]
Adjusting for it 'would be a step in the right direction' by Nicole Lou, Reporter, MedPage Today/CRTonline.org September 25, 2017 Current ways to risk-adjust heart failure mortality as a measure of hospital-level quality are insufficient, suggested a study showing that accounting [...]
Seized 100 web domains as part of international effort against counterfeit meds by Kristina Fiore, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today September 25, 2017 The FDA seized the website domains of nearly 100 online pharmacies -- including buyhydrocodoneonline.com and buyklonopin.com -- and [...]
19 deaths with obeticholic acid, many in patients receiving more than recommended dose by John Gever, Managing Editor, MedPage Today September 21, 2017 WASHINGTON -- In the 13 months after obeticholic acid (Ocaliva) was approved in May 2016, 19 patient deaths [...]
37% increase in events seen after discontinuation in Sweden by Larry Husten, CardioBrief September 25, 2017 People who quit taking aspirin have an increased risk for a cardiovascular event, a large national registry has shown. The use of aspirin for primary [...]