Is Weight Linked to More Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses?
March 8th 2018Obesity has been considered a risk factor for severe acute respiratory illness, including more severe cases of the flu, but a recently-published study found that weight may not be associated with increased illness severity.
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ACP Guidelines Recommend Less-Intensive Treatment Targets for Type 2 Diabetes
March 7th 2018The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently issued new guidelines aimed at assisting clinicians in making decisions about targets when using pharmacologic therapy in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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FDA OKs Lurasidone for Use as Bipolar Medication in Children
March 7th 2018Officials with the FDA have approved a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to expand the use of lurasidone HCl (Latuda, Sunovion) to include the treatment of bipolar depression in pediatric patients (10 to 17 years of age).
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