Archive: 27/09/2016
Feds charge seller of mislabeled Chinese 'Viagra substitute'
Federal prosecutors say an Alabama man who imported a Chinese drug sold as a Viagra substitute has been charged with intentionally defrauding and misleading consumers. They say the drug sold as Zhen Gong Fu fails to list ...
Sep 27, 2016
Experimental imaging agent reveals concussion-linked brain disease in living brain
An experimental positron emission tomography (PET) tracer can effectively diagnose concussion-related brain degeneration while a person is still alive, according to a proof-of-concept study conducted at the Icahn School of ...
Sep 27, 2016
Two new online medical education courses address opioid crisis
The DC Center for Rational Prescribing (DCRx) today announced the availability of two new online education courses aimed at teaching doctors and other healthcare professionals some of the myths and facts surrounding the use ...
Sep 27, 2016
Single-blind vs double-blind peer review and effect of author prestige
In a study appearing in the September 27 issue of JAMA, Kanu Okike, M.D., M.P.H., of the Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center, Honolulu, and colleagues examined if bias with single-blind peer review might be greatest in the setting ...
Sep 27, 2016
Earlier treatment with surgery to remove blood clot linked with less disability following stroke
Time is of the essence when getting people stricken with acute ischemic strokes to treatment. And the use of stent retrievers—devices that remove the blood clot like pulling a cork out of a wine bottle—has proven to be ...
Sep 27, 2016