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Phytoestrogens may prevent, treat asthma and allergy

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:40

SAN DIEGO – Could increased consumption of phytoestrogens help prevent or treat asthma and allergy? Dr. Jessica Savage, an allergist and immunologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and her...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Intramuscular flu vaccine is safest for atopic dermatitis patients

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 22:00

SAN DIEGO – Patients with atopic dermatitis should routinely receive the intramuscular form of the influenza vaccine Fluzone unless the affected area of skin has been swabbed and found to have normal...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

FDA vaccines panel: Retain current strains in next season’s influenza vaccines

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 22:25

SILVER SPRING, MD. – The trivalent and quadrivalent influenza vaccines for the 2014-2015 influenza season in the United States should retain the same strains that are included in the current season’s...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Campus meningitis outbreaks tamed but can our approach last?

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 16:45

The incidence of all meningococcal serotypes is in decline, except for the spike in serogroup B on college campuses. "Although we do not expect an increase in MenB outbreaks on college...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

ACIP balks at recommending LAIV

Posted on: 27/02/2014 - 14:00

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to retain its current recommendations and patient populations for annual influenza vaccination Feb....

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Practice pearls improve acne treatment

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 19:35

PALM BEACH, ARUBA – Which combination of retinoids and antibiotics delivers the best acne outcomes? And what dietary advice maximizes isotretinoin’s effectiveness? Dr. Guy Webster of the Wilmington...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Obesity prevalence steady between 2003 and 2012

Posted on: 25/02/2014 - 21:00

The prevalence of obesity has not changed appreciably among children or adults in the United States between 2003 and 2012, the most recent year for which data are available, according to a report...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New and upcoming topical antifungals

Posted on: 25/02/2014 - 14:50

PALM BEACH, ARUBA (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Systemic therapy is currently the standard of treatment for onychomycosis, but Dr. David Pariser <link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Bright future ahead for U.S. sunscreen market

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 18:25

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – A new wave of better sunscreens may soon wash into the U.S. marketplace, predicted Dr. Susan Swetter of Stanford (Calif.) University. She spoke with us at the Hawaii Dermatology...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Two doses of HPV vaccine effective against condyloma

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 21:00

Two doses of a human papillomavirus vaccine significantly reduced the risk of developing genital warts in a large cohort of girls and women in Sweden; subjects who had received the full scheduled...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

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