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Simulation model projects HCV to be rare by 2026

Posted on: 04/08/2014 - 22:00

A simulation model that incorporated a one-time universal screening of U.S. adults for hepatitis C virus and made conservative assumptions as to the availability and efficacy of various therapies...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Age, income, ethnicity predicted rheumatoid arthritis drug discontinuation

Posted on: 31/07/2014 - 18:25

Some of the same factors that predict patients’ discontinuation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis also appear to predict their initiation, such as use of oral...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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

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

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: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hormonal birth control linked to gestational diabetes

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 22:15

Missouri women who used hormonal birth control were 1.4 times more likely to develop gestational diabetes, compared with those who used no birth control, according to a first-in-kind study published...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Telecare intervention lessens chronic joint pain

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 21:05

A telecare intervention within the primary care practice setting elicited clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in long-standing chronic joint and other musculoskeletal...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Specialists drive overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 21:00

Low-risk prostate cancer in older men is still being overtreated, according to two separate studies that examined the issue from different perspectives, both of which were published online July 14 in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Testicular tumors increasing in Hispanic teens and young adults

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 05:01

Testicular germ cell tumors are on the rise among Hispanic adolescents and young men, a new study has shown. From 1992 to 2000, the incidence among Hispanic whites increased 58% – significantly more...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Stress, negative emotions may up stroke and TIA risk

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 21:00

Stress, hostility, and depressive symptoms appear to increase the risk of stroke and transient ischemic attack in middle-aged and older adults, according to findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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