Archive: 12/12/2017

Spinal cord injury affects the heart

Spinal cord injury affects the heart, that's what research published in Experimental Physiology and carried out by researchers from University of British Columbia, Canada has found.

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Postmenopausal women should still steer clear of HRT: task force

(HealthDay)—Yet again, the nation's leading authority on preventive medicine says postmenopausal women should avoid hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

Dec 12, 2017

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Artificial intelligence promising for CA, retinopathy diagnoses

(HealthDay)—A deep learning algorithm can detect metastases in sections of lymph nodes from women with breast cancer; and a deep learning system (DLS) has high sensitivity and specificity for identifying diabetic retinopathy, ...

Dec 12, 2017

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CABG may be best method to revascularize in diabetes

(HealthDay)—In patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease (MV-CAD), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be the preferred method of revascularization, with lower rates of major adverse cardiac ...

Dec 12, 2017

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DNA sequencing identifies alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

(HealthDay)—SERPINA1 DNA sequencing can identify alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), according to research published online Nov. 28 in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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Atopic dermatitis severity tied to IgG response to S. aureus

(HealthDay)—Atopic dermatitis (AD) disease severity is associated with immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses against Staphylococcus aureus antigens, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in the British Journal of Dermatology.

Dec 12, 2017

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CAPABLE program saves money for seniors with disability

(HealthDay)—The five-month Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program is associated with lower Medicaid spending, according to a study published online Nov. 22 in the Journal of the American ...

Dec 12, 2017

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Allopurinol Rx more likely with eligibility at diagnosis

(HealthDay)—Allopurinol prescribing is more likely if patients meet eligibility criteria at diagnosis, according to a research brief published in the November/December issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.

Dec 12, 2017

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Cognitive status doesn't impact cortical A-beta, tau in Parkinson's

(HealthDay)—Patterns of cortical β-amyloid (Aβ) and tau are not different for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who are cognitively normal (PD-CN) or with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and for healthy adults, according ...

Dec 12, 2017

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First drug approved for rare condition that inflames blood vessels

(HealthDay)—Nucala (mepolizumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first remedy to treat adults with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, a rare autoimmune disease that leads to ...

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