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Risk of condomless sex low if HIV-positive partner is well controlled on ART

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 21:50

Public health experts do not condone the practice, but it appears that the risk of transmission from an HIV-positive person to an uninfected sex partner during condomless sex is low if the infected...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Eosinophilic esophagitis may follow outgrown food allergy

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 14:55

SAN DIEGO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – People who outgrow a food allergy may be at risk of developing eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) to the same food, Dr. Jonathan Spergel said in a press briefing at...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps more severe in women

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 16:15

SAN DIEGO – Women with chronic rhinosinusitis and co-occurring nasal polyps appear to harbor more severe disease, compared with men, results from a large retrospective study demonstrate. "For...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Foods can still trigger eosinophilic esophagitis after allergy outgrown

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:45

SAN DIEGO – Seventeen of 425 children who had eosinophilic esophagitis caused by a specific food developed the condition after outgrowing the allergy to that food, a retrospective study...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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

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

Don’t overlook venerable benzoyl peroxide for acne

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 20:30

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Benzoyl peroxide has stood the test of time amid a diverse field of acne therapies, according to Dr. Linda Stein Gold. She spoke with us <link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Novel topical rosacea drug sails through phase III

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 20:15

WAIKOLOA, HAWAII – Ivermectin 1% cream for the treatment of papulopustular rosacea convincingly hit all of its primary efficacy and safety endpoints in two pivotal phase III clinical trials. The...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

No new cardiovascular warnings needed for NSAIDs say FDA advisers

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 23:00

SILVER SPRING, MD. – There do not need to be major changes to the warning labels on prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, said a group of federal advisers on...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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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