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Anti-TNFs help psoriatic arthritis patients get back to work

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 14:30

ROME – Anti–tumor necrosis factor agents have a slight edge over conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs when it comes to helping psoriatic arthritis patients who are having work issues,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ASCO: Adjuvant denosumab halves fracture risk for breast cancer patients on AIs

Posted on: 10/06/2015 - 23:01

CHICAGO – Adjuvant denosumab is efficacious and safe for reducing fracture risk among women taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs) as part of their treatment for early breast cancer, finds the Austrian...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ASCO: Adjuvant denosumab halves fracture risk for breast cancer patients on AIs

Posted on: 10/06/2015 - 23:01

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Single HPV vaccine dose appears as effective as full course

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 23:30

One or two doses of the bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine provide a level of protection against cervical HPV infection similar to that of the full three-dose schedule, according to post hoc...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Mycophenolate mofetil bests azathioprine for maintenance in lupus nephritis

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 21:29

Mycophenolate mofetil was superior to azathioprine in preventing treatment failure in 227 lupus nephritis patients who initially responded to induction therapy, according to a randomized,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Majority of eczema appears after childhood

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:56

Though atopic dermatitis is often regarded as infrequent in adulthood, only 40% of study subjects with current eczema reported onset of the disease in childhood, with most beginning after adulthood,...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Consider combining therapies for atopic dermatitis

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:45

Cyclosporine and oral antihistamine therapy showed inconsistent effects on clinical and laboratory markers of atopic dermatitis in older children and adults, based on data from a study of 48...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Hand eczema linked to anxiety, not depression

Posted on: 09/06/2015 - 18:08

Adults with chronic hand eczema showed significantly higher levels of anxiety but no difference in depression, compared with healthy controls, based on data from a review of 71 patients. The patients...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Prostate cancer screening for men over 50 has declined

Posted on: 08/06/2015 - 21:00

Subsequent to the 2012 U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation discouraging prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening, prostate cancer screening significantly declined among men...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

FDA panel supports approval of flibanserin for hypoactive sexual desire

Posted on: 05/06/2015 - 01:09

SILVER SPRING, MD. – The majority of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has supported the approval of flibanserin, an oral, centrally-acting, non-hormonal drug taken once a day for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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