Novità nel mondo di Medicina di Laboratorio

The benefits of low-dose aspirin for patients with CVD are well established. A retrospective review suggests it may also decrease the growth rate of brain aneurysms.
Medscape Medical News

Fecal microbiota transplant seeded resistant E coli bacteremia in two patients, one of whom died, researchers report.
Medscape Medical News

A large randomized study has shown a sizable reduction in events in patients taking blood pressure lowering medication at night rather than in the morning.
Medscape Medical News

Stroke experts from around the world presented findings linking stroke to later dementia, and advocated approaches to prevent stroke and thus limit dementia.
Medscape Medical News

A new analysis suggests that statin use in low-risk patients "may be an example of low value care . . . and, in some cases, represent a waste of healthcare resources," researchers say.
Medscape Medical News

Intrathecal interferon improves several measures of neurologic disability in devastating post-measles subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a study shows. Most of the patients had not been immunized.
Medscape Medical News

Drs Robert Glatter and Benjamin Abo discuss how to properly treat snakebites, and whether the development of a universal antivenom is possible.
Medscape Emergency Medicine

In 2017, the FDA warned health care providers and thermography device makers not to mislead people into believing thermal imaging could take the place of a mammogram.
WebMD Health News

A new eight-factor scoring system, iBox, accurately predicts the risk of allograft loss in patients receiving kidney transplants, according to an international study.
Reuters Health Information

This study aimed to describe the frequency and characteristics of non-cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma. What contribution does NAFLD make to the burden of non-cirrhotic HCC?
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

This study compared quality of life scores in patients with chronic hepatitis C and hepatitis B, both before treatment initiation and at the time of full HBV suppression or HCV eradication.
Liver International

BRAFV600E mutation may be a poor prognostic factor for patients with microsatellite instable/deficient mismatch repair (MMR) or microsatellite stable/proficient MMR colorectal cancers.
Annals of Oncology

Survey shows over half of patients with low-risk thyroid cancer in Japan chose active surveillance over immediate surgery. A similar US program reports over 70% of similar patients also opted for watchful waiting.
Medscape Medical News

Four dozen drugs were added to the quarterly list after the FDA identified potential signs of serious risk or received new information on a safety issue.
Medscape Medical News

The program, called SpikeNet, was developed by analyzing multiple expert opinions on thousands of EEG readings and shows better diagnostic accuracy than individual human experts.
Medscape Medical News

Asymptomatic individuals at risk for coronary artery disease may show increases in white matter hyperintensities, particularly in the periventricular area, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News

Pharmacy retailer CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it is pulling all 22 ounce bottles of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder from its stores and online to comply with the U.S. healthcare conglomerate's recall last week of a lot of 22 oz bottles due to possible asbestos contamination.
Reuters Health Information

How useful is MRI in the early detection of prostate cancer? What advantages might it offer over standard biopsy detection?
Current Opinion in Urology

A patient presents with a boney mass on her right thumb. What did radiographic imaging reveal about this mass and how was it treated?
ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery

This case highlights the important role ultrasound can play in the diagnosis of lung typical carcinoid tumors.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine