Tips Provided for Leveraging Social Media
Kevin Pho of KevinMD shares insights into social media use in health care
Placebo Effect Seen in Brain-Training Program Effectiveness
Researchers need to account for placebo effects before claiming treatment success
Moderately Low LDL May Be Enough to Ward Off CVD Risk
Researchers find reduction to 70 mg/dL range not associated with additional benefit
Sleep Apnea Could Worsen Cognitive Deficits in MS Patients
Link found between severity of sleep apnea and performance on attention, memory tests
Too Many A-Fib Patients Taking Aspirin Instead of Anticoagulant
Anticoagulants -- not aspirin -- dramatically cut the risk of stroke, researchers say
Risk of T1DM Up in Children With Autoantibody Reversion
Risk of type 1 diabetes up for children who reverted from single autoantibody to autoantibody negative
Long-Term Pioglitazone Safe, Effective for NASH, T2DM
Safe and effective for patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Persistent High Spending Common in Year Before Death
Overall, 48.7 percent of older Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2012 had persistent high spending
Three-Drug Tx Ups Survival in Light-Chain Amyloidosis
Bortezomib, dexamethasone, alkylating agent treatment ups survival for patients with heart failure
Striatal D2 Receptors, Age Linked to Sucrose Preference
In subjects without obesity, striatal D2R binding potential, age linked to sucrose preference
