Clinical Research

Clinical Trial Outcomes Are More Complete In Unpublished Reports

Grey literature in medicine has some valuable insight, according to a new paper. The authors say that clinical trial outcomes are more complete in unpublished reports than in publicly available information. The results found that publicly available inform ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2013 - 8:30am

Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency: No Link Between Venous Narrowing And Multiple Sclerosis

A study to see whether narrowing of the veins from the brain to the heart could be a cause of multiple sclerosis has found that the condition is just as prevalent in people without the disease. The results call into question a controversial theory that MS ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2013 - 12:24pm

Halting neurodegeneration in mice — a possible cure for Alzheimer's?

Discovery ‘could hold key to Alzheimer’s treatment’ ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 10 2013 - 2:29am

Progress: Diet And Lifestyle Advice For Diabetes 'No Different' Than General Public

A new paper suggests that lifestyle advice for people with diabetes should be no different from that for the general public- but diabetes may benefit more from that same advice.  In the study, the researchers investigated whether the associations between ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2013 - 6:30am

Low Dietary Fiber Intake And Increased Cardiovascular Risk Linked

A new paper has found a significant association between low dietary fiber intake and cardiometabolic risks including metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular inflammation, and obesity.  In the study, investigators used surveillance data from 23,168 subjects in ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2013 - 10:11am

Bone Marrow Transplants Linked To Negative Sexual Side Effects

Blood and bone marrow transplants have been done for decades and have always had risks of complications, like virtually any treatment for serious diseases, but a new study has found an additional one for the list: sexual health. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2013 - 5:14pm

Sugar Doesn't Cause Liver Disease

Despite what you may have read in the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets jumping on the 'sugar is bad' fad, sugar intake is off the hook in one area; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. High-calorie diets promote the progression of ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 1 2013 - 1:57pm

GLP-1 Gut Hormone Test Predicts Efficacy Of Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric bypass surgery has become one of the most commonly performed procedures in the treatment of obesity. In most patients, it quickly produces substantial body weight loss and improved glucose tolerance. However, the metabolic improvements vary consid ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2013 - 1:01pm

Osteoporosis Added To List Of Type 2 Diabetes Complications

Type 2 diabetes brings with it a long list of complementary issues: vascular and heart disease, eye problems, nerve damage, kidney disease, hearing problems and Alzheimer's disease. A new study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research adds skeleta ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2013 - 7:31am

Women Who Have Had Bariatric Obesity Surgery Should Be Classed As At-Risk During Pregnancy

In 2008, an estimated 500,000,000 people were obese globally, which could result in a 2-4 year shorter life span, which increases to 8-10 years in those morbidly obese. Obesity is also a risk factor for adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes (relating t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2013 - 7:31am