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Corporate health care is here

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 16:40

Hospital mergers have been accelerating in the last few years, and doctors and other health care workers have been swept up in the process. The last time merger mania took place in the 1990s,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Treatment decisions complex for pregnant, postpartum women with bipolar disorder

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 15:10

The clinical features of perinatal women with bipolar disorder are much more severe than those of women seeking care for other psychiatric conditions, including greater history of suicidal behavior...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Noninvasive DNA test topped FIT at finding colorectal cancer

Posted on: 19/03/2014 - 20:30

A noninvasive, multitarget stool DNA test detected significantly more cancer than did a fecal immunochemical test in people at average risk for colorectal cancer, but had greater false positive...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Noninvasive DNA test topped FIT at finding colorectal cancer

Posted on: 19/03/2014 - 20:30

A noninvasive, multitarget stool DNA test detected significantly more cancer than did a fecal immunochemical test in people at average risk for colorectal cancer, but had greater false positive...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Autoimmune disease coalition seeks to increase physician knowledge

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 21:10

WASHINGTON – Some 64% of family physicians are "uncomfortable" or "stressed" when diagnosing autoimmune disease, and almost three-quarters said they have not been given adequate...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Groups launch CRC screening campaign as incidence declines

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 13:20

WASHINGTON – Several dozen organizations have joined together to help increase colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% of all Americans by 2018, citing the success of campaigns over the past decade...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Mindfulness training shifts diabetic patients off autopilot

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 17:30

SAN FRANCISCO – Cultivating mindfulness in patients with diabetes is a useful self-help strategy to combat depression and foster healthy habits. "How can you effectively manage yourself if...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Apixaban approved for preventing DVT and pulmonary embolism after hip/knee surgery

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 20:15

The oral anticoagulant apixaban has been approved for prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis, which may lead to pulmonary embolism, in patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Photodynamic therapy pearls can improve results

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 15:40

CHAMPIONSGATE, FLA. – Do you use photodynamic therapy to treat actinic keratoses? Dr. Joel Cohen has some tips for you. At the Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic and Clinical Conference, <link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Methotrexate alone or with etanercept have equal efficacy for early inflammatory arthritis

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 18:45

Methotrexate alone appears to be just as good as when it is combined with etanercept in reducing tender and swollen joints in patients with early inflammatory arthritis who have at least one joint...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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