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By Reuters Staff(Reuters) - The number of new drugs approved in the United States fell in 2013 compared with the previous year as fewer applications were filed, though several products for hard-to-treat diseases were approved in record time.
This article reviews the risk factors and ocular signs of the three types of retinal vein occlusions—central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), hemiretinal vein occlusion (HRVO), and branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). Proper management and treatment plans are described for the different types of retinal vein occlusions.
Researchers explored the possibility that dietary changes may be responsible for the rise of asthma and allergies in a new study.
Miklos P. Salgo, PhD, MD discusses lessons learned during the 1918 influenza pandemic, which, despite involving a different virus with worldwide spread occurring without the help of international jet travel, are still relevant to coronavirus in 2020.
A new study tested the potential of gait speed as a reliable predictor of 1-year mortality risk among elderly patients with heart failure.
In this podcast, Lisa Jones RDN, LDN speaks with Amy Bragagnini RD, CSO, a clinical oncology dietitian at Trinity Health Lacks Cancer Center in Grand Rapids, MI, about the commons myths involving diet and cancer, how patients can discern between myth and fact when it comes to cancer nutrition, the resources patients can rely on and trust, and more. This is part two of a three-part series on cancer nutrition.
Even short delays in treatment after the onset of ischemic stroke could impact the amount of healthy life post-stroke, according to a new observational study.
Stimwave Freedom Spinal Cord Stimulation System was developed to treat patients with chronic leg and back pain as a permanent, long-term implant.
A new study explores the healing power of yoga and whether practicing yoga once per week can lower heart rate and blood pressure in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
<p>U.K. 15-year-olds most exposed to alcohol use in films were most likely to have tried alcohol and twice as likely to have been binge drinking.</p>
<p><span>Are multiple courses of antibiotics in the first two years of life linked with an increased risk of childhood obesity? Two different studies found contrasting results.</span></p>
This COVID-19 roundup includes coverage of the FDA’s guidance for the correct Moderna vaccine dosage for pediatric patients, COVID-19 outcomes for patients with hypertension and diabetes, and the risk of pediatric patients developing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) after COVID-19 infection.
<p><span>Roughly every 8 minutes from 2002 through 2012, a child in the U.S. experienced a medication mistake, according to a new study of calls to poison control hotlines.</span></p>
Researchers have conducted the first study on the prevalence of patients with competing chronic conditions in which medications for one condition may exacerbate the other.
<p> Foam soaps are increasingly replacing traditional liquid soaps in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, the food industry and other public spaces.</p>