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...
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...
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...
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...
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...