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Conventional DMARDs may be excluded from psoriatic arthritis enthesitis guidelines

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 16:30

NEW YORK – Conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs will not be included among acceptable treatments for enthesitis related to psoriatic arthritis, according to a draft of guidelines being...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Conventional DMARDs may be excluded from psoriatic arthritis enthesitis guidelines

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 16:30

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

House votes to speed sunscreen approvals

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 16:10

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to speed up Food and Drug Administration approvals of new sunscreen ingredients and to eliminate a backlog. The Sunscreen Innovation Act (<link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Dr. Fauci: What you need to know about chikungunya

Posted on: 29/07/2014 - 21:15

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 17 reported the first two cases in the United States of locally acquired chikungunya –but the

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Surgeon General: Tanning, indoor tanning must stop

Posted on: 29/07/2014 - 19:50

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office is calling on Americans to do more to help prevent skin cancer, saying that it is a growing public health problem. The five-point call to action singled out...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Surgeon General: Tanning, indoor tanning must stop

Posted on: 29/07/2014 - 19:50

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office is calling on Americans to do more to help prevent skin cancer, saying that it is a growing public health problem. The five-point call to action singled out...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Early low-dose menopausal hormone therapy did not affect atherosclerosis

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 22:00

Two low-dose menopausal hormone regimens improved some cardiovascular parameters in healthy women but did not affect atherosclerosis progression, even when started early and continued for up to 4...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Enteral contrast did not add diagnostic benefit in suspected appendicitis

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 21:30

Enteral contrast did not augment the accuracy of computed tomography in appendectomy patients, compared with intravenous contrast CT alone, according to a large multihospital <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Laparoscopy found effective alternative to open IBD surgery

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 21:20

In an urban colorectal surgery department, a near-doubling in the proportion of surgical procedures performed laparoscopically accompanied significant declines in both severe postoperative morbidity...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Stage esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemo

Posted on: 28/07/2014 - 21:00

Among patients with resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma, tumor stage after completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a much more important predictor of survival than is initial tumor stage at...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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