December 2014

January 08, 2015

There have been some disappointing studies and contradictory recommendations on using statins to treat stroke. HCPLive's Gale Scott interviewed Koto Ishida, MD, medical director of the NYU Langone Comprehensive Stroke Care Center, about the implications for clinicians.

January 02, 2015

This month's issue of Internal Medicine World Report (IMWR) features another collection of studies selected by our physician editor for their potential impact on clinical practice.

December 18, 2014

For children with Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) - an inherited condition defined by low red blood cell counts and limited progenitor cells in the bone marrow - growth hormone (GH) therapy was found to increase the short stature of patients - a symptom not widely analyzed.

December 17, 2014

There had been a "remarkable convergence of many disciplines" when weighing the health risks and effectiveness of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), according to an article published in JAMA.

December 17, 2014

When traditional medicine fails to relieve a patient's symptoms, the desire to seek alternative treatments can be a viable option for many people.

December 17, 2014

The benefits of drinking milk have been established in a number of previous studies, but one group recently looked at whether there were specific benefits in helping to delay knee osteoarthritis in women.

December 17, 2014

For patients diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) finding relief for their symptoms can make a large difference in their quality of life.

December 17, 2014

Contacts of index patients with tuberculosis (TB) are at a much higher risk of coprevalent TB than previously thought, especially contacts under 15 years of age.

December 17, 2014

Pharyngitis prediction rules are not as accurate at identifying group A streptococcus cases as previously thought, according to findings published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

December 17, 2014

For smokers and other users of nicotine, the rewarding effects of the substance had been associated with activation of nicotine receptors. But studies have found evidence that the endogenous opioid system is also involved in creating this sense of pleasure.

December 17, 2014

Attempts to calibrate statin use, revascularization procedures, and the underascertainment of atherosclerosic cardiovascular disease have not matched the current prediction ratios.

December 17, 2014

Children who are vaccinated for influenza indirectly reduced others' chances at contracting the disease, according to findings published online December 9, 2014 in PLOS ONE.

December 17, 2014

In a rat study, Brazilian researchers looked at the connections between exercise, opioid receptors (OR) and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injuries.

December 17, 2014

Diabetics often experience peripheral neuropathy. In an estimated 30% to 50% of patients, this condition results in pain. The most common painful neuropathy is distal symmetric sensorimotor polyneuropathy.

December 16, 2014

A larger study published ahead of print in the New England Journal of Medicine indicated that progesterone's role in treating TBI was questionable.

December 16, 2014

Patients with a history of cancer are considered high-risk candidates for solid organ transplantation because of concerns about potential adverse effects or recurrence with posttransplant immunosuppression.

December 16, 2014

A new Danish database analysis in the November 2014 issue of Neurology, indicated increased mortality after ischemic stroke in patients taking older non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that inhibit COX-2 (e.g. diclofenac, etodolac).

December 16, 2014

A nationwide study of elderly enrollees in Medicare Advantage health plans concluded that disparities in control of blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose had not improved nationally for blacks in these plans despite the disparities being eliminated in the US west in 2011.