Most patients with both bipolar disorder and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) should be treated as having bipolar disorder, researchers suggest. In their systematic review of OCD and bipolar disorder comorbidity, they found that, ...
Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. This is despite the UK having a healthcare system that is free at the point of access, they note. "This ...
While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are ...
By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Results from a German national health survey indicate that asthma patients with multiple comorbidities are at increased risk for unplanned hospital admissions. The findings also confirm that ...
Tags: asthma patients, comorbidities, cardiovascular disease, health
Among different surgical procedures, gastric bypass was more effective for weight loss but was associated with more complications, U.S. researchers say. Su-Hsin Chang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
Germany-based Biotronik has obtained CE mark approval for its Ilesto 7 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (ICD/CRT-D) series. The Ilesto 7 series, which the company claims to include the ...
Tags: ProMRI technology, DF4 connector, MR scans
Biotronik is set to showcase its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approved implantable heart failure devices at the European Society of Cardiology congress, being held between 25-29 August 2012. The MRI-approved devices include Lumax 740 ...
Tags: Biotronik, MRI, heart failure devices, MRI-approved devices, CRT-D, CRT-P