CME-candidate

Glycerol phenylbutyrate reduces hepatic encephalopathy events in cirrhosis

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 15:35

Glycerol phenylbutyrate significantly reduced the number of cirrhosis patients experiencing hepatic encephalopathy and the time to first event, a phase II trial has shown. The randomized,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Acute kidney dysfunction related to nonviral comorbidities in chronic HCV

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 13:25

Among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, viral factors such as viral load and HCV genotype "did not play any significant role in the causation of acute kidney dysfunction...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Acute kidney dysfunction related to nonviral comorbidities in chronic HCV

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 13:25

Among patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, viral factors such as viral load and HCV genotype "did not play any significant role in the causation of acute kidney dysfunction...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Group issues recommendations for genetic susceptibility testing for carbamazepine skin reactions

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 19:10

Genetic testing for alleles that affect histocompatibility should be the rule for patients who initiate the drug carbamazepine, according to new recommendations issued by the Canadian...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Early study: Potential ‘functional cure’ for AIDS?

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 17:45

By tinkering with a gene involved with the entry of HIV into cells, investigators have developed what they call a potential "functional cure" for HIV/AIDS. The therapy is designed to keep...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Risk of condomless sex low if HIV-positive partner is well controlled on ART

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 21:50

Public health experts do not condone the practice, but it appears that the risk of transmission from an HIV-positive person to an uninfected sex partner during condomless sex is low if the infected...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Warfarin beneficial after acute a fib–associated MI in chronic kidney disease

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 21:00

Warfarin therapy decreased the composite endpoint of death, recurrent myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke after an incident acute MI with atrial fibrillation among patients who had chronic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Transcranial ultrasound method outdoes echocardiography for finding PFO

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 17:00

SAN DIEGO – Transcranial Doppler saline studies were superior to transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosing a hole in the heart, according to a prospective study of patients who had a cryptogenic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Physicians are major source for frequent opioid misusers

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 21:15

Most people who misuse opioid pain relievers cite friends and relatives as their sources for the drugs, but more of the people who misuse these agents most often – those who take them from 200 to 365...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Endoscopic mucosal resection new gold standard for esophageal adenocarcinoma

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 05:01

Endoscopic resection for mucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma is safe and highly effective, and should be the new standard of care. That’s according to Dr. Oliver Pech, whose study in the March issue...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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