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VIDEO: Overcoming barriers to discussing sexual dysfunction

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 15:35

CHICAGO – "We’re often not very well educated in medical school or in our residencies about how to talk to patients about sexual functioning and dysfunction," according to Dr. Anita H....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 19:09

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin led to significant benefits in measures of lateral femorotibial cartilage loss and joint space narrowing...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Some SSRIs are better than others for pregnant women

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 17:15

CHICAGO – The Food and Drug Administration’s letter rating scale is "unreliable" when it comes to prescribing antidepressants for pregnant women, according to Dr. Marlene P. Freeman,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Data derail dogma of elective diverticulitis surgery

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 15:35

BOSTON – The risks of readmission and emergency surgery are low for patients with acute diverticulitis initially managed nonoperatively, a population-based, competing risk analysis found. At a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Antiviral combo pill cures HCV in 8-12 weeks

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 18:55

LONDON – A single daily pill containing two novel antiviral agents produced sustained virologic response rates of more than 90% in as little as 8-12 weeks in three multicenter, open-label phase III...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Obeticholic acid shows promise in primary biliary cirrhosis

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 15:35

LONDON – Obeticholic acid significantly reduced key liver enzyme and bilirubin levels in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis in a phase III trial. Results of <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Stopping biologics in RA remission remains uncertain

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 14:00

Once a rheumatoid arthritis patient maintains relatively long-term remission on a regimen that combines a synthetic and a biologic disease-modifying drug, temptation mounts to try withdrawing one of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

First ASCO survivor care guidelines tackle fatigue, anxiety/depression, neuropathy

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 21:00

The American Society of Clinical Oncology has issued three new practice guidelines related to fatigue; anxiety and depression; and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Menopause doesn’t drive severe asthma

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 20:45

MADRID – Menopause is blamed for many things, but it’s unlikely to be the reason for the increased risk of severe asthma or worse quality of life in elderly asthmatic women, a study...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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VIDEO: Overcoming barriers to discussing sexual dysfunction

More conclusive link needed on teratogenicity and atypicals in pregnancy

Sprifermin injections showed some benefits for cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

VIDEO: Some SSRIs are better than others for pregnant women

Data derail dogma of elective diverticulitis surgery

Antiviral combo pill cures HCV in 8-12 weeks

Obeticholic acid shows promise in primary biliary cirrhosis

Stopping biologics in RA remission remains uncertain

First ASCO survivor care guidelines tackle fatigue, anxiety/depression, neuropathy

Menopause doesn’t drive severe asthma

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