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  • What Your Patients Are Reading: Long-Term NSAID Use Protective Against Alzheimer's Long-term use of NSAIDs (particularly ibuprofen) may ward off dementia, hypertension is responsible for a large percentage of disease burden worldwide, chocolate may lower the risk for preeclampsia, exclusively breast-fed children are smarter than their classmates, and cosmetic filler injections may cause acute renal failure.
    Medscape Medical News, May 8, 2008
  • Recalls & Warnings Etanercept Gets Black Box Warning for TB Risk Patients should be both screened for latent tuberculosis before initiation of etanercept therapy and monitored for infection during and after treatment.
    Medscape Medical News, May 2, 2008
  • Renal Failure Linked to Cosmetic Soft-Tissue Filler Injections Three cases of renal failure were reported in women who had received cosmetic soft-tissue filler injections by an unlicensed practitioner at a facility in North Carolina.
    Medscape Medical News, May 2, 2008
  • US Congress Votes to Ban Genetic Discrimination A landmark bill to forbid discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday.
    Reuters Health Information, May 2, 2008
 
 

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