New study indicates that even in the absence of peripheral neuropathy, patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus are prone to im more...
Genetic Variants Associated With Risk of Statin-Induced Myopathy
24 July 2008

A new genomewide-association study has identified a genetic risk factor for myopathy in patients who are being treated with statins to lower LDL-cholesterol levels [< more...
Preterm Babies Have Increased Rates of Medical, Social Disabilities as Adults
24 July 2008

Compared with full-term babies, preterm infants are at higher risk of having medical disabilities in adulthood and are less likely to more...
Recommendations Issued for Geriatric Screening and Prevention in Primary Care
23 July 2008

Recommendations for geriatric screening and prevention in primary care are reviewed in an article published in the July 15 issue of more...
Most Children with Cow\'s Milk Allergy Can Tolerate Heated Milk
21 July 2008

Seventy-five percent of children with milk reaction will tolerate extensively heated milk, according to a report in the July 15th online issue of the Journal of Aller more...
Salmeterol May Raise Risk for Serious Adverse Events in Patients With Asthma
18 July 2008

Salmeterol increases the risk for serious adverse events in patients with asthma, according to a review published in the July 16 Online First issue of the more...
Routine Tests May Underestimate Kidney Disease Prevalence in HIV
18 July 2008

Serum creatinine-based estimates of glomerular filtration rates (GFR) may misjudge the true GFR in patients with HIV disease and thereby miscalculate the frequency of kidney disease in these patien more...
CT Scans May Cause Medical Device Malfunctions
18 July 2008

Direct X-ray exposure from computed tomography (CT) may cause some rooted and external electronic medical devices to breakdown, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned yesterday in a preli more...
Spit May Soon Replace Blood for Diagnosis
15 July 2008

In a breakthrough study, researchers in the more...
Women’s groups demand national policy on surrogacy
8 July 2008

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