A new teaching tool based on the acronym mnemonic PSA may help doctors to screen for psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis or a strong family... More »
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The incidence of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the general population is 1.5 to 3 times higher than previously reported, based on... More »
Vigorous physical activity may help lower the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Terry Boyle, Ph.D., and his coauthors reported in Cancer Epidemiology,... More »
Lung cancer patients who used statins in the year before being diagnosed with lung cancer had a 12% reduction in lung cancer-specific deaths (adjusted... More »
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BOSTON – New guidelines for cervical cancer screening in average-risk women issued today by the American College of Physicians are intended to stand... More »
A new agent targeting tumors that develop resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors proved to be “highly active” in a phase I clinical trial i... More »
Rociletinib, a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets mutations causing treatment resistance, showed sustained activity against ... More »
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Results of the Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis... More »