Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today‘s reporters: “Every little bit matters and we really need to tighten the screws to try to minimize it as much as possible.” — Jay Lieberman, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, on the shift away from corticosteroids for asthma.
With new guidelines for the treatment of moderate to severe asthma, experts noted a shift toward increasing caution in corticosteroid use.
Non-injection routes of epinephrine delivery are gaining proponents for rapid response to immunotherapy anaphylaxis in the allergists’ office.
In small study, T2D resolved in 100% of those on an HP regimen, with significant improvements in CV risk factors
CT substudy of ASPEN trial suggests a slowing in progression of lung damage
Statistics don’t tell the full story of healthcare burnout, maintains Jessi Gold, MD, MS, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. People do.
“I do not think they work,” said Penny A. Asbell, MD, MBA, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, in an interview with MedPage Today. Asbell, who was not involved in the current study, led the landmark DREAM study, which found no benefit with fish-derived omega-3 fatty acids compared with an olive oil placebo… Read More
A breast milk enema resulted in faster meconium evacuation and a shorter time to enteral feeding compared with a saline enema, a randomized clinical trial in a Chinese hospital showed. Among 286 preterm infants, those who received the breast milk enema achieved complete meconium evacuation 2.2 days faster than those who received normal saline (95%… Read More
