CME-candidate

No increased rate of hyperkalemia in healthy women taking spironolactone for acne

Posted on: 22/03/2015 - 20:00

Young women taking spironolactone for hormonally mediated acne do not need to be monitored for hyperkalemia, say the authors of a study that showed no... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

No increased rate of hyperkalemia in healthy women taking spironolactone for acne

Posted on: 22/03/2015 - 20:00

Young women taking spironolactone for hormonally mediated acne do not need to be monitored for hyperkalemia, say the authors of a study that showed no... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Primary adherence decreases with greater number of acne treatments

Posted on: 20/03/2015 - 16:40

More than one-quarter of patients prescribed treatments for acne do not fill all their prescriptions, particularly those prescribed more than one trea... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

GI symptoms common in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders

Posted on: 20/03/2015 - 12:33

Gastrointestinal dysfunction commonly affected patients with Parkinson’s disease, atypical parkinsonism, and vascular parkinsonism, and several GI s... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Clindamycin, TMP-SMX are equally effective for skin infections

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 21:00

Clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole are similarly safe and effective for treating uncomplicated skin infections, including both cellulitis a... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Mongersen induces 55%-65% remission rates in Crohn’s

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 21:00

Mongersen, an oral SMAD7 antisense oligonucleotide formulated to deliver its active ingredient primarily into the lumen of the terminal ileum and righ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

PCV13 prevents pneumococcal pneumonia in elderly

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 21:00

The 13-valent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine showed “significant efficacy” against vaccine-type strains of community-acquired pneumonia and vacc... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Obeticholic acid for NASH improves markers and fibrosis

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 19:49

For patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a bile acid derivative that acts on a nuclear receptor reduced liver fat and fibrosis, but pati... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Dose-related increase in mortality with antipsychotics in dementia

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 15:00

Antipsychotics such as haloperidol and risperidone are associated with a significant and dose-related increase in mortality in elderly patients with d... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

NSAIDs’ colon cancer protection tied to three genetic variants

Posted on: 17/03/2015 - 15:37

The well-documented protective effect that aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs exert against colon cancer has been linked to three geneti... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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