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Parents, teens misunderstand parameters of confidential interviews

Posted on: 09/05/2014 - 17:25

PHILADELPHIA – Despite an overall agreement on its merit, both parents and their adolescent daughters are leery of the confidential interview in the gynecologic setting, in part because each cohort...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Vibrating pill may shake up constipation treatment

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 21:35

CHICAGO – A newly developed oral capsule may offer chronic idiopathic constipation patients a novel, nonpharmacologic approach to treatment: It vibrates as it moves through the intestines. In a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Acupuncture beats propofol for endoscopy analgesia

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 20:50

CHICAGO – Endoscopic ultrasound can be a long, uncomfortable, and even painful procedure. But electroacupuncture starting 45 minutes before the procedure significantly decreased the need for drugs to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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

VIDEO: PCPs fuzzy on HCC surveillance in cirrhosis

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 17:00

CHICAGO – Several medical societies recommend that patients with cirrhosis undergo ultrasound surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma every 6 months, but studies suggest less than 20% receive...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Biologic therapy improves fatigue of rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 15:20

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Anti–tumor necrosis factor treatment significantly decreased fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in an analysis of data from the British Society for Rheumatology <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO – IBD meds found safe during pregnancy

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 16:25

CHICAGO – Medications to treat inflammatory bowel disease were well tolerated in pregnancy and weren’t linked to worse maternal-fetal outcomes, according to a study of more than 1,000 pregnant...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO – IBD meds found safe during pregnancy

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 16:25

CHICAGO – Medications to treat inflammatory bowel disease were well tolerated in pregnancy and weren’t linked to worse maternal-fetal outcomes, according to a study of more than 1,000 pregnant...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Adapalene/benzoyl peroxide gel halves acne lesion counts in 1 month

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

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – The fixed-dose combination of adapalene/benzoyl peroxide gel 0.1%/2.5% typically results in reductions of 40%-50% in inflammatory and 30%-40% in noninflammatory acne lesion counts...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Gold-coated microparticles aid acne treatment

Posted on: 06/05/2014 - 18:50

PHOENIX – Application of gold-coated microparticles to the skin may enhance laser photothermolysis of sebaceous glands to treat acne, according to three small, preliminary studies. Inadequate...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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