PHOENIX (MedPage Today) — Older patients benefit as much as younger ones from aggressive chemoradiation for head and neck cancer, data from a chart review showed.
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — Contrary to conventional thinking, drinking lots of coffee appears to be associated with a lower risk of hospitalization for an arrhythmia, researchers found.
Medicare beneficiaries who survive a stint in the intensive care unit are slightly more likely to die in the next three years than those hospitalized for noncritical illnesses, a retrospective study showed.
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Food and Drug Administration named members to its new Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee, which will have its first meeting at the end of the month to discuss menthol in cigarettes.
SAN ANTONIO (MedPage Today) — Postmenopausal women who eat the most fat have an elevated risk of ischemic stroke, researchers found.
NEUROBIOLOGY: Common mechanism for more than 50% of cases of hereditary spastic paraplegia Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is the name given to a group of inherited neurological disorders characterized by progressive stiffness or tightness of the muscles (spasticity) in the lower limbs. Although mutations at over 40 genetic sites have been shown to cause HSP, more than 50% of HSP cases are caused by mutations in one of just three genes: SPG3A, which makes the protein atlastin-1; SPG31, which makes the protein REEP1; and SPG4, which makes the protein spastin…
Patients who maintain a greater sense of purpose in life as they age may be protected against Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have found.
Results released today from the Pharmacy Manpower Project’s 2009 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey indicate shifts in the pharmacy profession toward more patient care. This 2009 report also provides insight into how the nation’s current economic situation has influenced the dynamics of the U.S. pharmacy workforce as nearly a quarter of pharmacists are practicing part-time and more are working past retirement age. This study is the third in a series of surveys commissioned by the Pharmacy Manpower Project, Inc. (PMP) since 2000 and has been highly anticipated throughout the industry…
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — An allergy to meat may be responsible for up to half of recurrent anaphylaxis cases without known cause, researchers said.
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — Maternal smoking in pregnancy may be a more powerful influence on asthma development in children than when infants inhale secondhand smoke or are breastfed by smoking moms, researchers said here.