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Adjunctive ingenol mebutate gel for actinic keratosis caused few side effects, increased compliance

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 22:08

Ingenol mebutate gel for the treatment of actinic keratosis is an effective adjunct therapy to cryosurgery, and the absence of attendant serious local reactions can increase compliance, based on data...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Current smoking strongly predicts rheumatoid arthritis radiographic progression

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 19:30

Current smoking at the time of early rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis was a strong risk factor for rapid radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis, according to <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Younger men with goiter at higher risk for thyroid cancers

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 16:05

PHOENIX – More than one-fourth of men under age 50 undergoing surgery for benign goiter were found to have thyroid cancers, based on

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Sirukumab improves rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in phase II trial

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 14:40

The investigational drug sirukumab significantly improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in a

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Draft recommendations back aspirin for preeclampsia prevention

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 14:05

Prophylactic low-dose aspirin – 81 mg per day – should be started after 12 weeks’ gestation in women at high risk for developing preeclampsia, according to a draft recommendation issued by the U.S....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

More ways to make the most of lasers in clinical practice

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 18:50

PHOENIX – What’s the latest in lasers? The most stubborn tattoos – those with blue or green ink – are now the easiest to remove with new laser technology and techniques. Microwave treatment for...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Resident involvement does not compromise safety of laparoscopic hysterectomy

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 18:35

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Laparoscopic hysterectomy takes longer when residents participate, but is generally as safe as when an attending physician performs the surgery alone, a study showed. A resident...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

CDC: Young teens’ birth rates drop 67%

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 22:50

Despite a 67% drop in the birth rate among teens aged 15-17 years over the past 2 decades, there is still plenty of room for improvement, according to a report issued April 8 by the Centers for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Clonidine no use in fecal incontinence

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 22:05

Clonidine was not better than placebo for fecal incontinence despite previous reports to the contrary. The finding, reported in the May issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (<link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Acne scar improvements maintained after laser treatment

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:25

PHOENIX – Improvements in acne scarring were maintained 3 months after six laser treatments with a diffractive lens array and a picosecond 755-nm alexandrite laser. Changes seen on histology suggest...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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