Earlier surgery may be better for early-onset Type 2 diabetes
Research suggests that prompt surgical intervention may maximise the chances of patients with early-onset Type 2 diabetes achieving remission. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - June 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
HLA genetic risk burden extends to MS outcomes
Human leukocyte antigen alleles not only increase susceptibility to multiple sclerosis, but also influence the course of the disease, suggests research. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - June 2, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Multiple sclerosis Source Type: news
Researchers call for more accurate renal assessment in stroke patients
Unrecognised renal insufficiency is common among patients with acute stroke and is associated with a significantly increased risk of in-hospital mortality or severe disability at discharge, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news
Just one stroke risk factor signals anticoagulation need in AF
The risk of stroke or systemic embolism is significantly increased in atrial fibrillation patients with just one risk factor apart from gender, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Arrhythmia Source Type: news
PAN-EX supports neoadjuvant chemotherapy in high-risk rectal cancer
Patients with high-risk, locally advanced rectal cancer could benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy before undergoing chemoradiotherapy, suggest the results of a pooled analysis. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology Source Type: news
Migraine increases vascular disease risk in women
Women with migraine have a 50% increased risk of major cardiovascular disease, suggests a cohort study of Nurses’ Health Study II participants. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news
Betrixaban scores near miss for extended thromboprophylaxis
Extended thromboprophylaxis with the direct factor Xa inhibitor betrixaban just fails to show superiority to standard treatment with enoxaparin in acutely ill medical patients. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Thrombosis Source Type: news
Antihypertensive adherence may only partly explain BP variability
Study findings strengthen the suggestion that visit-to-visit variability in blood pressure is at least partly accounted for by patients’ adherence or otherwise to their antihypertensive medication. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news
Renal function trajectories predict CV events in diabetes patients
Steeper declines in renal function over time are associated with greater increases in the risk of major cardiovascular events among patients with Type 2 diabetes, research shows. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news
European cardiovascular prevention guidelines emphasise population approaches
The European Society of Cardiology has updated its cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines to include, for the first time, population approaches to be implemented by legislators, schools and workplaces. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Trial results underestimate anticoagulant bleeding risk
A study in The BMJ demonstrates that estimates of major bleeding risk in patients taking anticoagulants in clinical trials are unlikely to reflect the reality of clinical practice. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Arrhythmia Source Type: news
Initiatives to improve adolescent, young adult cancer outcomes justified
Analysis of the EUROCARE-5 data shows that although survival for adolescents and young adults with cancer has improved overall, the survival rates for certain malignancies still lag behind those for children. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Oncology Source Type: news
Sodium excretion linked to CVD risk in chronic kidney disease
High levels of sodium excretion are associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), US study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Source Type: news
Normoglycaemia key to improved neurological outcome after paediatric stroke
Achieving normal blood glucose concentrations may be important in preventing poor neurological outcomes in children following acute arterial ischemic stroke, a retrospective review indicates. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news
CKD status does not affect health status outcomes after AMI
Chronic kidney disease does not accentuate the decline in health status often experienced by patients after acute myocardial infarction, US study data show. (Source: MedWire News)
Source: MedWire News - May 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Acute coronary syndromes Source Type: news
