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Frailty assessment central to TAVR decision

Posted on: 19/03/2014 - 18:05

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in nonsurgical candidates with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis carries a hefty price tag of $116,500 per quality-adjusted life-year gained...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Autoimmune disease coalition seeks to increase physician knowledge

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 21:10

WASHINGTON – Some 64% of family physicians are "uncomfortable" or "stressed" when diagnosing autoimmune disease, and almost three-quarters said they have not been given adequate...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Groups launch CRC screening campaign as incidence declines

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 13:20

WASHINGTON – Several dozen organizations have joined together to help increase colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% of all Americans by 2018, citing the success of campaigns over the past decade...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Patients with both HIV and HCV have higher hepatic decompensation rates, despite antiretrovirals

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 21:00

Patients with HCV-HIV coinfections had significantly higher rates of hepatic decompensation vs. HCV-monoinfected patients, even when they received antiretroviral therapy and maintained low HIV RNA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Apixaban approved for preventing DVT and pulmonary embolism after hip/knee surgery

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 20:15

The oral anticoagulant apixaban has been approved for prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis, which may lead to pulmonary embolism, in patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Photodynamic therapy pearls can improve results

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 15:40

CHAMPIONSGATE, FLA. – Do you use photodynamic therapy to treat actinic keratoses? Dr. Joel Cohen has some tips for you. At the Orlando Dermatology Aesthetic and Clinical Conference, <link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Allergy myths misdirect patients, physicians

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 15:10

SAN DIEGO – Is there really such a thing as a hypoallergenic dog? (Bo Obama, we’re looking at you.) Can blood tests for sale on the Internet identify a child’s allergies? And must parents wait until...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Allergy myths misdirect patients, physicians

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 15:10

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Allergy myths misdirect patients, physicians

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 15:10

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Study found low rates, but significant risk factors, for incidental gallbladder cancer in cholecystectomy patients

Posted on: 14/03/2014 - 13:10

Only 0.19% of cholecystectomy patients had incidental gallbladder cancer, and incidence was just 0.03% in patients who lacked risk factors for the malignancy, according to investigators. The report...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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