CME-candidate

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: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Age, income, ethnicity predicted rheumatoid arthritis drug discontinuation

Posted on: 31/07/2014 - 18:25

Some of the same factors that predict patients’ discontinuation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis also appear to predict their initiation, such as use of oral...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Acetaminophen no better than placebo for acute low back pain

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 20:15

Acetaminophen taken regularly or as required was no better than placebo in improving time to recovery in patients with acute low back pain, Australian research shows. A randomized,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Higher risk of progression found in joints with subclinical joint inflammation on MRI

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 18:50

The joints of patients with early arthritis that showed subclinical inflammation on MRI had an increased risk of radiographic progression in the first year after disease presentation, particularly...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Laparoscopy found effective alternative to open IBD surgery

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 21:20

In an urban colorectal surgery department, a near-doubling in the proportion of surgical procedures performed laparoscopically accompanied significant declines in both severe postoperative morbidity...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Depression may run with opiate use in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Posted on: 25/07/2014 - 19:15

NEW YORK – Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who used opiate analgesics were five times more likely to report depression than were those who did not, in a retrospective case-control study of 611...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ERAS program for colorectal surgery cut length of stay, costs in community setting

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:00

A hospital’s program to enhance recovery after colorectal surgery cut length of stay by 3 days and saved up to $4,800 per patient without increasing postoperative morbidity or 30-day readmission...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Early biologics may halt ankylosing spondylitis progression

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 20:15

NEW YORK – Late initiation of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in patients with ankylosing spondylitis more than doubles their risk of radiographic worsening, according to a prospective study that...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Patients with psoriatic arthritis perform accurate joint counts

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 18:55

NEW YORK – After instruction by a nurse, patients with psoriatic arthritis do at least as well as nurses but better than physicians in counting tender and swollen joints, according to a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New ACOG opinions address gynecologic concerns in young cancer patients

Posted on: 22/07/2014 - 22:00

Cancer treatments in children and adolescents can adversely affect reproductive health and future pregnancy outcomes, so gynecologists should be aware of these effects and be involved in patient...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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