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A teen-focused STD prevention program reduced gonorrhea incidence

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 18:15

ATLANTA – A communitywide condom distribution program is proving successful for expanding access to and awareness of free condoms, and for reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Patients become full partners in inflammatory arthritis and psoriasis research

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 15:15

NEW YORK – Improvements in clinical trial design for psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases are being credited to a decision to enlist patients as full partners, not just...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Patients become full partners in inflammatory arthritis and psoriasis research

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 15:15

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Experts disagree on skin endpoint in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 11/07/2014 - 18:20

NEW YORK – For the skin component of psoriatic arthritis, consensus about how high to set the bar for disease control continues to elude experts, judging from a debate about the value of...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Experts disagree on skin endpoint in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 11/07/2014 - 18:20

NEW YORK – For the skin component of psoriatic arthritis, consensus about how high to set the bar for disease control continues to elude experts, judging from a debate about the value of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Rituximab yielded long-term benefit in lupus nephritis

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 21:30

PARIS – Treatment with rituximab in patients with refractory lupus nephritis was associated with significant long-term improvement in symptoms, histology, and laboratory markers in a prospective...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Deaths mar atacicept trial for lupus, but research continues

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 20:55

PARIS – A randomized trial of two doses of atacicept for systemic lupus erythematosus was interrupted after two deaths occurred in patients taking 150 mg of the drug. However, since a post hoc...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Trial of sirukumab for lupus nephritis falls flat

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 21:20

PARIS – The investigational interleukin-6 blocker sirukumab provided no benefit to patients with lupus nephritis but put them at a very high risk of developing a serious infection in a small,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

No blood clot risk found with HPV vaccination

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 21:00

The quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine does not increase the risk of venous thromboembolism, a study showed. Two previous studies finding an association, one based on the Vaccine Adverse...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Arthritis drug restores hair in man with alopecia universalis and psoriasis

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 20:00

A 25-year-old man with plaque psoriasis and virtually no hair of any sort now sports a full head of hair plus body hair after treatment with the arthritis drug tofacitinib, according to Dr. Brittany...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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