Accidental ingestion of medications left at home or ingestion of illicit substances causes life-threatening seizures in thousands of children each year in the United States. A recent study shows that the number of such cases has doubled in the last 15 years. In the latest study presented at the European Congress of Emergency Medicine, scientists […]
A class of diabetes drugs called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors may support reduce the risk of dementia and Parkinson’s disease, a recent study suggests. SGLT2, also known as gliflozin, works by lowering blood sugar levels by helping the kidneys remove sugar from the body through urine. In a novel study published in the journal Neurology, […]
Researchers examining the potential cognitive effects of diabetes medications in the records of more than 1.5 million patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) found that the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) was significantly lower in patients treated with metformin and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) compared with other diabetes medications. Their results appear in […]
The ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States kills tens of thousands of people each year. Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, has saved countless lives by reversing opioid overdoses. But modern and more potent opioids continue to emerge, and first responders are finding it increasingly arduous to resuscitate people who have overdosed. Now, […]
