In an eagerly awaited report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) said today that thousands of medical devices cleared every year for sale are not assessed for safety and effectiveness, and that the clearance process should be abandoned. The report criticized… Read More ›
More women are experiencing strokes during pregnancy or shortly after delivery, according to a study published today in the journal Stroke. The researchers used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, the largest collection of nationwide data on hospitalizations, to compare… Read More ›
Patients taking certain psychiatric drugs may experience serious neurological problems if they are given the antibacterial medication linezolid (sold under the brand name Zyvox) or methylene blue, a drug that is also used as a dye in some diagnostic procedures… Read More ›
Clinicians who treat patients with cancer tend to hold firm to the belief that removing, if possible, any tissue known to contain any cancer cells is important for maximizing a patient’s chance of survival. For patients with breast cancer, some… Read More ›
Sleeping uninterrupted for a certain duration may be necessary to retain new memories, scientists from Stanford University have discovered in a study in mice involving a new technique called optogenetics, which makes it possible to stimulate specific brain cells. The… Read More ›
Proposed changes to US oversight of human research would extend existing protections to studies not receiving federal funding and offer individuals more control over how their tissues are used in research, according to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)… Read More ›
A group of experts has developed a roadmap to help physicians recognize that many of the same risk factors that cause heart disease also can lead to vascular dementia in the elderly. The scientific statement from the American Heart Association… Read More ›
In an article appearing today in Science Translational Medicine, a research team led by investigators from the University of California, Davis, reports that a gene variant commonly found in men results in the absence of a protein that coats human… Read More ›
The ever-growing number of health-related software applications, or apps, for smartphones, tablets, and personal digital assistants have caught the eye of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency announced today that is considering providing oversight of some of… Read More ›
Exposure to secondhand smoke can now be added to the list of such perils as exposure to loud music that may lead to hearing loss in teens, according to a study published today in the Archives of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck… Read More ›
