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16 Nov Acute Coronary Syndrome: How Do Patients Without Critical Stenosis Do?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Marc-Alexander Ohlow, MD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine Cardiology Department Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Germany MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Ohlow: This paper reports the finding of a retrospective study including 4.311 consecutive patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Out of them...05 Nov Pharmacist Intervention Reduced Emergency Room ReVisits
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Anna Alassaad Pharmacist, PhD Student, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The main findings from our study are that patients with a low number of prescribed...04 Nov Older Adults Mainly Excluded From Hypertension Trials
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Leah Goeres Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Hypertension is a very common condition and as adults age they are more likely to have hypertension. Knowing...03 Nov Exploring microRNAs as Blood Biomarkers of Pancreatic Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Dr. Murray Korc MD, Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Pancreatic Cancer Signature Center IU Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Korc:...02 Nov Colon Cancer Screening: Stool Biomarker May Be Equivalent To Colonoscopy
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Enrique Quintero MD, PhD President, Asociación Española de Gastroenterología (AEG) Chief of Gastroenterology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias Professor of Medicine, Universidad de La Laguna La Laguna. Tenerife Spain Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Quintero: First degree relatives...27 Oct Why Do Some Fit Triathletes Get Pulmonary Edema?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. David MacIver Department of Cardiology Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. MacIver: The study was prompted by 2 triathletes who presented to our hospital with similar symptoms suggesting they both had had fluid...24 Oct Familial Pancreatic Cancer Linked To Increased Melanoma and Endometrial Cancer Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jeremy L. Humphris MBBS The Kinghorn Cancer Center, Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia and Andrew V. Biankin Regius Professor of Surgery Director, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow Scotland United Kingdom...21 Oct Metformin May Be Protective Against Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Iris L. Romero MD MS Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Section of General Gynecology The University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Romero: There is increasing epidemiologic and preclinical data indicating that the commonly...21 Oct Opioid Dependence: Buprenorphine Maintenance May Be Better Than Taper for Treatment Retention
MedicalResearch.com Interview with David A. Fiellin, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Investigative Medicine and Public Health Yale University School of Medicine Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Fiellin: The main finding of our randomized clinical trial, conducted in primary care, was that among prescription opioid dependent patients, ongoing...20 Oct Alopecia Areata: Humira May Improve, or Worsen, Hair Loss
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Marie C. Leger, MD, PhD Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology New York University School of Medicine, New York Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? What was most surprising about the results? Dr. Leger: Alopecia areata is a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease. As such, there was...16 Oct Role of Steroids Post Tonsillectomy Explored
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Sayaka Suzuki, MD Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Suzuki: We found a slight increase in the...15 Oct Controlling Insulin Release With Photoswitchable Sulfonylurea
MedicalResearch.com: Interview with: Dr. David Hodson PhD Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine Imperial College London Medical Research: What is the background for this research? Dr. Hodson: Type 2 diabetes represents a huge socioeconomic challenge. As well as causing significant morbidity due to chronically elevated glucose levels, this disease is also...09 Oct Developing New Biomarkers To Detect Early Organ Transplant Failure
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Stan Rose, PhD President & CEO of Transplant Genomics Dr. Rose is also a kidney transplant recipient MedicalResearch: What is the background for these studies? Dr. Rose: The studies by the founding scientists of Transplant Genomics (TGI) presented at the World Transplant Congress (WTC) 2014 represent years...09 Oct Community Acquired Pneumonia May Require Two Antibiotics
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Nicolas Garin MD Division of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Monthey, Switzerland Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Garin: Empiric treatment with a betalactam drug (monotherapy) was not...07 Oct Animal Studies Suggest Testosterone May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Maarten C. Bosland, DVSc, PhD Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology, College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60612 Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Bosland: The two main findings are : (1) that long-term, low-dose testosterone treatment induces...03 Oct Marijuana May Be Protective Against Traumatic Brain Injury
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: David Plurad, MD Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute. Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Based on a survey of patients with traumatic brain injuries, a group of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute researchers found those who tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active...03 Oct Fish Oil Found Not Effective in Atrial Fibrillation Prevention
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Anil Nigam MD MSc FRCPC Director, Research Program in Preventive Cardiology at ÉPIC Centre Montreal Heart Institute Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at Université de Montréal Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Nigam: The main finding is that high-dose fish oil...03 Oct TIA Increases Risk of PTSD
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Kathrin S. Utz, PhD Department of Neurology University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Erlangen, German Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Utz: A transient ischemic attack is caused when there is a temporary disruption in the blood supply to a person’s brain. It causes the...
02 Oct Evolocumab For Resistant Familial Hypercholesterolemia
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Raul Santos Unidade Clínica de Lipides InCor-HCFMUSP Sao Paulo, Brazil. Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Santos: Evolocumab 420 mg injected subcutaneously every 4 weeks reduced LDL-C by 31% on average, in relation to placebo, in Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients that...02 Oct FDG PET/CT May Improve Staging In Young Breast Cancer Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Gary Ulaner, MD, PhD Assistant Attending Radiologist Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Assistant Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical School Chair, Radiology Research Committee Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Ulaner: FDG PET/CT revealed distant metastases in 17% of asymptomatic stage IIB...29 Sep Diabetics with Acute Myocardial Infarction Have Higher Mortality
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jorge F. Saucedo MD Allstate Foundation, Judson B. Branch Chair of Cardiology Head, Division of Cardiology Co-Director Cardiovascular Institute NorthShore University HealthSystem Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Talla A. Rousan, MD Oklahoma City, OK. First author of study. Medical Research: What...29 Sep Aspirin Response Predicts Outcome After Stent Surgery
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Katharina Mayer MD Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Mayer: Patients whose platelets do not respond well to aspirin carry a higher risk of death or stent thrombosis. Platelet response to aspirin is an...22 Sep Statins May Have Additional Lipid Profile Benefit in Pre-Diabetes
\MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Moses Elisaf Professor of Internal Medicine University of Ioannina, Greece Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Elisaf: We evaluated the effects of rosuvastatin in two groups of hyperlipidemic patients: one group had impaired fasting glucose (IFG) while the second group had...21 Sep Melanoma: PD-L1 As Negative Prognostic Marker
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Mario Mandalà, MD Unit of Clinical Research Department of Oncology and Haematology Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital Piazza OMS 1, 24100, Bergamo, Italy Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Mandalà: We evaluated PD-L1 expression by IHC in 81 consecutive metastatic melanoma patients, with...15 Sep Should Routine Breast Cancer Screening Stop At Age 70?
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Nienke de Glas, MD PhD-student Leiden University Medical Center Department of Surgery Leiden The Netherlands Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. de Glas: It remains unclear whether mass breast cancer screening has a beneficial effect in older women. In the Netherlands, the...