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Preventing, treating HBV reactivation during immunosuppressive therapy

Posted on: 04/12/2014 - 18:32

Patients who are to undergo immunosuppressive therapy but are at high risk for reactivation of hepatitis B infection should receive antiviral prophylaxis, rather than being monitored for reactivation...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Men on androgen deprivation therapy not getting bisphosphonates

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 21:00

The rate of prescribing bisphosphonates to protect the bone health of prostate cancer patients taking androgen deprivation therapy is extremely low in Ontario, even among those at high risk of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Proposed criteria for lung cancer screening with LDCT may not be most efficient

Posted on: 02/12/2014 - 19:00

Criteria recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the coverage of lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography may not be the most efficient way to screen...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Diabetes in midlife raises dementia risk

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 22:00

Adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes in midlife had greater cognitive decline over the next 20 years than did people without diabetes, according to the findings from a large prospective cohort...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Statins don’t cut fracture risk

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 21:00

Daily rosuvastatin did not decrease fracture risk in a large international clinical trial involving older men and women who had elevated CRP levels, according to a report published online Dec. 1 in...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Aramchol shows promise for NAFLD; resveratrol disappoints

Posted on: 01/12/2014 - 20:00

Administration of a novel fatty acid–bile acid conjugate safely and significantly reduced liver fat content in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in a phase II trial. Administration of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Breast cancer relapse risk halved since 1986

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 21:00

Breast cancer outcomes have improved significantly over the past 3 decades, with major gains in relapse-free survival and declines in mortality for all subtypes but particularly HER-2 positive breast...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Breast cancer relapse risk halved since 1986

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 21:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Medicare beneficiaries in hospice care get better care, have fewer costs

Posted on: 20/11/2014 - 20:47

Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries suffering from poor-prognosis cancer who received hospice care were found to have lower rates of hospitalizations, admissions to intensive care units, and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Mastectomies, reconstruction, on the rise for women with early stage disease

Posted on: 19/11/2014 - 21:00

Significant increases in the mastectomy rate among women with early breast cancer who were candidates for breast conservation surgery during a recent 14-year period in the United States were...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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