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High-dose users of inhaled corticosteroids at increased risk of fracture
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were current high-dose users of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) had an increased risk of nonvertebral fractures compared with those who had no exposure, according to a study in the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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Greater acetaminophen use can lead to newly diagnosed asthma in women
During 6 years of follow-up of participants in the Nurses Health Study, investigators found that greater use of the analgesic acetaminophen was prospectively associated with an increased rate of new physician diagnosis of adult-onset asthma. more
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Air pollution leads to exacerbations in cystic fibrosis patients
In a study of 11,481 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients who breathed urban air pollutants, investigators found that exposure to two types of tiny particulate matter and to ozone was associated with increased odds of suffering two or more pulmonary exacerbations that required either hospitalization or administration of intravenous antibiotics at home. more
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High death risk among young people in hospital with diabetes
Young people admitted to hospital for diabetes have an increased risk of death in the following three years, not only from natural causes but also from suicide, finds a study in this week's BMJ.
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Drug companies are top health care lobbyists: Study suggests declining political influence of physicians
By reviewing reports required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act, the investigators found that health care lobbying expenditures totaled $237 million in the year 2000. This was more than the lobbying expenditures of every other industry, including agriculture, communications, and defense. This high level of lobbying expenditures highlights the importance of health care issues to a broad range of interest groups. more
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Evidence for shaken baby syndrome is uncertain
The concept that certain eye injuries are diagnostic of shaken baby syndrome is scientifically questionable and needs to be re-examined, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. more
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Sickle cell sufferers living longer, dying less from their disease
Children with sickle cell disease – an inherited red blood-cell disorder – are living longer, dying less often from their disease and contracting fewer fatal infections than ever before, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report. more
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