Amy Jacob

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Wednesday announced the approval of Teva's albuterol sulfate inhalation powder (ProairRespiClick), a breath-actuated, multi-dose, dry-powder, short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) inhaler for treating or preventing bronchospasm in patients 12 years and older suffering from reversible obstructive airway disease and for preventing exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) in patients 12 years and older.

Novartis announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jadenu (deferasirox), a simplified treatment method for patients with chronic iron overload.

After studying the reasons for evacuation from theater, between 2004 to 2007, Steven P. Cohen, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, found that the number one reason each year revolved around muscular skeletal injuries.

The US had been found to have a higher percentage of opioid use than in any other country.

Patients administered minimally invasive surgery (MIS) colon resection procedures instead of open surgery leave the hospital quicker and require less follow up with physicians and fewer medical prescriptions.

Women afflicted with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk for cervical dysplasia and cancer.

Understanding the difference between clear and almost clear skin is crucial with the advent of new biologic therapies that make complete clearance attainable.

Psoriasis treatment in the geriatric demographic has long been poorly understood.

Dermira, Inc. presented clinical data from its successful DRM01 Phase 2a trial in patients with facial acne vulgaris at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting on March 20, 2015 in San Francisco.

Novartis announced results from the CLEAR study demonstrating Cosentyxâ„¢ (secukinumab) improved skin clearance at Week 16 in significantly more moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis patients compared to Stelara®* (ustekinumab), a widely used biologic.

Countless debates have concluded the practice of pain management to be fragmented compared with other disciplines.

Despite advancements in stents, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) still prevails over balloon angioplasty and stents as the better treatment method for patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart.

The TriGuard filter, an investigational device designed to protect the brain from hazardous debris released during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and other procedures was found to improve in-hospital safety outcomes and cognitive scores at discharge.

Compared with earlier generation devices, the SAPIEN 3 heart valve exhibited lower death, stroke, and paravalvular leak rates in high-risk surgery patients and demonstrated encouraging results in intermediate-risk patients.

Self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in high-risk aortic stenosis patients produces a more consistent survival rate compared with standard surgery, according to 2-year data presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in San Diego, CA.

Nutritional experts have consistently recommended a Mediterranean dietary pattern to aid in preventing chronic disease.

While many doctors have long believed diet to be the key component in preventing and managing cardiovascular disease, significant gaps in their knowledge often hindering proper education about heart healthy diets

Previous studies have revealed Aged Garlic Extract (AGE) retards multiple cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, cholesterol, platelet aggregation, and adhesion, while triggering nitric oxide generation within endothelial cells.

The PROMISE Trial (PROspective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of chest pain) showed no improvement in clinical outcomes when using Anatomic CT over functional testing for screening for coronary artery disease, however it did find an overall increase in radiation exposure.

Full results from PEGASUS-TMI 54, the large-scale trial investigating AstraZeneca's Brilinta (ticagrelor) tablets were presented Saturday, March 14 at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting in San Diego, CA.

While various epidemiological studies have shown obesity to be linked with inflammation and with increased cardiovascular risk, the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) takes it a step further, strongly predicting the incidence of cardiovascular events.

Medical experts have long debated over which obesity parameter holds the strongest cardiovascular predictive value.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been found to decrease cardiovascular risk in obese patients.

Research has consistently identified obesity as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Investigators have also reported on the obesity paradox concept suggesting improved prognosis in patients with obesity presenting with acute coronary syndromes.

With a steady rise in energy drink consumption, especially among young adults, several medical studies have connected it to accentuated blood pressure response among caffeine-naïve adults, compared to regular caffeine users.

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study revealed 86 million Americans suffer from prediabetes, a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and nearly half of prediabetic patients were reported to develop frank diabetes.

Jamal Rana, MD, Oakland, CA, presented research results on metabolic dyslipidemia and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in adults with diabetes and low LDL-cholesterol.

Chronic illness treatment typically involves some level of long-term use of pharmacotherapy. While these medications may prove efficacious in contesting the disease, their full benefits often go unmet, because nearly 50% of patients do not to take the medications as prescribed.

Some medical experts have contested that patients treated with warfarin with stable INR values might not benefit from being switched to one of the novel oral anticoagulants.

myPath Melanoma, a new 23-gene signature test fromMyriad Genetics, could potentially differentiate between malignant melanoma and benign skin moles in nearly 15% of cases where histopathologic analysis is not considered straightforward.