Obesity tied to worse disability in rheumatoid arthritis
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with rheumatoid arthritis and obesity may be more...
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Month: April 2018
Anxiety in middle age linked to dementia later
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with moderate to severe anxiety in middle age may be more likely to develop dementia as they get older, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data from four previously...
Read MoreHealthy, smoke-free lifestyle tied to at least an extra decade of life
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adults who follow a healthy lifestyle in middle age may extend their lifespan by more than a decade and have a lower risk of dying from cancer or heart disease, a U.S. study suggests....
Read MoreU.S. appellate judges seem divided on gene editing patents decision
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. appeals court judges appear divided over whether to allow a research center affiliated with MIT and Harvard to keep patents potentially worth billions of dollars on a groundbreaking gene...
Read MoreFewer African-Americans admitted to ICU for heart failure receive cardiologist care
By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – African-Americans admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for heart failure are less likely than white patients to receive care by a cardiologist. “It is important to realize...
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FDA clears Pluristem radiation treatment for emergency use
By Tova Cohen HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a developer of...
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Hong Kong scrambles for talent in battle for Nasdaq’s biotech crown
By Julie Zhu and Alun David John HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Hong Kong unveiled plans last...
Read MoreZimbabwe says will issue cannabis licences to growers
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has said in a legal notice, making the southern African nation the second country in Africa to...
Read MoreEating better tied to lower risk of liver disease
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who make an effort to improve their diet may be more likely to have less fat in their livers and a lower risk of liver disease than individuals who stick to unhealthy eating...
Read MoreU.S. FTC requires Amneal and Impax to divest rights to 10 generic drugs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it would require Impax Laboratories Inc and privately held Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC to divest rights to 10 generic medications as a condition of...
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Talk therapy may help soldiers combat insomnia
By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock (Reuters Health) – Talk therapy for insomnia is effective at...
Read MoreFewer dementia patients die after surgery when nurses more educated
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they’re treated at hospitals that employ a larger proportion of nurses with at...
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Ninety-eight now sick from romaine lettuce-linked E. coli: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more people fell ill from an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine...
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Emergency Department Care for Older Adults With Cancer
Patients with cancer—especially those aged 75 and older—are more likely to be admitted to the...
Read MoreNew York City’s window guard policy tied to fewer falls and deaths
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – New York City’s window guard rule, which requires building owners to install window-limiting devices in apartments with children under age 10, has led to a dramatic reduction in...
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#PWChat Recap: The Mental Healthcare Crisis in the US – PART II
Physician’s Weekly, along with Linda Girgis, MD, co-hosted the second installment of the...
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Physician’s Weekly & SERMO Poll Sheds Light on the Issues Facing Physicians & Their Patients in 2018
Along with Linda Girgis, MD, we co-hosted a TweetChat earlier this year to shed some light on the...
Read MoreAssociation between Two Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) Gene and Asthma in Iranian Population.
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a cytokine similar to IL-7, which is released by airway epithelial cells in response to injury and inflammation. Current literature is contradictory about the association between different...
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Age- and Weight-Based Screening Identifies Half With Prediabetes
Expanded screening criteria based on risk factors improve detection for minorities
Read MoreA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Enhancer Expression in Nearly 9000 Patient Samples.
Cell 173(2) 386-399.e12 pii 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.027 Abstract The role of enhancers, a key class of non-coding regulatory DNA elements, in cancer development has increasingly been appreciated. Here, we present the detection...
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