by Bruce Sylvester: Persistent, very poorly controlled (VPC) disease remains highly prevalent after 10 years of standard treatment among patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma, researchers reported on… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: During three years following bariatric surgery, a majority of patients achieved improvement in pain, physical function, and walk time, researchers reported on April 5 2016… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that Herceptin (trastuzamab) plus lapatinib can shrink breast cancer tumors in less than two weeks. The findings were reported in March at the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: In high income countries, loneliness and social isolation appear to increase the risk of stroke or coronary artery disease by about 30 per cent, researchers… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Smoking cessation treatment with varenicline and bupropion does increase serious neuropsychiatric side effects, researchers reported in The Lancet on April 22, 2016.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with cardioselective beta-blockers appears to reduce the risk of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and it is especially effective in preventing COPD… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with clemastine fumarate, an over-the-counter antihistamine used for allergies and the common cold, has partially reversed damage to the visual system in people with… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Patients with grade 2 glioma who received radiation therapy plus PCV chemotherapy (procarbazine, lomustine and vincristine) have achieved longer progression-free survival and overall survival than… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Hyrdomorphone, a licensed pain medication, shows efficacy in treating chronic heroin addiction, researchers from the SALOME (the Study to Assess Longer-term Opioid Medication Effectiveness) trial… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: For correction of atrial fibrillation, radiofrequency ablation and cryoballoon ablation show similar results for efficacy and safety, researchers reported on April 4, 2016 at the… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: In intermediate-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) is similar to surgical aortic-valve replacement with respect to death or disabling stroke.
by Bruce Sylvester: Rhythm control and rate control are similarly effective in treating post-operative atrial fibrillation, researchers reported on April 4, 2016 at the American College of Cardiology… read more.
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