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Topical tazarotene did not improve response to imiquimod 5% in lentigo maligna

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 15:45

ALBUQUERQUE – Adding topical tazarotene did not improve response to 5% imiquimod in lentigo maligna, based on data from nearly 300 patients. But patients with higher levels of inflammation in...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Parents, teens misunderstand parameters of confidential interviews

Posted on: 09/05/2014 - 17:25

PHILADELPHIA – Despite an overall agreement on its merit, both parents and their adolescent daughters are leery of the confidential interview in the gynecologic setting, in part because each cohort...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Survival gains seen with rituximab and mycophenolate in RA lung disease

Posted on: 09/05/2014 - 16:10

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Rituximab and mycophenolate mofetil could offer patients with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant interstitial lung disease a survival advantage over other therapies, according...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Vibrating pill may shake up constipation treatment

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 21:35

CHICAGO – A newly developed oral capsule may offer chronic idiopathic constipation patients a novel, nonpharmacologic approach to treatment: It vibrates as it moves through the intestines. In a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Acupuncture beats propofol for endoscopy analgesia

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 20:50

CHICAGO – Endoscopic ultrasound can be a long, uncomfortable, and even painful procedure. But electroacupuncture starting 45 minutes before the procedure significantly decreased the need for drugs to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Asthma deaths declined modestly during 1999-2010

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 18:50

SAN DIEGO – Between 1999 and 2010, age-adjusted deaths from asthma in the United States declined modestly but significantly, deaths from angioedema increased significantly, and deaths from...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: PCPs fuzzy on HCC surveillance in cirrhosis

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 17:00

CHICAGO – Several medical societies recommend that patients with cirrhosis undergo ultrasound surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma every 6 months, but studies suggest less than 20% receive...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Biologic therapy improves fatigue of rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 08/05/2014 - 15:20

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Anti–tumor necrosis factor treatment significantly decreased fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in an analysis of data from the British Society for Rheumatology <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Expanded cytoreduction criteria improved survival of carcinoid liver metastases

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 18:20

BOSTON – Relaxing eligibility criteria for cytoreductive surgery may improve overall survival among patients with carcinoid metastases to the liver, investigators report. Lowering the debulking...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Expanded cytoreduction criteria improved survival of carcinoid liver metastases

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 18:20

BOSTON – Relaxing eligibility criteria for cytoreductive surgery may improve overall survival among patients with carcinoid metastases to the liver, investigators report. Lowering the debulking...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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