The pig and its pancreas: A unique model for a common disease
Half of all heart attacks and stroke cases, but also many other deleterious conditions, can be ascribed to the effects of this metabolic syndrome.
Ministroke may signal bigger problem
Dear Dr. Donohue: I’m a 66-year-old woman who had a scare last week. While visiting my daughter, I got an attack of dizziness, and I couldn’t talk.
Medical checkup: 48-year-old Obama ‘fit for duty’
President Barack Obama is in “excellent health” and “fit for duty,” the White House physician said Sunday after the 48-year-old commander in chief’s first checkup since he took office.
New smoking cessation therapy proves promising
A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit.
Stents may be effective weapon against stroke
Both stents and conventional surgery appear to be equally effective in preventing strokes in people whose carotid arteries are blocked, according to research presented Friday at the American Stroke Association’s annual meeting in San Antonio.
Study Shows Twice Weekly Etanercept Clears Psoriasis Lesions More Quickly Than Once Weekly Treatment
Initial treatment with twice weekly etanercept , a tumour necrosis factor antagonist, achieves more rapid clearance of skin lesions than once weekly treatment in patients with active psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, according to results from the PRESTA study reported recently in the British Medical Journal .
Bring Back the DSI*? - the Avandia Case as Spy Novel
Starting in 2007, we posted quite a bit about the “Avandia case,” which centered on whether Avandia , a glucose lowering drug for type 2 diabetes, presented excess cardiovascular risks, and how evidence about these risks was handled.
Rosacea symptoms and treatment
Rosacea isn’t something you just have to live with, or try to hide. There are effective treatments for rosacea, including topical and oral medications.
Minn. diabetes walk also supports Haiti
Participants are encouraged to bring donations to support Haitians at this year’s Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Mall of America.
Twice as many women to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby, according to a study that was coordinated by investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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