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Healthcare :: Quality of treatment guidelines

Practising physicians are nowadays presented with official guidelines on the treatments they should give their patients. In an article published in PLoS Medicine, researchers have attempted to grade the quality of evidence used in drawing up the recommendations contained in guidelines for the treatment of patients with diabetes, high blood pressure and dyslipidemia (abnormal levels of fats in the blood).

Heart Attack :: ACC/AHA release revised UA/NSTEMI guidelines

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have jointly released revised Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina (UA)/Non-ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI).

Coffee & caffeine may protect memory in older women

Drinking more than three cups of coffee (or the equivalent in tea) per day or caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dementia :: In women, caffeine may protect memory, thinking skills

Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Mediterranean Diet :: Mediterranean diet is best to prevent heart disease

Australia’s largest study of eating habits has found that traditional Mediterranean foods may prevent cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke. A 10 year study into the dietary patterns of about 40,000 Melburnians has just been published in the latest American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Blood Pressure :: How a pain in the neck could be bad for your blood pressure

A chance discovery in the lab has helped University of Leeds scientists to show how the treatment for a stiff neck could do wonders for your blood pressure.

Endoscopy :: Gastroenterologist-directed sedation safe and effective for endoscopic procedures

The use of an evidence-based sedation protocol for endoscopic procedures improves the quality of practice and reduces the incidence of sedation-related adverse events, according to an “AGA Institute Review of Endoscopic Sedation” published in the August issue of Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute.

Diabetes :: Diabetic ethnic minorities lose out in the UK

Patients from ethnic minorities are not only more likely to suffer from diabetes, but also receive lower quality care from the National Health Service, claims a paper published in the online open access journal, International Journal for Equity in Health.

Migraine :: FDA issues second approvable letter for Trexima

GlaxoSmithKline (LSE & NYSE: GSK) and POZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a second approvable letter for Trexima? (sumatriptan/naproxen sodium).

Infant :: Disparities in infant mortality not related to race

The cause of low birth weights among African-American women has more to do with racism than with race, according to a report by an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.