Oct 20, 2020
Delirium is a common, unpleasant and dangerous complication see amongst older people during hospital stays. A recent prospective cohort analysis has sought to assess the possible relationship between delirium and vitamin D deficiency. Adults aged 60 and older by the...
Oct 15, 2020
A recent double-blind trial has investigated the association between empagliflozin (a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 [SGLT-2] inhibitor) and risk for hospitalisation in patients with heart failure. 3,730 patients with class II, III or IV heart failure and an ejection...
Oct 14, 2020
The stated purposes of the World Anti-Doping Code are to protect the athletes’ right to participate in doping-free sport (promoting health, fairness and equality for athletes worldwide, to ensure harmonized & effective anti-doping programs for prevention of...
Oct 8, 2020
A team of researchers from Canada have conducted a population based cohort study to asses whether sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors increase the risk for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) for patients with type 2 diabetes, compared with dipeptidyl...
Oct 8, 2020
The development of oedema after the introduction of some psychotropic drugs has been previously reported with a range of agents. One drug that has been implicated is the second generation antipsychotic agent, olanzapine. A recently published case report has described...
