CME-candidate

Gut bacteria populations may predict colon cancers

Posted on: 11/08/2014 - 18:50

The addition of a gut microbiome analysis to fecal occult blood testing improved the accuracy of standard colorectal cancer screening by more than 50-fold. The expanded analysis not only...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

One in six SLE patients readmitted in 30 days

Posted on: 11/08/2014 - 05:01

One in six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus was readmitted within 30 days after discharge in a multistate, administrative database study of more than 800 hospitals and 55,000...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

TDP-43 could be potential new biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on: 06/08/2014 - 21:20

COPENHAGEN – TDP-43, a protein that has been associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, could also be contributing to brain shrinkage in...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Study finds insufflated collection bag successfully used in power morcellation cases

Posted on: 05/08/2014 - 22:00

The use of an insufflated collection bag during minimally invasive hysterectomy or myomectomy that involved a power morcellator was successful in containing morcellation in a small series, according...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Simulation model projects HCV to be rare by 2026

Posted on: 04/08/2014 - 22:00

A simulation model that incorporated a one-time universal screening of U.S. adults for hepatitis C virus and made conservative assumptions as to the availability and efficacy of various therapies...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Widowhood paradoxically does not increase risk of dementia in older adults

Posted on: 04/08/2014 - 21:10

COPENHAGEN – Losing a spouse has been associated with the broken heart syndrome and other adverse health outcomes, but the loss seems to have a paradoxical effect on the development of dementia. An...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Recent use of oral contraceptives linked to breast cancer

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:05

Women who recently used oral contraceptives had a 50% greater chance of developing breast cancer than that of women who formerly used or never used oral contraceptives, according to a case-control...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Recent use of oral contraceptives linked to breast cancer

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:05

Women who recently used oral contraceptives had a 50% greater chance of developing breast cancer than that of women who formerly used or never used oral contraceptives, according to a case-control...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Vary CRC screening by age, sex, race, ethnicity?

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:01

Among adults at average risk for colorectal cancer who undergo screening colonoscopy, the yield of large polyps and tumors varies widely by patient age, sex, race, and ethnicity. This means that an...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Less than 20% report serious disability 13 years after IBD diagnosis

Posted on: 01/08/2014 - 05:01

Only a minority of patients with longstanding inflammatory bowel disease – 19% of those with Crohn’s disease and 11% of those with ulcerative colitis – report having moderate to severe disability,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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