Entries by aaron

Repeat CT-guided biopsy Ok, trial does not support PET-CT in diagnostic pathway of non-diagnostic pleural biopsy

Repeat CT-guided biopsy Ok, trial does not support PET-CT in diagnostic pathway of non-diagnostic pleural biopsy suggests a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal. Pleural biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis of pleural malignancy but a significant proportion will have an inconclusive biopsy despite ongoing clinical suspicion of malignancy. They investigated whether […]

Triple combo of alpha-lipoic acid, epalrestat, and mecobalamin better for treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy than monotherapy : study

A triple combo of alpha-lipoic acid, epalrestat, and mecobalamin is better for treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy than monotherapy finds a new study published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. Alpha-lipoic acid, epalrestat, and mecobalamin are widely used as monotherapies for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. However, whether a triple-combination therapy with these three drugs is […]

Feeding donor human milk versus preterm formula during birth hospitalization, which is better for preterm infants? Study sheds light

USA: A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed comparable 2-year neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely preterm infants fed donor human milk versus infants fed preterm formula. “In the randomized clinical trial, the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID) adjusted mean cognitive score for infants fed donor human […]

Religious people coped better with the Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests

People of religious faith may have experienced lower levels of unhappiness and stress than secular people during the UK’s Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, according to new University of Cambridge research. The findings follow a recently published Cambridge-led study suggesting that worsening mental health after experiencing Covid infection-either personally or in those close to […]

EULAR releases guidelines on imaging use in the clinical management of crystal-induced arthropathies

Austria: The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) has released recommendations on imaging for diagnosing and managing crystal-induced arthropathies (CiAs) in clinical practice. The purpose of these guidelines, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, is to help clinicians when applying imaging techniques for all common CiAs and include the full spectrum of imaging […]