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Physicians’ prescribing behavior may be influenced by their receipt of industry-sponsored meals, new data suggest. Physicians who received an industry-sponsored meal promoting a company’s drug were more likely to prescribe the brand-name drug than a less expensive generic one. “Physicians who received a single meal promoting the drug of interest had higher rates of prescribing […]
Read MoreThe FDA approved Probuphine (Titan/Braeburn), the first buprenorphine implant for the maintenance treatment of opioid dependence. Probuphine is designed to provide a constant, low-level dose of buprenorphine for six months in patients who are already stable on low-to-moderate doses of other forms of buprenorphine, as part of a complete treatment program. Until now, buprenorphine for […]
Read MoreAnesthesia & Analgesia: August 2016 – Volume 123 – Issue 2 – p 382–393 AUTHORS: Job, Kathleen M. PhD et al BACKGROUND: The endothelial glycocalyx is an important component of the vascular permeability barrier, forming a scaffold that allows serum proteins to create a gel-like layer on the endothelial surface and transmitting mechanosensing and mechanotransduction […]
Read MoreThe long-running debate about which surgical method is best for removing a cancerous prostate is over, a urologic surgeon declares in an editorial published in the July issue of the Journal of Urology. “Robotic prostatectomy has superior or at least equal oncologic efficacy and complication rates compared to open prostatectomy,” writes Michael O. Koch, MD, from the Indiana University […]
Read MoreBody mass index (BMI) is not as important to cancer outcomes as previously thought, according to the ABCPP (After Breast Cancer Pooling Project), which analyzed the effects of BMI, comorbidities and physical activity on mortality. Previous studies showed that being overweight increases breast cancer recurrence, breast cancer–specific mortality and overall mortality. The investigators used data […]
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