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Thyroid cancer outcomes worse for black and Hispanic young adults

Posted on: 22/06/2015 - 22:09

African American and Hispanic adolescents and adults under the age of 40 years were more likely to die from differentiated thyroid cancer than were non-Hispanic whites from the same age range, said...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

MRSA coverage in cellulitis treatment

Posted on: 08/06/2015 - 19:40

A 57-year-old man presents with pain and swelling in his leg. He has had low-grade fevers. He has a history of type 2 diabetes. On exam, his right lower extremity is warm, erythematous, and swollen...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Healing MIST Therapy

Posted on: 05/06/2015 - 19:20

As the obesity epidemic continues to rage unabated and diabetes takes its toll on nerves, I am seeing an increase in diabetic foot ulcers. Traditionally, we have used topical therapies and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women

Posted on: 02/06/2015 - 19:00

For recently postmenopausal women, oral combined hormone therapy may help with symptoms of depression and anxiety. But hormone therapy did not produce any changes in cognition. In a large,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Thyroid surgery on the rise

Posted on: 29/05/2015 - 16:52

There was a steady rise in the number of endocrine procedures being performed in the United States over the past decade, according to a new publication from the Endocrine Society. Thyroid disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to higher fracture risk

Posted on: 26/05/2015 - 17:27

Individuals with subclinical hyperthyroidism are at increased risk of hip and other fractures, according to the authors of a...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Posted on: 21/05/2015 - 17:35

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to screen for osteoporosis is both underused in women who meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening, and overused in low-risk younger women,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Posted on: 21/05/2015 - 17:35

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Posted on: 21/05/2015 - 17:35

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma linked to higher mortality in women

Posted on: 12/05/2015 - 16:52

Mortality among patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) was higher in women than in man as well as in patients with a young age at diag... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Thyroid cancer outcomes worse for black and Hispanic young adults

MRSA coverage in cellulitis treatment

Healing MIST Therapy

Hormone therapy helps mood, but not cognition, in younger menopausal women

Thyroid surgery on the rise

Subclinical hyperthyroidism linked to higher fracture risk

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

DXA screening: You’re doing it wrong

Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma linked to higher mortality in women

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