Flu reaches epidemic level in U.S.
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Patients rarely told about medication errors
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients and their families are rarely told when hospitals make mistakes
with their medicines, according to a new study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Ticagrelor more cardioprotective than clopidogrel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ticagrelor is better than clopidogrel at reducing cardiovascular events -
including recurrent events - in patients with acute coronary syndromes, researchers say. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Worse psychological, mental health in women on hormones
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use hormone replacement therapy may have worse psychological
well-being and mental health than similar women not using hormone therapy (HT), researchers from Finland
suggest. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Spain's ruling party split over fee on medications
MADRID (Reuters) - Leaders of Spain's ruling People's Party split publicly on Friday over a
controversial surcharge for prescription medicines, highlighting the difficulties in bringing a high public deficit
under control. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Rilpivirine an option in some HIV patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rilpivirine (RPV, Edurant) plus two nucleoside/tide reverse transcriptase
inhibitors is a "valuable" option for treatment-naive HIV-1-infected adults with baseline viral
load no higher than 100,000 copies/ml, AIDS researchers from France and Belgium say. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Racial and ethnic disparities revealed in recession-era healthcare usage
Many Americans lost their jobs--and their health insurance--during the past few years of recession,
but a new study shows that minorities may have been hit the hardest. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Statins may limit post-CABG kidney injury
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Beginning statins before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may limit
the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), according to North Carolina-based researchers. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Almost one in six couples face infertility: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Close to one in six U.S. couples don't get pregnant after a year of
trying, according to a new study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
REFILE: Repeat botox shots appear safe, effective for bladder pain syndrome
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Repeated onabotulinum toxin A (OnabotA) injections into the trigonal area
can safely relieve pain and other symptoms of bladder pain syndrome, according to a new report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
HHS: Medicare spending hits historic low
Affordable Care Act provisions are already having a substantial effect on reducing the growth rate of
Medicare spending, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Merck begins overseas recall of HDL cholesterol drug
Merck in December said Tredaptive did no better in the study at preventing heart attacks, deaths or
strokes than traditional statin drugs that lower LDL cholesterol. (See Reuters story of December 20,
2012.) (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
FDA advisory panel backs canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
EU agency sees no new risks with combined contraceptives
LONDON (Reuters) - European drug regulators said on Friday there was no reason for women to stop using
combined contraceptives like Bayer's Meliane (gestodene plus ethinyl estradiol) or Yasmin (drospirenone plus
ethinyl estradiol) since there was no new evidence pointing to safety risks. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Many children eventually outgrow milk allergy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By the time children with milk allergy are about five years old, most have
outgrown the condition, according to findings of a large observational study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 11, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
