Daily Low-Dose Aspirin Upped Incidence of Anemia in Older Adults
Daily low-dose aspirin increased incident anemia among otherwise healthy older adults, a secondary analysis of the randomized ASPREE trial showed. Over a median of 4.7 years, the incidence of anemia was 51.2 events per 1,000 person-years in the aspirin group compared with 42.9 events per 1,000 person-years in the placebo group (HR 1.20, 95% CI […]
President Biden ‘Remains Fit for Duty,’ His Doctor Says
WASHINGTON — President Biden has a stiffened gait but is otherwise in good health and is fit to continue in office, his personal physician said Thursday. “The president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” wrote Kevin O’Connor, DO, in a memo to White House Press […]
Opinion | ‘Pill Mill’ Docs, You May Be in for a Big Scare
Last week, in an otherwise unremarkable order list, the Supreme Court remanded a case involving a “pill mill” doctor to a lower court for further consideration, in a move that could impact previous precedent-setting decisions on prescribing liability. The ultimate decision in the case, Santos, Medardo Q. v. United States (Santos), will have important implications […]
Tide Turns on Withholding Blood Pressure Meds for Pregnant Women
WASHINGTON — Consensus is growing that clinicians can be confident treating mild hypertension in otherwise healthy pregnant women without hurting their babies, based on the CHAP study. In this large randomized trial, treating high blood pressure (BP) to a target of <140/90 mm Hg resulted in better outcomes than did usual care, as evidenced by […]
Ultrasounds for endangered abalone mollusks: Ultrasounds proven an effective, hands-off way to help spawn endangered abalone
The world’s abalone are threatened, endangered or otherwise vulnerable in nearly every corner of the planet. While captive breeding efforts are underway for some species, these giant sea snails are notoriously difficult to spawn. If only we could wave a magic wand to know when abalone are ready to reproduce, without even touching them. Scientists […]
Researchers crack the synthetic code of rare molecules sought after in drug development
A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in producing two molecules that are otherwise only formed by microorganisms from extremely contaminated wastewater in an abandoned mine in South Korea. The method, which took four years to develop, could pave the way for new types of drugs. The study is published in Journal […]
Boston Man Suffers Seizures Caused By Tapeworms In His Brain
A Boston man thought he was in good health found out otherwise when he started engaging in strange behavior early one morning. According to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the otherwise healthy man fell out of bed at approximately 4 a.m. and started shaking on the floor. Advertisement Even stranger: […]