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Vitiligo, alopecia more likely in GVHD when donor is female and recipient is male

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 21:00

The development of vitiligo or alopecia areata is not common in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, but it is significantly more likely to occur when the donor was female, especially...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Mobile apps get skin in the sun protection game

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 20:05

EDINBURGH – Mobile phone apps that provide real-time, personalized sun risk and protection information are gaining ground in the fight against skin cancer. The <link...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Adding MRI bone marrow edema improved diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 17:30

In patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, combining the 2010 RA classification criteria with bone marrow edema as seen on MRI was a more sensitive and accurate diagnostic approach than using the...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Lupus severity and genotype associated with greater risk of pneumonia

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 15:50

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are at significantly greater risk of pneumonia compared with the general population, particularly those with more severe disease and those with the FCGR2A...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Long-term benzodiazepine use may contribute to risk of Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 23:30

Benzodiazepine use for 3 months or more is associated with a significantly increased likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease, and longer exposure is associated with greater odds, according to...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Psoriatic arthritis patients often changed or stopped treatment

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 22:55

Patients with psoriatic arthritis who began taking disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs often changed regimens soon afterward, especially if they had started with nonbiologic treatments, researchers...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Psoriatic arthritis patients often changed or stopped treatment

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 22:55

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Anti-inflammatory treatment could slow bone loss in early rheumatoid arthritis

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 18:00

Aggressive anti-inflammatory treatment correlated with slowed bone loss in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from a prospective cohort study. The results show that...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Jury still out on effect of systemic psoriasis meds on MI risk

Posted on: 09/09/2014 - 15:05

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Results from some studies have concluded that treatment with conventional systemic or biologic therapy improves the elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Prediabetes increases cancer risk by 15%

Posted on: 08/09/2014 - 23:00

Prediabetes increases cancer risk in adults by 15%, with significantly increased risk for cancer of the stomach, liver, pancreas, breast, and endometrium, in a meta-analysis published Sept. 8 in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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