Researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have found an epigenetic mechanism implicated in the regulation of blood sugar. The study, published in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, reveals that the methylation of the TXNIP gene is associated with diabetes mellitus type...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of severe influenza illness and some deaths and today issued an alert recommending that physicians quickly treat suspected cases in high-risk patients. Clinicians are advised to quickly treat suspected influenza in high-risk outpatients, those with...
Vomiting, behavior changes, and sleep disturbances each affect about one child in 20 taking a short course of oral corticosteroids, a new study shows. Moreover, almost one in 100 gets an infection while receiving the commonly prescribed medications, researchers say. "We should perhaps alert families of children...
Updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) for managing Candida infections recommend first-line treatment for candidemia with an echinocandin such as caspofungin, rather than fluconazole, as echinocandins kill, rather than inhibit, these pathogens. The new guidelines, which replace those from 2009, were published...
Marcia Frellick December 24, 2015 An updated practice bulletin from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) highlights changes in cervical cancer screening and prevention recommendations. These include discussion of the role of screening with human papillomavirus (HPV) testing alone, updates on efficacy of the HPV vaccine, and...
Veronica Hackethal, MD December 24, 2015 Low aerobic fitness during late adolescence increases the risk for early death, according to a study published onlineDecember 20 in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The results also undermine the "fat but fit" concept by showing that physically fit obese men are at higher risk for...