Archive: 21/05/2014
New study finds inhaler reminders dramatically improve asthma controller adherence
Reminders prompting asthma patients to take their control inhalers if they miss a dose significantly improve medication adherence, according to a primary-care based study conducted by a research team in Australia. In this ...
May 21, 2014
Healthy diet linked with better lung function in COPD patients
Sure, everyone knows a healthy diet provides lots of health benefits for patients with respiratory diseases, but now a new study has shown a direct link between eating fish, fruit and dairy products and improved lung function ...
May 21, 2014
Research finds drugs that may treat MERS virus
A team led by a University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) researcher, working as a grantee from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has identified a number of existing drugs that could be "repurposed" to fight ...
May 21, 2014
Personalizing revascularization strategy for STEMI patients is vital, EuroPCR panel finds
A Great Debate at EuroPCR 2014 saw experts discussing the role of the two most valuable strategies to save the lives of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients: primary percutaneous coronary intervention ...
May 21, 2014