Drug-Eluting Stent System Gains FDA Approval
A next-generation drug-eluting stent system (PROMUS Element Plus Platinum Chromium Stent System,...
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Author: Janine Anthes
Aortic Valve Replacement Without Open-Heart Surgery
The FDA has approved an artificial heart valve (Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve, Edwards...
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Bisphosphonate Use in Lower Limb Arthroplasty
European research suggests that bisphosphonate use appears to be associated with a nearly two-fold...
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Carotid Artery Stenting Beneficial for Acute Stroke
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) appears to be feasible, safe, and useful in patients with acute...
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Energy-Based Vessel Sealing in Vaginal Hysterectomy
A large literature review suggests that operating time, blood loss, and hospital stay for women...
Read MoreDocs in Hot Water for Online Behavior
The majority of state medical boards across the country have received and acted on complaints about physicians’ online behavior, according to a recent poll published in JAMA. Investigators surveyed the 68 executive...
Read MoreRevising the MCAT for 2015
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a test that hasn’t been revised in over 20 years, will be getting an overhaul come 2015. Two new sections will be added that will place focus on critical thinking and the sociocultural...
Read MoreDelirium Worsens Outcomes in Stroke Patients
Stroke patients with delirium appear to have unfavorable outcomes when compared with those who do not have delirium, according to a Canadian study. When compared with stroke patients without delirium, those with it had: Higher...
Read MoreAnalyzing the Delivery of Preventive Services
A combination of factors appears to play a role in whether preventive services are recommended or delivered to patients aged 50 to 80. An American investigation found that the likelihood of preventive service delivery tended to...
Read MoreObesity & BMI Levels Remain Steady
A study from researchers at the CDC has found that the prevalence of obesity did not appear to change significantly in 2009-2010 when compared with data from 2003-2008. The rates of obesity in adult men and women were 35.5% and...
Read MoreAgent Approved for Highly Toxic Chemotherapy Levels
The FDA has approved glucarpidase (Voraxaze, BTG International) for treating patients with toxic levels of methotrexate—a type of chemotherapy—in the blood due to kidney failure. The drug breaks down methotrexate to a form that...
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Many Adults Suffer From Mental Illness
One in five Americans aged 18 or older experienced mental illness in the past year, according to a...
Read MoreDrug Poisoning Death Trends
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has released a data brief indicating that poisoning became the leading cause of death by injury in the United States in 2008. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs, the report...
Read MoreMore Prescriptions Linked to Increased Fall Risk
Both older patients and younger, working-aged adults taking multiple prescription medications appear to be at increased risk of falls, according to an analysis from New Zealand. Patients who used two or more prescription...
Read MoreHealthcare Expenditures: A Status Update
A report from the AHRQ has found that 1.0% of the United States population accounted for 20.2% of total healthcare expenditures in 2008. Researchers noted that the bottom half of the expenditure distribution accounted for 3.1%...
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Reducing Exacerbations in COPD
COPD has vaulted to the third-leading cause of death in the United States and continues to tax...
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Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care
In 1995, the National Committee for Quality Assurance began the process of developing quality...
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OSA & Cardiovascular Mortality in Women
A Spanish study indicates that severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to be associated with...
Read MoreBenefits Seen With an Integrated Pharmacy-Based Program
An integrated, pharmacy-based program designed to improve medication adherence and initiation rates of drugs appears to achieve these goals in a cost-effective manner, according to American research. Outreach from mail orders...
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Increased Survival vs. Reduced Mortality: Know the Difference?
Many doctors don’t. A new study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine has...
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