CME-candidate | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Intervention ups annual FOBT screening to 82%

Posted on: 16/06/2014 - 21:00

An inexpensive telephone intervention raised the rate of annual colorectal cancer screening using fecal occult blood testing to 82% in an underserved population at particular risk for poor health,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Gut inflammation linked to worsening spondyloarthritis

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 20:20

Spondyloarthritis patients with microscopic gut inflammation had to start anti–tumor necrosis factor treatment sooner in the course of their disease than patients without gut inflammation in a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

International RA risk tool for CVD comes closer to reality

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 18:30

An international collaboration of experts has developed a cardiovascular risk calculator specifically for rheumatoid arthritis patients that has the potential to become part of routine rheumatology...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Sarilumab shown safe, effective for RA in phase III trial

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 16:15

PARIS – Rheumatoid arthritis patients who received the interleukin-6–blocking drug sarilumab plus methotrexate had significantly better short-term and 1-year outcomes than did patients on...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Different triggers found for knee and hand OA

Posted on: 13/06/2014 - 14:20

Mechanical stress is the most important underlying mechanism in osteoarthritis of the knees, while systemic processes may contribute most to hand osteoarthritis, Dutch researchers <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Cranial ultrasound better than temporal artery biopsy for GCA

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 18:35

PARIS – Cranial ultrasound was more sensitive and just as specific as was temporal artery biopsy for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, based on the results of a retrospective cohort study...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Treat to target shows durable improvements in psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 18:25

Thanks to anti–tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and other highly effective biologic therapies, rheumatologists are increasingly embracing treat to target, a strategy in which patients are closely...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Erectile dysfunction may often occur in men with gout

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 14:20

PARIS – Men with gout are significantly more likely to experience erectile dysfunction than are those without the disorder, Dr. Naomi Schlesinger said at the annual European Congress of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Statins linked to lower physical activity

Posted on: 09/06/2014 - 21:00

Initiating statin therapy in older men was associated with a modest but significant drop in physical activity, according findings from a large, observational study published online June 9 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Psoriasis patients on adalimumab show significant improvement by body region

Posted on: 06/06/2014 - 19:25

Roughly half of psoriasis patients on adalimumab showed complete resolution in specific body regions after 16 weeks, according to an analysis of the phase III CHAMPION trial reported in the May issue...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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