CHICAGO – "We’re often not very well educated in medical school or in our residencies about how to talk to patients about sexual functioning and dysfunction," according to Dr. Anita H....
CHICAGO – If you’re currently treating any pregnant patients who are taking atypical antipsychotics, Dr. Marlene P. Freeman and her colleagues, who’ve started a national registry for tracking these...
In patients with knee osteoarthritis, intra-articular injections of 100 micrograms sprifermin led to significant benefits in measures of lateral femorotibial cartilage loss and joint space narrowing...
CHICAGO – The Food and Drug Administration’s letter rating scale is "unreliable" when it comes to prescribing antidepressants for pregnant women, according to Dr. Marlene P. Freeman,...
BOSTON – The risks of readmission and emergency surgery are low for patients with acute diverticulitis initially managed nonoperatively, a population-based, competing risk analysis found.
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LONDON – A single daily pill containing two novel antiviral agents produced sustained virologic response rates of more than 90% in as little as 8-12 weeks in three multicenter, open-label phase III...
LONDON – Obeticholic acid significantly reduced key liver enzyme and bilirubin levels in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis in a phase III trial.
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Once a rheumatoid arthritis patient maintains relatively long-term remission on a regimen that combines a synthetic and a biologic disease-modifying drug, temptation mounts to try withdrawing one of...
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has issued three new practice guidelines related to fatigue; anxiety and depression; and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with...
MADRID – Menopause is blamed for many things, but it’s unlikely to be the reason for the increased risk of severe asthma or worse quality of life in elderly asthmatic women, a study...