Researchers from North Carolina State University and Mayo Clinic have developed a computer model that medical doctors can use to determine the best time to begin using statin therapy in diabetes patients to help prevent heart disease and stroke.
“The research is significant because patients with diabetes are at high risk for cardiovascular disease and statins [...]

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (”Takeda”) announced that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned United States (U.S.) subsidiary received on June 26 (U.S. time) a complete response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the Companys New Drug Application (NDA) for alogliptin, a selective dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP4) inhibitor [...]

The risk of cancer possibly increases if patients with diabetes use the longacting insulin analogue glargine instead of human insulin. The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), in collaboration with the “Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK” (WIdO), the research institute of the German Local Health Care Fund, analysed the data of almost 130,000 [...]

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, or even death. The term poliomyelitis is from the Greek poliós meaning “grey”, myelós referencing the spinal cord, and itis meaning inflammation.
Polio can be classified as either symptomatic or asymptomatic. About 95% of all cases display no [...]

Scientists have uncovered a novel mechanism linking soluble amyloid β protein with the synaptic injury and memory loss associated with Alzheimers disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in the June 25 issue of the journal Neuron, provides critical new insight into disease pathogenesis and reveals signaling molecules that may serve as potential additional [...]

Caldera Medical, Inc. announced that it has received FDA clearance and CE Mark certification for the Ascend Pelvic Floor Repair System with Apical Support, a novel treatment for female pelvic organ prolapse. Ascend® is the latest addition to the Caldera Medical family of products designed to treat female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ [...]

Underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight. Those are the findings of a new study published online in Obesity by researchers at Statistics Canada, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland State University, [...]

The Department of Healths Specialist Advisor for Autism, Elaine Hill, has publicly urged practitioners, service users, their families and the general public to submit their views and case studies to the Governments consultation on a National Autism Strategy at a national conference on the mental health needs [...]

An estimated 675,000 Americans died from the A/H1N1 pandemic influenza in the United States in 19181919. Many of these deaths were from ensueing bacterial pneumonia rather than directly from the viral infection. The United States Public Health Service conducted surveys in twelve cities and rural areas of the country in late 1918 to [...]

Researchers have determined that individuals with mild to severe symptoms of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are more likely to suffer from metabolic syndrome (MetS), a collection of cardiovascular risk factors thought to be linked by insulin resistance). LUTS encompass voiding (incomplete emptying, weak stream, intermittency, straining) and storage (frequency, urgency, nocturia) difficulties.
In [...]