IMN || Across Specialties

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

Chinese herbal remedy found noninferior to methotrexate in RA patients

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:30

A traditional Chinese herbal remedy used to treat joint pain, fever, edema, and local inflammation was found noninferior to methotrexate for controlling active rheumatoid arthritis in an open-label,...

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

Cloud of questions hovers around electronic cigarettes

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 20:10

SAN DIEGO – The country’s leading regulatory agency has as many questions about the potential health effects of electronic cigarettes as concerned clinicians do. According to Mitchell Zeller, J.D.,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Simpler language improved patients’ recall of mesh-related risks

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 18:55

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Patients giving consent to undergo midurethral sling surgery are more likely to remember being advised of the risks of surgical mesh if their surgeon speaks at a lower grade...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Try tackling cysts or lipomas with punch tool instead of scalpel

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 18:10

DENVER – A little lidocaine and a punch biopsy tool allow physicians to tackle most cysts and lipomas in the office, providing effective treatment without interrupting patient flow. The punch...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Asymptomatic stage 2 pelvic organ prolapse seldom progresses

Posted on: 11/04/2014 - 18:24

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Women with asymptomatic stage 2 pelvic organ prolapse can be reassured that it rarely progresses, according to the results of a study reported at the annual meeting of the Society...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Doctors reconstruct noses, create vaginas using engineered human tissue

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 23:30

Researchers have successfully engineered human tissue from autologous tissue for the reconstruction of nasal alar lobules in one first-in-human trial while investigators in separate study were able...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Doctors reconstruct noses, create vaginas using engineered human tissue

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 23:30

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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