Dabigatran has been demonstrated to decrease the rate of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) by one-third, while also decreasing the rate of intracranial bleeding by two-thirds compared with warfarin.
The role of omega-3 fatty acids in prostate cancer risk has been inconsistent and it has been difficult to draw practical and clinically useful conclusions from the research.
Svanström and colleagues in copenhagen examined the risk of cardiovascular deaths in association with azithromycin use in a nationwide historical cohort study of Danish adults aged 18-64 years.
A highly selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of persistent facial erythema of rosacea in adults.
Bacteria were present on the cell phones of all hospital clinicians studied, with potentially pathogenic microorganisms isolated from 29% of them. Contamination with pathogens was found more commonly with smart phones than with non-smart phones, and by multivariable analysis no other factor was associated with this difference.
