25 Aug 2008
A troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping to see more normal numbers in the latest study, but they didn’t. The number of kids committing suicide in the U.S. remains higher than expected, and that Read the rest of this entry »
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the European Commission has issued marketing authorisation for Volibris® (ambrisentan) for the treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) in patients classified as World Health Organisation (WHO) Functional Class II and III, to improve exercise capacity.1 Efficacy has been shown in idiopathic PAH (IPAH) and in PAH associated Read the rest of this entry »
UroToday.com - In this very important and unique study, the authors note that at 19.2 years average follow-up after percutaneous stone removal (PCNL), the incidence of hypertension (34.1%) is no different than after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) (36.4%).
Of note, the incidence of diabetes (23.5%) at Read the rest of this entry »