Blunder fears as woman, 66, diesHong Kong StandardFirst admitted to United Christian on October 25 for acute bronchitis, she was allowed to return home after five days and prescribed a six-day course of the oral steroid, Prednisolone 25 milligram. Duri…
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Research Reveals Secret Behind a Steady Heartbeat
Philly.com The investigators also found that a class of drugs called mTOR inhibitors — which are used to suppress the immune system in people who’ve received organ transplants — can change the balance of proteins in heart cells and boost the amount of … |
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CHMP backs Xolair for severe hives
PMLiVE Based on the results of a phase III trial the drug has been backed to treat CSU as a monthly subcutaneous injection in patients aged over 12 as an add-on to standard treatment with antihistamines and – in severe cases – corticosteroids. Around half of … |
New Zealand Doctor Onlinebeach, bach and beyondNew Zealand Doctor OnlineThe itch can be treated with promethazine 10-20mg three times daily; 1 per cent hydrocortisone is helpful in the first 24 hours on areas of the skin that are unblistered. Paracetam…
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Research Reveals Secret Behind a Steady Heartbeat
U.S. News & World Report The investigators also found that a class of drugs called mTOR inhibitors — which are used to suppress the immune system in people who’ve received organ transplants — can change the balance of proteins in heart cells and boost the amount of … |
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Cycling’s longstanding, predictable and troubling relationship with depression
The Guardian When l’Equipe published the Index of Suspicion it was accompanied by an article on cortisone abuse by Dr Guillaume, who claimed that the use of corticosteroids was as widespread as it had been in the 1970s and 1980s, when it wrecked the knees of many … |
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STENTYS 2013 Annual Revenues Up 34% From 2012
MarketWatch About the APPOSITION IV Study APPOSITION IV is a prospective, randomized, two-arm, multi-center study designed to compare the apposition of the STENTYS Sirolimus eluting stent with Medtronic Resolute® in 150 patients suffering from ST-elevation … |
Bioresorbable Scaffold Designed for PAD Yields Good Early ResultsTCTMDAll patients were treated with the Esprit everolimus-eluting BVS (Abbott Vascular, Santa Clara, CA), which is designed to fully metabolize within 18 months of implantation. Acute pro…
Proposed Racehorse Drug Rules Debated in New YorkTheHorse.comConcerns over withdrawal times and threshold levels for clenbuterol and corticosteroids led the United States Trotting Association (USTA) to leave the RMTC in late September 2013 and to publi…
OncLiveGradishar Provides Insight into New Breast Cancer TreatmentsOncLiveTrials and analysis continue to hone our understanding of how and when mTOR inhibitors such as everolimus (Afinitor) counter resistance to aromatase inhibitors in metastatic canc…