Novità nel mondo di Medicina di Laboratorio

New technologies have determined that transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, once thought to be rare and untreatable, is more common than previously thought, and novel therapeutic options are emerging.
Circulation

Encouraging bismuth subsalicylate (BSS) use as a first-line treatment for acute diarrhea and promoting its use for self-management can reduce antibiotic use in Pakistan and other countries around the world, researchers suggest.
Reuters Health Information

Prior to diagnosis, breast cancer-related genes appear to interact with aspirin in certain women and could influence survival, an observational study hints.
Reuters Health Information

The trailblazer in the application of computer technology to biomedical research and health information, and former director of the National Library of Medicine, has died.
Medscape Medical News

An Illinois resident who had recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness has died.
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Older hospitalized patients with liquid or metastatic solid tumors were at elevated risk of Clostridiodes difficile infection.
Medscape Medical News

Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
Medscape

This meta-analysis aimed to determine the optimal effective dosage and delivery method of tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery.
BMC Anesthesiology

Past research suggested that myocardial viability might aid survival in coronary bypass surgery patients. This study found no long-term survival benefit but modest improvement in ejection fraction.
Medscape Medical News

Contralateral breast cancer is least likely in patients who receive taxane-containing regimens or aromatase inhibitors.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The prices of cancer drugs continue to rise, with no solution in sight. A new essay proposes a radical reform: replace the for-profit pharmaceutical industry with a public enterprise.
Medscape Medical News

An Arkansas Veterans Affairs pathologist was indicted for wire fraud, mail fraud, making false statements, and involuntary manslaughter after being arrested on federal charges.
Medscape Medical News

Balancing compression rate and speed in CPR is challenging. This study suggested an optimal combination, enhanced when a CPR device is used.
Medscape Medical News

The prospective study, using high-powered MRI, shows multiple chronic active lesions are a "negative prognostic marker" in MS.
Medscape Medical News

In women with solid organ transplants, the risk for HPV, and thus genital tract dysplasia, is increased.
Medscape Ob/Gyn