Posts Tagged ‘RxWiki’
"Antivirals May Help Those With Diabetes and Hepatitis"
Diabetes patients with hepatitis C may improve kidney and cardiovascular results with antiviral Rx (dailyRx News) Patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which primarily affects the liver, face a…
Read More"Vitamin D Supplements: Bone Health or Bogus?"
Vitamin D supplements did not improve bone mineral density in healthy adults (dailyRx News) Many people start to take vitamin D supplements to keep their bones strong as they age.…
Read More"Bedtime Aspirin May Keep Heart Attack Away"
Heart attack risk in the morning may be lowered by taking an aspirin at night (dailyRx News) Most heart attacks happen in the morning. For some, a daily low-dose of…
Read More"TB Vaccine May Help Prevent MS"
Multiple sclerosis warded off with vaccine in some patients with clinically isolated syndrome (dailyRx News) Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a tricky disease that’s sometimes difficult to diagnose. Researchers investigated if…
Read More"Last Season's Vaccines Saved Millions From Flu"
Flu vaccines prevented millions of influenza cases in the US last year says new CDC report (dailyRx News) Americans might get a flu vaccine to avoid getting sick, but they…
Read More"Not Too Old for a Stem Cell Transplant"
Stem cell transplantation may be an effective treatment for elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (dailyRx News) Age can impact a patient’s treatment options, but when it comes to stem cell…
Read More"Powerwashing HER2+ Breast Cancer"
HER2 positive breast cancer responded to combination therapy (dailyRx News) HER2-positive breast cancer is an aggressive disease that thankfully can be treated with targeted therapies. A new combination regimen was…
Read More"A Knockout Punch for Early HER2 Breast Cancer"
HER2 positive breast cancers responded to Taxol and Herceptin (dailyRx News) About one in five women diagnosed with breast cancer have too much of a protein called HER2, which makes…
Read More"Acid Reducing Meds Linked to Low Vitamin B12 Levels"
Proton pump inhibitors and H2RAs associated with vitamin B12 deficiency in new study (dailyRx News) It’s relatively common for older folks to have low levels of vitamin B12. According to…
Read More"Study Finds Promising Treatment for Myelofibrosis"
Myelofibrosis treatment with imetelstat led to remission for some patients in small study (dailyRx News) Myelofibrosis is a type of chronic leukemia that attacks bone marrow. Researchers at Mayo Clinic…
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