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Debate Over Psychiatry Bible DSM-5 Grows Days Before Release by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine With the release of the fifth edition of the so-called psychiatrist’s bible the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),” days away, the contro ... Read on »

Xofigo for Advanced Prostate Cancer Approved by FDA by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Xofigo approved three months ahead of schedule under priority review program The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) ... Read on »

FDA Approves Simponi to Treat Ulcerative Colitis by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Simponi (golimumab) injection to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Simpon ... Read on »

Flu in Pregnancy May Increase Child’s Bi-Polar Risk 4x by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Pregnant mothers’ exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study fun ... Read on »

Men’s Brains Respond Differently to Hungry Infant’s Crying by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Researchers have uncovered firm evidence for what many mothers have long suspected: women’s brains appear to be hard-wired to respond to the cries of a hungry infant. ... Read on »

Online Sign Up and Nationwide Testing Program Launched for Type 1 Diabetes Network by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine People with a family history of type 1 diabetes can now conveniently participate in free screening to help find ways to delay or prevent the disease, even if they li ... Read on »

New Tool to Help Prevent Intentional Food Contamination by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a new tool to help bolster the food industry’s defense measures against an act of intentional food contamination. Th ... Read on »

Juvisync Approved for Combined Treatment of Diabetes and High Cholesterol by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine First combination drug to treat type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol in one tablet. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Juvisync (sitaglipti ... Read on »

Cialis Approved to Treat Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Cialis (tadalafil) was approved today by the FDA for treating the signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition in which the prostate gland bec ... Read on »

FDA Awards Grants to Encourage Pediatrics Medical Device Development by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the awards of three grants to boost the development and availability of medical devices for children. A pan ... Read on »

Rotavirus Vaccine Leads to Lower Doctor Visits and Health Care Costs by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Vaccinating infants against rotavirus has resulted in dramatic decreases in health care use and treatment costs for diarrhea–related illness in U.S. infants and young ... Read on »

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Raw Oysters Harvested from Hood Canal Area 4 in Washington State by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Oyster recall affects 23 states Fast Facts • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat raw oysters harvested from an area of Hood C ... Read on »

Flu Prevention for Children and Teens – Report by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Although children and teenagers rarely die from flu–related causes, many of the deaths could have been prevented if the children had been vaccinated against the flu, a ... Read on »

Lung Cancer Rates on the Decline by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The rates of new lung cancer cases in the United States dropped among men in 35 states and among women in 6 states between 1999 and 2008 Among women, lung cancer in ... Read on »

Two Doses of HPV Vaccine May Protect as Much as Standard 3-dose Course by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Two doses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Cervarix were as effective as the current standard three-dose regimen after four years of follow-up, according to r ... Read on »

Violence During Pregnancy Can Lead to Reduced Infant Birth Weight by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Pregnant women who are assaulted by an intimate partner are at increased risk of giving birth to infants of reduced weight, according to a population-level analysis of ... Read on »

Asthma Rates in U.S. Rising by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, with nearly 1 in 12 Americans diagnosed with asthma. In addition to incre ... Read on »

Medical Costs for Youth With Diabetes 6x Higher by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Young people with diabetes face substantially higher medical costs than children and teens without the disease, according to a recent article in the May issue of the ... Read on »

Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Guidelines Updated for First Time in 27 Years by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For the first time in 27 years, clinical diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease dementia have been revised, and research guidelines for earlier stages of the dise ... Read on »

Scientists ID Gene that May Hold Key to Muscle Repair by MedNews Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Researchers have long questioned why patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) tend to manage well through childhood and adolescence, yet succumb to their dise ... Read on »

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