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Mastectomies, reconstruction, on the rise for women with early stage disease

Posted on: 19/11/2014 - 21:00

Significant increases in the mastectomy rate among women with early breast cancer who were candidates for breast conservation surgery during a recent 14-year period in the United States were...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

NSAIDs linked to serious bleeding, thromboembolism in AF patients

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 22:00

Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 14 days more than doubled the risk of serious bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, and it increased the risk of thromboembolism by 36%,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

'Lottery' incentive increases compliance with FOBT

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 22:00

A financial incentive – offering patients a 10% chance of winning a $50 lottery if they completed a fecal occult blood test – improved compliance with the colorectal cancer screen by approximately...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

'Lottery' incentive increases compliance with FOBT

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 22:00

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Functional MRI shows diabetes-induced cognitive deficits in elderly

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 15:00

Elderly patients with type 2 diabetes had diminished frontal brain activity on functional magnetic resonance imaging that correlated with deficits in working memory and executive function,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Kidney donors at greater risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension

Posted on: 14/11/2014 - 21:30

Women who donate a kidney are almost two and a half times more likely than are nondonors to have preeclampsia or gestational hypertension in pregnancy, according to a study presented at Kidney Week...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Topical efinaconazole permeates nail to infection

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 19:17

Topical efinaconazole’s ability to permeate the nail to the infection in onychomycosis is not hampered by the presence of infection or nail thickness, according to data from a multicenter, open-label...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Children born to mothers with RA more likely to be born early

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 05:05

Children born to mothers with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to be born prematurely and have a lower birth weight than are those born to mothers without the condition, according to a Danish...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Children born to mothers with RA more likely to be born early

Posted on: 13/11/2014 - 05:05

Children born to mothers with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to be born prematurely and have a lower birth weight than are those born to mothers without the condition, according to a Danish...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Interferon-free regimen benefits HCV-infected liver transplant recipients

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 14:00

An oral, interferon-free drug regimen produced a 97% rate of sustained virologic response in liver transplant recipients who had recurrent hepatitis C viral infection – “an historically...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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