June 14, 2011 — The new Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) criteria help to define potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) increasing risk for ...

Cachexia is a state of involuntary weight loss. The latest generic definition states that aside from weight loss, patient needs to fulfill additional criteria to be diagnosed with cachexia. New, ...

It’s estimated around 20% of patients will discontinue their first course of anti–tumor necrosis factor-α (anti–TNF-α) and rates increase over time Results of a recent systematic literature review ...

Bleeding events as defined by Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) classifications are independently associated with an increased risk of 1-year mortality across a wide spectrum of patients ...

In the present study we performed a systematic review of cytological and histological data from patients with peripheral blood cytopenia, who underwent a marrow examination for a clinical suspect of ...

New Utility of an Old Marker: Serial α-Fetoprotein Measurement in Predicting Radiologic Response and Survival of Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Undergoing Systemic Chemotherapy Adult T-cell ...

A revised HEDIS definition of high-risk asthma more precisely identifies patients with functional impairment and higher healthcare utilization who might benefit from case management. : To develop a ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The EU plans to set out criteria specifying the kind of dominant companies that will face tougher rules, Europe's antitrust chief said on Monday, in a move that will ...

Objective The Concussion in Sport Group guidelines recommend a multifaceted approach to help clinicians make return to sport decisions. The purpose of this study was to identify the most common ...

A software tool is being developed to help people use risk-based microbiological criteria and case-by-case checking in food safety. The National Food Institute of Denmark hopes it will help interested ...