Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of severe allergic reactions when there is no clear cause
Severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis often has no clear cause. For some it's an allergy to food, for others it can be insect stings,...
New guidelines for treatment of pulmonary embolism was published today by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on acute pulmonary embolism were published online today in European Heart Journal. They were developed in...
NIH looks at correlation between kidney failure and psychiatric illnesses and kidney failure, says there is one
New research indicates that psychiatric illnesses are common in children and adults with kidney failure. Hospitalizations for such illnesses are associated with a...
Researchers say there are no particular benefits of a surgery; a displaced shoulder heals just as well in a sling
There is nothing to be gained by operating on a patient with a so-called displaced fracture of the shoulder. Three...
Turalio has been approved for tenosynovial giant cell tumour that can cause debilitating symptoms for patients such as pain, stiffness
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to Turalio (pexidartinib) capsules for the treatment of adult patients with symptomatic...
Spironolactone improves heart failure fluid overload in patients not responding to conventional diuretics
Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need for dialysis in selected heart failure patients, a new study found. Spironolactone relieved fluid overload...
Treatment with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) slows prion diseases and extends life in animal studies
An experimental treatment has slowed the progression of scrapie, a degenerative brain disease caused by prions, in laboratory mice and greatly extended the rodents' lives, according...
New method can accurately identify nontuberculous mycobacteria, allowing faster implementation of focussed treatment
The bacterial group Mycobacterium is responsible for two of the best-known long-standing human infectious diseases - tuberculosis and leprosy. But unlike their more famous cousins, for which...
Gliflozins can cause a potentially lethal build-up of acid in the blood in patients with normal blood sugars
A new class of diabetes medications could be masking the potentially dangerous condition of ketoacidosis at the time of surgery.
Testing for acid...
New data presented at ESMO shows that targeted combination therapies work in bowel cancer patients
New data have shown for the first time that a combination of targeted therapies can improve survival in patients with advanced bowel cancer.
Results of the...
