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Psoriatic pruritus improves with TrkA-blocking drug

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:05

An investigational topical drug that targets a nerve sensitization pathway showed good efficacy against chronic itch in patients with pruritic psoriasis. CT327 works by inhibiting the kinase pathway...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Outcomes linked to distance from liver transplant center

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:00

Eligible patients who live farther away from a liver transplant center are less likely to be put on a waiting list, less likely to receive a transplant, and more likely to die within 5 years than are...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery reduces uterine cancer risk

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 22:00

TAMPA – Women who undergo bariatric surgery to lose weight are about 70% less likely to develop uterine cancer than are obese women who do not undergo such surgery, according to findings from a large...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Hoarding: Not just a symptom of OCD

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 21:05

ORLANDO – Compulsive hoarding traditionally has been considered virtually synonymous with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but its reach actually extends far beyond. Indeed, hoarding turns out to be...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

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