http://www.linemd.com/blog Health and Medical News Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:03:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Repairing a torn knee meniscus at the same time as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is safe and effective in children, a new study finds. http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/strides-seen-in-orthopedic-surgery-for-kids-healthday/ HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Hopes that two available drugs could help prevent diabetes and the problems it causes in overweight people with poor sugar metabolism have been dashed by a major international study. http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/2-drugs-fail-to-prevent-diabetes-in-the-overweight-healthday/ HealthDay - SUNDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Two sets of results from a large U.S. government-sponsored trial find that neither aggressive treatment of cholesterol nor of blood pressure lowers the risk of heart events in people with type 2 diabetes. http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/intense-cholesterol-blood-pressure-therapies-dont-help-type-2-diabetics-healthday/ Reuters - Adding a triglyceride lowering drug to cholesterol fighting statins provided no additional protection from heart attack, stroke and death from heart disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to data from a large study. http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/no-heart-benefit-seen-with-fibrates-in-diabetics-reuters/ AP - Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.Related BlogsRelated Blogs on HealthConsumer Driven Health Care Turned Upside ... http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/study-mini-clip-is-safer-than-heart-valve-surgery-ap/ Reuters - The Novartis diabetes drug Starlix failed to reduce progression to the disease or cut down on serious heart problems in patients at high risk for both diabetes and heart disease, according to a large study released on Sunday. http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/novartis-drugs-fail-to-help-high-risk-patients-reuters/ AP - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart problems, and in some cases caused harmful side effects. http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/studies-intense-treatment-doesnt-help-diabetics-ap/ An army of 19 new and newly secured care advisors will be joining the fight against muscle disease across the UK with the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Thanks to the hard work of campaigning patients in 10 UK regions and the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, babies, children and adults living with ... http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/army-of-new-care-advisors-joins-the-fight-against-muscle-disease-uk/ A cross-party group of MPs published a report on social care today which criticised the 'party political squabbling and point-scoring' and called for a fundamental reform of the social care system in England to be an immediate priority for the Government. The MS Society was one of only a ... http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/new-report-published-on-social-care-england/ Their numbers are dwindling at such a rate that our food supply may be in jeopardy - and that decline may continue as their educational debt continues to rise. These are just two of the challenges facing food animal veterinary medicine, one of the bulwarks of our food safety ... http://www.linemd.com/blog/2010/03/avma-veterinary-foundation-tackle-veterinary-shortage-with-new-incentive-program/