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Giant-cell arteritis patients face high aortic aneurysm dissection risk

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 19:00

PARIS – The usual rule that the larger an aortic aneurysm grows the greater the risk it will undergo dissection or rupture doesn’t work in patients with giant-cell arteritis. Their aortic aneurysms...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Olmesartan can cause celiac disease mimicker

Posted on: 20/06/2014 - 20:35

CHICAGO – The antihypertensive agent olmesartan is associated with increased risk of a severe sprue-like enteropathy, as highlighted in a nationwide French cohort study. This olmesartan-related...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Higher risk of death seen with oral steroids in RA interstitial lung disease

Posted on: 19/06/2014 - 18:15

The use of prednisone for 3 or more months at a time was associated with a significantly elevated risk of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and interstitial lung disease in a retrospective...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Gene profiling could signal start of personalized medicine in RA

Posted on: 19/06/2014 - 14:00

PARIS – A set of genetic polymorphisms is beginning to allow researchers to predict which patients with rheumatoid arthritis will have a severe disease course, as well as determine their response to...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FVC inadequate when assessing scleroderma lung disease

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 22:40

PARIS – The traditional way to assess the status of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, forced vital capacity, may not be the best way, based on a new analysis of 83...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FVC inadequate when assessing scleroderma lung disease

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 22:40

PARIS – The traditional way to assess the status of interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis, forced vital capacity, may not be the best way, based on a new analysis of 83...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Flaxseeds may protect against urinary incontinence in women

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 22:10

ORLANDO – Lignan-type phytoestrogens, but not isoflavone-type phytoestrogens, were associated with a decreased risk for incontinence symptoms in women, based on findings from a large prospective...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Resuming aspirin for cardioprotection after GI bleed tied to 38% cut in CV risk

Posted on: 18/06/2014 - 15:25

CHICAGO – New data shine a light on the trade-offs involved in resuming low-dose aspirin therapy for secondary cardiovascular prevention following a lower gastrointestinal bleeding event. Going...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Screen for Barrett’s in all with central obesity?

Posted on: 17/06/2014 - 16:55

CHICAGO – The prevalence of erosive esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus is comparable in individuals regardless of whether they have gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, according to a population-based...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Screen for Barrett’s in all with central obesity?

Posted on: 17/06/2014 - 16:55

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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