LAS VEGAS– Don’t underestimate the value of topical therapy for treating psoriasis patients, Dr. Linda Stein Gold said at Skin Disease Education Foundation’s annual Las Vegas dermatology...
VIENNA – Fourteen days of daily treatment with mongersen, an oral, antisense oligonucleotide, safely produced remissions in two-thirds of patients with Crohn’s disease in a phase II study with a...
SAN FRANCISCO– The higher the dose of gonadotropin for ovarian stimulation, the lower the live birth rate, a retrospective study of 541,967 cycles of assisted reproductive technology showed.
The...
HONOLULU – Women with greater ovarian reserve had lower cardiovascular risk in a prospective study of 1,092 healthy, ovulating women aged 25-45 years, 250 of whom were followed for 3-5...
PHILADELPHIA – The first trial conducted in gastroesophageal reflux diseases that employed control of regurgitation as a primary endpoint found a significant advantage for transoral fundoplication...
PHILADELPHIA – A registry created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to track idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) largely confirms the significant risks suggested by small studies...
PHILADELPHIA – Dabigatran and rivaroxaban, which are rapidly replacing warfarin for anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation, appear to be associated with a greater risk of GI bleeding...
SONOMA, CALIF.– Data support dosage escalation or intensification for patients who don’t respond to biologic therapy for psoriasis, but only for three of the four biologic agents available in the...
AMSTERDAM – The investigational biologic agent secukinumab continued to show strong efficacy through 52 weeks of treatment in a new secondary analysis of the pivotal phase III ERASURE trial.
For...