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Seven percent of patients with life-threatening skin reactions have another episode

Posted on: 03/06/2014 - 21:00

Patients who survived Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis had a 7% incidence of recurrence, based on data from a 10-year population study of more than 500 Canadian patients. The...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Strep infection linked to death after liposuction at ‘spa’

Posted on: 27/05/2014 - 18:00

Four confirmed and nine suspected cases of invasive group A Streptococcus infection, including one fatality, developed after liposuction at a chain of "medical spas" in Maryland and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery sliced asthma inhaler use

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 22:35

MADRID – Morbidly obese asthmatics may require less inhaler therapy after bariatric surgery, a retrospective chart review and longitudinal cohort study suggests. Among patients who used any form of...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Apixiban for VTE reduced subsequent hospitalizations

Posted on: 09/05/2014 - 20:00

WASHINGTON – Treating acute venous thromboembolism with the fixed-dose oral factor Xa inhibitor apixaban significantly reduces subsequent all-cause hospitalizations, compared with conventional...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Survival gains seen with rituximab and mycophenolate in RA lung disease

Posted on: 09/05/2014 - 16:10

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Rituximab and mycophenolate mofetil could offer patients with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant interstitial lung disease a survival advantage over other therapies, according...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Physical inactivity is the top factor for heart disease in women

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 23:30

Physical inactivity in women aged 30 years and older has a greater impact on the risk of developing heart disease than any other major risk factor, according to an Australian study published today in...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Physical inactivity is the top factor for heart disease in women

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 23:30

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Asthma deaths declined modestly during 1999-2010

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 18:50

SAN DIEGO – Between 1999 and 2010, age-adjusted deaths from asthma in the United States declined modestly but significantly, deaths from angioedema increased significantly, and deaths from...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: MERS – What physicians need to know

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 16:20

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Dr. Daniel C. Payne has been investigating the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus since the first case was reported in the Arabian Peninsula nearly 2 years ago. An...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: MERS – What physicians need to know

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 16:20

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Dr. Daniel C. Payne has been investigating the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus since the first case was reported in the Arabian Peninsula nearly 2 years ago. An...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

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