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Uncategorized Published - 30 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
America’s obesity epidemic, especially among women, expected to get worse

By Erika Edwards NBC Health Women, minorities and the poor are most vulnerable. Almost half of U.S. adults will be considered obese by 2030 — with women, African Americans and people in low-income households most vulnerable, according to new projections published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers said those groups in particular are […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Operator Experience Matters for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair

Authors: Chhatriwalla AK et al.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2019 Dec 17 Resor CD. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019 Dec 17 A registry analysis demonstrated an improvement in procedure success after an interventionalist’s first 50 cases. Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) with MitraClip was FDA-approved in 2013. To assess the association between operator experience and procedural outcomes, investigators […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Dramatic Rise in Teen Anxiety Drug Use and Overdoses

The number of teens taking and overdosing from benzodiazepines, commonly prescribed anxiety medications, has risen dramatically over the past decade, according to a national study coauthored by Rutgers researchers. The study, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, found a 54 percent increase in cases involving children ages 12 to 18 that were reported to U.S. Poison Control […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Use of sugammadex in patients with neuromuscular disorders

Authors: Sha Gurunathan et al BMC Anesthesiology volume 19, Article number: 213 (2019) Background Sugammadex is a modified gamma-cyclodextrin that acts by selectively encapsulating free amino-steroidal neuromuscular relaxants. Several case reports have been published on the use of sugammadex in patients with neuromuscular disorders that include neuromuscular junction diseases, myopathies, neuropathies, and motor neurone disorders. The primary aim […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 December, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Predicting vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease and delirium

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Marked by acute temporary confusion, disorientation and/or agitation, postoperative delirium is the most common post-surgical complication in older adults, striking as many as half of adults older than 65 who undergo high-risk procedures such as cardiac surgery or hip replacements. Postoperative delirium is also tightly linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). […]

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