Editors of some of the most prominent medical journals – including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Assn., the Annals of Interal Medicine and the British Medical Journal – are proposing to require researchers to share the data behind their published studies. “[T]here is an ethical obligation to responsibly share data […]
Study: DAPT duration after drug-eluting stent surgery unclear
Patients treated with long-duration anti-platelet therapies after the placement of a drug-eluting stent showed lower rates of heart attack but higher rates of major bleeding events and a slight increase in mortality, according to a new study released today.
Study: Overweight diabetics outlive slimmer patients
(Reuters) — Patients with Type II diabetes who are overweight but not obese outlive diabetics of normal weight, scientists reported yesterday, in another example of the "obesity paradox."
Study: Physical therapy equals surgery in lumbar spinal stenosis
Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who followed a specified course of physical therapy fared just as well as patients treated with surgery, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Major mismatch: 1 in 3 clinical trials reports inconsistent adverse events, researchers say
A random sampling of clinical trials reported to the federal ClinicalTrials.gov database found that 1 in 3 had inconsistencies in their adverse event outcomes when compared with reports made to peer-reviewed medical journals, researchers said.
AIM: Medtronic, St. Jude recalls illustrate why PMA modifications don’t work
Study questions TAVI’s effect on quality of life
Yale study of Medtronic’s Infuse shows it’s equivalent to bone graft, but studies were biased
