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Group issues recommendations for genetic susceptibility testing for carbamazepine skin reactions

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 19:10

Genetic testing for alleles that affect histocompatibility should be the rule for patients who initiate the drug carbamazepine, according to new recommendations issued by the Canadian...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Early study: Potential ‘functional cure’ for AIDS?

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 17:45

By tinkering with a gene involved with the entry of HIV into cells, investigators have developed what they call a potential "functional cure" for HIV/AIDS. The therapy is designed to keep...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Medicare proposes coverage for hepatitis C screening

Posted on: 06/03/2014 - 20:35

Medicare officials propose to cover screening for hepatitis C virus for adults at high risk of infection as well as a one-time screening for Baby Boomers. The plan, announced in <link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Risk of condomless sex low if HIV-positive partner is well controlled on ART

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 21:50

Public health experts do not condone the practice, but it appears that the risk of transmission from an HIV-positive person to an uninfected sex partner during condomless sex is low if the infected...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Colchicine may provide potent cardiac protection

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 20:30

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Evidence from three observational studies suggests colchicine has a strong protective effect against cardiovascular events in gout patients. These data add to mounting evidence...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Colchicine may provide potent cardiac protection

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 20:30

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Evidence from three observational studies suggests colchicine has a strong protective effect against cardiovascular events in gout patients. These data add to mounting evidence...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

HIV-1 has gained virulence over the course of the epidemic

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 19:15

Even as antiretroviral therapies began making inroads into the AIDS epidemic, the virulence of HIV-1 increased and the time from seroconversion to a significant CD4-cell drop was cut in half,...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Polyarteritis nodosa gene discovery raises new possibilities for field

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 19:00

Autosomal recessive mutations in the gene CECR1 cause an inflammatory vasculopathy with a highly varied clinical presentation that often meets the criteria for polyarteritis nodosa and can occur with...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New drugs trump interferon in HCV therapy

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 17:35

The era of interferon and ribavirin in the treatment of hepatitis C viral infections appears to be drawing to a close, and few clinicians will mourn the passing of the effective but highly toxic...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Asthma meds’ safety data reassuring in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/03/2014 - 16:40

SAN DIEGO – How safe are asthma medications during pregnancy? And how adherent are pregnant women to asthma medications? Dr. Jennifer A. Namazy of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, Calif., summarizes the...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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