Opioid-related gifts from pharma companies linked to physician prescribing by specialty
Credit: Hollander, et al, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 30, 2019 - Physicians who received gifts from ...
Tag: Internal Medicine
IU School of Medicine researcher awarded NIH grant for cirrhosis clinical trial
Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine An Indiana University School of Medicine researcher has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million ...
Decision support tool reduces unneeded referrals of low-risk patients with chest pain
Credit: Children's National Hospital NEW ORLEANS-Few events strike more fear in parents than hearing their child's heart "hurts." When primary ...
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound predicts nodule transformation to hepatocellular carcinoma
AJR research pinpoints sonographic biomarkers for the malignant transformation of cirrhotic nodules into hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)--stratifying probability for HCC within ...
Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Credit: Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23, 2019 - How bacteria live -- whether as independent cells or in a ...
Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 monthsCredit: UAB ...
IOF report underscores urgent need to maintain mobility in the world’s older population
Launched for World Osteoporosis Day, a new edition of the IOF Compendium of Osteoporosis highlights alarming increases in dependency ratios ...
Colorectal and pancreatic cancer rates up 10% in last 30 years, reveals major study
The Global Burden of Disease study, is the first to provide comprehensive worldwide estimates of the burden, epidemiological features and ...
IBD prevalence three times higher than estimates and expected to rise, new study reveals
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, October 21, 2019) The number of people suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is three times higher ...
Resistance to antibiotics doubles in 20 years, new study finds
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, October 21, 2019) Resistance to commonly-used antibiotics for treating harmful bacteria related to a variety of stomach ...
Plant-based foods and Mediterranean diet associated with healthy gut microbiome
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, October 21, 2019) A study presented at UEG Week 2019 has shown that specific foods could provide ...
Respiratory diseases linked with high blood pressure in lungs
MU researcher examines underlying conditions causing pulmonary hypertensionCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Pulmonary hypertension is a type of ...
American Journal of Roentgenology reviews vaping-associated lung injury findings
AJR details patterns of inhalation lung injury associated with vaporizers and e-cigarettes: hypersensitivity pneumonitis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, ...
Lymphoma stage at diagnosis may predict when and where new cancer forms
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center With improved treatments, especially the use of anti-cancer immunotherapies, more than two-thirds of all ...
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