Archive: 01/09/2015
Inadequate BP control linked with increased risk of recurrence of intracerebral hemorrhage
Survivors of an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH; a type of hemorrhagic stroke in which bleeding occurs directly into the brain) who had inadequate blood pressure (BP) control during follow-up had a higher risk of ICH recurrence, ...
Sep 1, 2015
Medication improves measure of kidney disease in patients with diabetes
Among patients with diabetes and kidney disease, most receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker, the addition of the medication finerenone compared with placebo resulted in improvement ...
Sep 1, 2015
Vitamin A implicated in the development of alcoholic liver disease
With a name like "Alcoholic Liver Disease," you may not think about vitamin A as being part of the problem. That's exactly what scientists have shown, however, in a new research report appearing in the September 2015 issue ...
Sep 1, 2015
Clinical trial is first to study impact of cognitive impairment assessment in primary care
Does knowing whether older adults are cognitively impaired affect the treatment they receive from their primary care physician? Does it impact the rate of the patient's cognitive decline?
Sep 1, 2015
Can marijuanna help transplant patients? New research says maybe
Here's another discovery to bolster the case for medical marijuana: New research in mice suggests that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, may delay the rejection of incompatible organs. Although more research is necessary ...
Sep 1, 2015