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Fecal transplant cured severe or complicated C. difficile

Posted on: 29/08/2014 - 17:45

Fecal microbiota transplantation successfully treated severe and/or complicated Clostridium difficile infection in a retrospective, multicenter, long-term follow-up study of 17 patients in...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Quality of life gains achieved with comprehensive disease control in RA

Posted on: 28/08/2014 - 17:05

Comprehensive disease control in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with meaningful benefits such as short- and long-term improvements in quality of life, pain, fatigue, and work attendance, a...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Photodynamic therapy clears thin AKs better than cryotherapy

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 21:00

Thin actinic keratoses on the face or scalp were 14% more likely to clear completely in patients treated with photodynamic therapy, compared with cryotherapy, in a meta-analysis of four studies...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Field therapy preferred when treating actinic keratoses

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 14:00

VANCOUVER, B.C. – In the clinical opinion of Dr. Mariusz Sapijaszko, treating actinic keratosis without field therapy creates a disadvantage "because this is not an individual lesion...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Typical risk factors don’t always red-flag coronary disease in IBD patients

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 20:50

Coronary artery disease may develop at a younger age in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, even when they have fewer traditional risk factors for heart problems. A database review of...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Estrogen-containing OCs cloud measurement of ovarian reserve

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 20:15

MUNICH – Oral contraceptives do more than prevent unwanted pregnancy. They also make it hard to gauge a woman’s ovarian reserve, based on data from 833 women aged 19-46 years seen at a single Danish...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Autoantibody profile may affect the number and size of RA bone erosions

Posted on: 25/08/2014 - 17:45

Rheumatoid arthritis patients who tested positive for both rheumatoid factor and anticitrullinated protein antibodies showed a greater prevalence and size of bone erosions than did patients who came...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

HHS loosens contraception rules for employers who object

Posted on: 22/08/2014 - 23:00

Federal health officials are once again tweaking the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate, making it easier for employers to opt out of paying for birth control, while still providing a way...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Births to unmarried women down since 2008

Posted on: 21/08/2014 - 21:35

The nonmarital birth rate for women aged 15-44 years has declined 14% since peaking in 2007 and 2008, the National Center for Health Statistics reported. The rate was 44.8 births per 1,000 unmarried...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Unnecessary cancer screening "substantial" in U.S.

Posted on: 18/08/2014 - 21:00

A substantial proportion of older adults in the United States undergo unnecessary and even harmful screening for colon, prostate, breast, and cervical cancer, contrary to clear guidelines that are...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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