USA: Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may help identify patients at higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) by detecting increased metabolic activity in the atrial walls, a new study…
Canada: Researchers have found in a new study that patients with knee osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes who experience higher levels of knee pain are significantly less likely—by about 40%—to…
Spain: Patients living with multiple sclerosis (MS) appear to face a substantially higher risk of developing restless legs syndrome (RLS), a study published in the Journal of Neurology has shown.…
A major new study has uncovered gene clues that could pave the way to personalised psoriasis treatments. Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease linked to several long-term health conditions,…
A recent randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial found that duloxetine significantly reduced the frequency and sensitivity of refractory chronic cough (RCC) compared with placebo. Patients treated with duloxetine had a…
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Chlamydia pneumoniae-a common bacterium that causes pneumonia and sinus infections-can linger in the eye and brain for years and may aggravate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study from Cedars-Sinai. Published…
There is no consensus of whether to use a short or long intramedullary nail (IMN) in the treatment of trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures.In the retrospective cohort study, Peter Sverre Frønsdal…
Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a “robust alternative or replacement” for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The…
A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with trazodone, commonly used to treat depression and sleep problems, rather than commonly…