Archive: 09/07/2013
Tobacco control measures in India could prevent heart disease and stroke deaths
Implementing smoke-free laws and increased tobacco taxes in India would yield substantial and rapid health benefits by averting future cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths, according to a new study published this week in PLOS ...
Jul 9, 2013
Modern methods of abortion are not linked with an increased risk of preterm birth
The link between previous termination of pregnancy (abortion) and preterm delivery in a subsequent pregnancy has disappeared over the last 20-30 years, according to a study of data from Scotland published in this week's PLOS ...
Jul 9, 2013
Dual antiplatelet therapy following coronary stent implantation is associated with improved outcomes
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, M.D., Ph.D., of the VA North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and colleagues conducted a review of medical literature regarding optimal medical ...
Jul 9, 2013
Improvement needed of prescription drug postmarketing studies
"Because rare but potentially serious adverse events of prescription drugs are often discovered only after market approval, observational postmarketing studies constitute an important part of the U.S. drug safety system," ...
Jul 9, 2013
Soy protein supplementation does not reduce risk of prostate cancer recurrence
Among men who had undergone radical prostatectomy, daily consumption of a beverage powder supplement containing soy protein isolate for 2 years did not reduce or delay development of biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer ...
Jul 9, 2013