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Boomeritis: Act young older, get old faster
Published July 2, 2009, 7:55 am, KIVI Boise
Somewhere along the line, your hips (or knees or shoulders) started to ache. Then they began to hurt. Now you're so creaky that even a chop shop wouldn't take you. It's not old age -- but it is a symptom of aging.
Boomeritis: Act young older, get old faster
Published July 2, 2009, 7:54 am, KMIR 6 Palm Springs
You've spent the past few decades running, dunking and pedaling. You planned to spend the next few decades swinging, smashing and pivoting. Retirement? You thought you'd do a little bit of all those things, plus maybe hip-hop lessons and that cross-country trip on the Harley.
Everyday drugs aren't risk-free
Published July 2, 2009, 5:37 am, Honolulu Advertiser
Did you know that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site says drugs like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), Celebrex, indomethacin and diclofenac (Voltaren) can cause potentially fatal heart attacks or strokes?
Latest Guidance Issued by BTS/SIGN Supports use of Single Inhaler for Maintenance and Relief in Asthmatic Patients
Published July 2, 2009, 5:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Updated guidelines issued this week by the British Thoracic Society and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network include the use of budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler as rescue medication, in addition to its regular use as controller therapy, in selected adult patients poorly controlled at step 2 or selected adult patients with poorly controlled asthma at step 3.
Aclasta(R) (zoledronic Acid 5mg) Approved In EU To Treat Steroid Induced Osteoporosis In Men And Post-menopausal Women
Published July 2, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today
Aclasta® (zoledronic acid 5 mg)[1] has been approved in the European Union to treat men and post-menopausal women with osteoporosis caused by the long-term use of glucocorticoids, commonly known as steroids.
IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE: Tattoo Allergy
Published July 1, 2009, 2:46 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
A 40-year-old man presented with intractable pruritus within portions of a tattoo imprinted with red ink on the left leg (Panel A). The intense localized itching had begun approximately 4 ...
What Is Croup? What Causes Croup?
Published July 1, 2009, 3:26 am, Medical News Today
Croup is a common respiratory condition characterized by inflammation of the upper airways that often occurs in infants and children. The result is a swelling and narrowing of the larynx (voice box) and trachea (wind pipe) that results in a harsh, barking cough. Although croup is usually not a serious condition, it can be scary for children and parents.
Study describes promising approach to treating cancer-related anorexia
Published June 30, 2009, 1:03 pm, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame`s Walther Cancer Research Center, and Marie C. Brenner, a Notre Dame graduate who is a student at Loyola University Medical School in Chicago, describes how a novel combination of two drugs continues to show great promise in treating cancer-related anorexia (CRA).
Recurrent mouth ulcers suggest celiac disease
Published June 30, 2009, 11:36 am, Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A minority of patients with recurrent mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis) have gluten-sensitive enteropathy, making evaluation for celiac disease appropriate in this population, according to a new study in BMC Gastroenterology.
DuoCort: New Chronotherapy For Adrenal Insufficiency
Published June 30, 2009, 5:10 am, Medical News Today
DuoCort publishes data from its Phase I study for the rare and life threatening disease adrenal insufficiency. The release profile of DuoCort's new form of treatment with once-a-day hydrocortisone dosing closely resembles the physiological secretion pattern. The data is published in the European Journal of Endocrinology, a leading scientific journal for endocrinology.
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