FDA Gives Avandia Another Look
FDA Gives Avandia Another Look MedPage Today Published: June 03, 2013 This is another "I TOLD YOU SO" as I have always said chemically it is probably the best oral antidiabetic drugs made for the older patient and did not have the risks wrongly placed on the drug. A reassessment […]
April 22nd, 2013
Bone Drug Lowers Levels of Bone Growth Markers
Bone Drug Lowers Levels of Bone Growth Markers Published: April 18, 2013 Action Points *Note that this randomized trial demonstrated that treatment with zoledronic acid increased sclerostin, which may inhibit healthy bone turn-over. 8Be aware that no clinical outcomes (such as fracture) were studied in this trial. A drug used […]
March 30th, 2013
Equation May Give Wrong LDL Status
Equation May Give Wrong LDL Status MedPage Today Published: March 28, 2013 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Action Points The widely used Friedewald equation may be underestimating LDL cholesterol levels in many […]
February 27th, 2013
Study: Doctors Misdiagnose 150,000 a Year
Study: Doctors Misdiagnose 150,000 a Year Monday, February 25, 2013 Missed or wrong diagnoses in primary care may put thousands of patients at risk of complications each year, a new study suggests. Although mistakes during surgery and in medication prescribing have been at the center of patient safety efforts, researchers […]
February 12th, 2013
Commonly used painkiller ‘should be banned over heart risk’
Commonly used painkiller 'should be banned over heart risk' A painkiller used by at least a million people in Britain a year should be banned because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost half, say British academics. Safer alternatives exist to diclofenac, say researchers at the […]
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